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

'UN i EAT L CE. to adjournment, it e noticed the follow. form s—Mr. Ewartr ig, Mr. Pea' M.P., Mr. 'Collie', sir, said, that "'those, rst deprived then - oi 4 rva tion - of an. to be peculianl itbstanding all ' 'th., vithstanding ill the r Robert Peel the lo re gentlemen:Of, , entirely incipaei°,..n d hearts Of the peer, ith the stringeneY °` „ topher had actually posed by Sir Bobe r. had actually tr.- IIM4 ; „, Imt° on its co ;old, after its cur' home.") 'That. r ,be nOn °Pal St S • . goittfifir°- but although.i. corning their Pri,i when they tr r ld had imbibed ii.,w--,_. sdence—(Chea l e d—(Cbeere?'7,j._ ;eh. eonstit t iesit m ,, , r'7 l a localities.-71 a lif ' . wanting, for p.e,,u,„, d have dared P ) L to Da beillgrikers-ii, 00 Dercion. 11 0 ,7 1 ' 0 1 mid stifle pulil!'oli, i-Corn-law c1° e '.. 2 ,1 hir Robert vioap,.:ta either that' 11. ~„, t he expected 4' rt to means' friri . j, the Chairitie .).r:.l '' it ?'". room , if bit . 0 DU to often ellte e ..• Even if oppr.o-3, . 01 old; and 1'..t t , 11 4 Z ook further ibae,z a if they did 50,,.;11 d hopeful days !!„. 14 t ru th that alp If the germ °f v..-„ ..) In the ati°:,:;; a on the franc one of the Wi. , !:ii ation ) could hir",_" two into thei l q , tisfied that wit ts than to liip/: laws and place P I ".( 11- ham better—'p°' progress and reL,,,,'"; lot go on par s 4 0 uraged as 0110,4 I much iropreso!„ m by this more o 4 other reform ill' wo uld lead to 1111;ri t evils of mental 01 11 a . servile ltiu.44 ) A men no 1°,`",1:0 hants, than he sw - ,,,,, Idles with venertiL.l, I lately had shZ of g reat men. P r ) rl it h a d,--(Ch ek ..1 Or aristocracy ...-.:,,, %vs.; this Conferer ;oht Y men goo d inw .401 he Church Os :_,, !ration for that iunli I been pretty rIT P be high and, holnis, ors in God, ar i ..Y t o' le curate, litato ind when Sir f!° t bs eh E Exteasion . a die cry of , g ate . before you- .fr ~, )d if it had its (/ P i a g heart I thoughts with I The work theY 1' It / 'e generations i.„, f or e xertion .!! , lof lahoutove d worthy eause. p .... ; age, that dIW . leave it betiet34, i f .:hairraan the.o !. „0 met with 10.'h .‘ an d very, Or,- ..* tigadi l. had oceario 6 .!..lo luently req 'We to a rePT-4;4t. ties at the ( TO le has thir e „ ;say of the amerce ,tr ,roofs, and lumber 91 .- /. ov : 4ot or interest , In of go t o Stir ongs, he I"- the C°111 ; to deputies, o It was to ad t • wheat for the e l e ighty shilline' r P r thus, a' ri ; , the price of wv hes 0,14 is i o n that such I agreements e!,;00, judge o f the T o ol the crop of 1~ tea Ily exp acted fifit4tor I in the pric e 0' 7", rot ;ion took pla ce ' o re ind the eev a : q oo ll , rice of whest for the edt 3t"l ; th a aryl SID, w " he o Sa . ', as open 3` es es to beloW ;011 produce a C°ll , o o' ect e were doom orl 1 trices kept w r i e ie i sto; b :i ; , e price of _, eu tto to year of al" 10 r of distress. opc lee of faro ling ,/ Lnd thousandicos- 0,0 held all t he ,,,, i nle, tnents, the - h is' solicited,t h°ug .o 0; any 36 ' 0 4 not on a to be the P rie House of Col it In that ye P. law, but 3- . g„r 3l4 1 it. The n e% Scale Lav i, ex pected t ° : 0 10 14 er this ill for 10' So much has he e : l . price °Winter, down. ; in BradforO or srtain piece 0 ur, and 15agnd tbe p e r stones e th a some measur ecbOge - I J' farmers pfli te , 's that Wil l 61 r roa at it much` 00 s agrieult ur o ,o 4 'snow that 3 g,„fse. no w tsklog : ,drli g . :l ALES A',i(e", h s ad also rec" of perm i s sioo for , lo l , ' ut real th e 4 06 ;LEGATES. AP tt I, liottingh a , ing, Feb' , D OC c- , dopted OP 0 It t° , ings 0. for rbert Pe r " L' ri ficf „ jac ullted T a al, I the eig b o t osg; id 3vsri cl ..P . of mockerigo nowiened a t a nd m o lol et'ecti ve : o el et: th cent't e F t 4 0 ig that t e ; e tis a ~ D. I That t oe as a Mtn prod 6 u i a ted -. 0 itii- aa c That c t c ottt fate o f ate 0 , • met' t oe th .,o g' .l • Coln u)°- total i g 'l OO P r ;p. the s °lj ,fed ii d e ' o at tW p re rket-P t reP o lt ind hea roo te ° posed ele, , of - and was, O (Si peat ed nianio a the ors-df%, ,f the • 8 4 •‘ ; '" Feb. j the se 0, for - t. eadisie , : f t s , ct ion di's2" r, or a to tal g' j op. ,topPedwa, tha two. it m ,„ s e r g , or r Iso. , res etit 1: 0 ,„, th! t ie VP . 1 010 . to vote and &hilt pi da l. t 1 000 of nen „ o ral,' erhaPs Shou ld bt coo t° . u se en the EVENING SUN ..................... l Aare received other petitions for repeal in addition to the list forwarded. W. Fam, dear Sir, y our o b e di en t servant, S. N ICHOLS; Secretary, Bradford Unitee, Reform Club .. ti The he follossing extract of a letter from a gen tl eman i n D er b y,. , M .P., was next read by the Chairman : doubt ere this rdaches you that you will have heard of the unpleasant occurrence hich? took place last night in the market town, of the burning of the effigy of Sir Robert Peel, la: aa T hu ng up on 'the large lamp in the centre of the market pui.e.",as told a train was despatched to Nottingham for the Wei. bur " "b rin g i ng soldiers—none could be spared, for there they _ii, the iling his effigy in various parts of the tow n. This, I fear, spraeth m ! " ang of some serious and dreadful events, for unless ,atuk tuk T u g be immediately done for the relief of the industrious ;tio n '. "„"kciasses of society, to alleviate their sufferings and priva lito;) '4E1411 indeed will be the consequence, and woe be to those lii - ,, _ ""!;,en the instigators and promoters of bringing the country . dreadfhl a state by bad legislation. "—(Loud cheers.) .11e.fainsgring resoluti r e a d reed to by the Free trade So -1 . That d was next read : ..o lletvi at being now' informed of the change proposed by the ;duty u ;,.-....y., raP°tinn Ministers, in the detail of the Sliding Scale, by which the g fo r un eig u n ati e y orn is to be reglated, and regarding such duty to enrich a small section of the community by ;,"°°, blades' on the remainder, this meeting denounces the ' acreaP°s:ngd Measure as utterly worthless as a means of relief; as ?. Mess 1: 4 14 _ °4° TY of the patient forbearance of the people, and evincing a distress tfhoer p te r. acknowledged deep suffering and in ' 2, That t 4 is is Committee consider that a fluctuating duty . on grain ! a l t ctiliarly at variance with all sound commercial principles, and so l ong as as a fluctuating scale of duty exists no steady inter_ elia n 0 of co mmodities can be carried on betwixt this country and l.colintries where an excess of agricultural produce exists. That '1t...11 reference to this town in particular, depending as it does to :!il-'4 6 'eat an extent on its trade with the United States of America,. ii ticuating scale of duties on corn is especially .!!ie time which must of necessity elapse in procuring corn from in al. injurious, as sot {treat a distance, the duties under the fluctuating scale would .?post every instance amount to a prohibition. :ekeTt h b e a c t on it dit i isonthoef thedu p ty eo an p d ie i a n s ter e es a s t y of every Government to nd, unrestricted bchy 40 ein ur as possible, by allowing th ib e r tohpr food d rtun w it h y i of freely exchanging the produce of their '...kanki any y ov d i u d t e i n e c L e has furnished for the use of 4 . That with these views this Committee pledges itself to con. litsue th e most active exertions so obtain the entire repeal of these .oimoilons dirties. , T hat copies o f th ese R eso l u ti ons b e f orwar d ed to John Par :ibbot:•,!l.P., and H. G. Ward, Esq., M.P„ and to Willi am ' r'..''llfe'ence. i 411, ' 4 q, the Delegate of the Society at the Anti-Corn-law n London. / '.. WILLIAM FISHER, Chairman. ~,,./ (44 P 11 Rome, Esq , here entered the room, an d was l ou dl y 7". ell P . MlSkllMically cheered by the assembly. The follo wing letter, addressed to a Delegate from Coventry, b y a fliend of his in that town, was next read:— Coventry, Feb. 11, 1842. s.s l) _ 14 , sul..--1 feel very much gratified with the intelligence cou• Whichlnch Sir R. Peel's measure' in yours of yesterday received this morning. The light in aie they 1 , is viewed by the Deputies, proves to -now hosv to appreciate the advantage the proposing of , such a immure will give them over their opponents. When I first , thewortby Haronet,s pro osttions filled m Pei of this co and violent indignation ..., y breast ; yet, country , ' • to be a di. *he what woukl have been th n I coolly and calmly reflect upon those who r e e eireet Produced by a partial measure, upon aPPears to a now :oeti!etrhgesi es to the strngigllneited cause. Thine that it will in their opposition to the present law, it . Ultimately prove of advantage to the e Anti.Corn.law party will now have to bend all their ; they can now expose the hollow hypocrisy "friendsiof in parl i ament, aelf4tYlec t friends of the working men. The declarations ent, and tbe extended exertions of the League and all the ~. no free trade out, will have the effect of creating an agitation so nee throughout the country, that the people, instead of being ..,' tied with any measure short of total repeal (as I believe a great 77 at the present time would), will demand and obtain not only u`weniyebortion of tbe Corn and Provision-laws, but something else. A A: 1 crY Will now be raised in favour of an extension of the I,:7ge; thefoul corruption that now taints the atmosphere of the ...._use of Commons may be swept away. 4::.e have not been inactive here. There was a meeting of the but on e Association last night; it was numerously attended ; uh _Te feeling seemed to animate all present, contempt for the man urv7._°as so cruelly mocked the sufferings of the people. It was „ o z. : 11 7 0 y resolved to hold a town's meeting to express disap- Co m ,„ .t ! . B rc of the Ministerial plan, to send a strong petition to the fo„., w w!! to adopt those measures that will be most likely to tr;swrd t henerests of the cause. A numerously signed requisi tZitatatio presented to the Mayor, who gave his consent without be hekin ; the handbills are being printed, and the meeting will )4„..._ on. Tuesday next- We are not aware (that is to say ,t,s7.lV/Illteirl, Edger, &c.), that there will be any further bust. . 4 i i ,,770 here to detain you in town ; all parties here seem very *i ll 7 to have you present at the meeting on Tuesday. There is 01 1 " Port of your speech in the Paper of to-day ; I consider it ,noi ta l t 7 l '. l great honour, which in some degree must be reflected :d4."4l.tntir ancient body. Ii is now very late; I must therefore p s ,_," in great haste._ I am, dear Sir, your's truly, , :., iliwaY Night, halfpast 10 o'clock. J. B. BROW , EN. ltiebt7 reading of these several letters and documents was fre- Th e Y interrupted by loud demonstrations of applause. •4,,,,,, CHAIRMAN then proceeded to say, that before he eat ,tas 'b e had only one observation to make, and he was in one it zel glad ; he had delayed it till the last moment, because , 1 2 , b h. glen him an opportunity, if his feeble voice could :to be of making• in the presence of those , e„._ it - 14-717 attention he particularly wished to address him -41110 r e - 4 w as, to those members of the House of Commons ~_ cat re l „_ ht h appen to be present at that moment. He begged Waiii,,;Tettully to draw their attention to the conduct that ,tazu,.nued in the House of Commons in 1815, and to the jfte.,7,,; tn which the i ' battle was then fought. Night ;tii i i "'Rut every obstruction people's attempted by the Opposition wing be possibly devised, to prevent the Speaker from char .t. -e Chair. Night after night amendments we eh ar rnent after endment, till at last r. M Huskisson tthinhc 1:1 41 r. Ida ' e am th present Lord Ashburton, with . being - a Ithe e his pertinacious opposition. He igt -,-° riots, by . was in the House ,ift-':ill: 'ISE'S of the last, extremity, there ' • * e,.... l e • t and gentlemanly , i,'-. 4 ~.... much owe . forbearance. d tl-e were ad ' ?,,,"' tuat sometimes Members imagine . y . - Yil' private gentlemen in a gentleman y l way, instead '1 r ik a t ernly and strongly, and manfully and honestly. necessity of ' s ' 9f itlie people, and urging on them the 4 1 , " : Is being relieved. ' He trusted there were Mem kit "'' ,4 1 . 1 11 41 , ti - i , ceise of Commons now, as obstinately opposed to l alill..' ' 1,;4 plan, as former Members had been in the year i 7 1,. .) of 0 .. th ew , aux TMOMPSO x then ro e and said, Sir, as a sign of the i le, ep 44:144tand as one amongst a multitude of proofs 0, .air:Robegr°Wing detestation with which the cruel mockery 1...1 iiti ou ct Peel is regarded by an insulted people, I beg pe e . Are atill t 4 re ad all e4trapt from a letter, this morning receiv it With le le w oble town of Algtiebegter ; and you will not receive 1 ll you that it refe:trealiect than other communications, when Ile e endoos c heerio_ ttlie course which a body of Ladies-4T! m Ladies en- Aitle4t's thought it riht to adopt—•a body of . . ''' th d the admiration Af the e auks of an afflicted country, an :ar e „ w orld. s• dinary women who ,„,.. . 44 0 w h a y ir, I rtfer to the extraor 'oteek ut. ~I ng the Bazaar.—(Tumultuous c . heers. ) Sir, my 4 '4% 4 3's, that at a meeting of Ladies, held at the Vaste r in e4 lll..._ae go. _ day, to consider what steps should b . e taken, the 'Newi h r 4 t the denial of justice to the famishing poor, er. te a l ne „A Le r i Pr i, 4 ,404 Was agreed to—viz., " We, the ud . i„f„" s at thi Bag ar Committee, resolve, that we will a 441 t --- 'ea int -a- • • Co ittee to carry out a of p assi 0 a Provisional Inm ' f warding 1 -- ▪ 4Qh n th t'l rcalstance— Loud che..ers)—and for or . . . ,-.undo other Illeasures the c o f eat present sitting in is n kay 4 -as —n.erenc . . htotal and im te rep oisi c _enl beat, for the obtaining of t e . ,fg e lnu lerst r , ad urthe Corn -laws. That by passive resistance, be seized ab . the Dui , that we will allow our furniture to . deer s -- ee„. 4.ilat---- iat izile t t of Assessed Taxes."—( Vehement cheering ;Pr a. ; 3 fol:10411, t heentire audience rising and giving three 4 1 4 d' c atle -- "'es Of Manchester, and one cheer mo t r s e. e ) f : Ileetito,inen, reserve a few cheers for succeeding be parts st ati ' w e- li . , a ri u i for it is all so good that it should cheered After 1 11, %t tii4's-iLaughter. ) Let me continue. . d ~, ....e - ey •„ i ' 14W hatit tile% will glow their fora . furniture to be seize to p f Assessed Taxes they proceed, 1 4 th e ....._ ti e . 0 be ' Ila •' 5 -°Y resistance to the collecting officers, ase 'firarti e L„ tt,. :we an —. so s ee r a tirging the people not to porch tne 414 It " ( cheering.) And further, 1 1 , neh- •-•- Immense ;loci nies_.e-e t luxuries used in (re new fit the several taxed tiu tt ge for thr e 4 .apps use ) We adopt the above . time e I kahtlia t - . Pledge ourselves during Nike to Ilse 0 „,. i aIl furthest* ~ arar,git the ." gOrrespo ~ utmost exertionspreserveperfect to Sir, my signed - ' ent infor Pe° P l e." — ( Vehement cheese.) by,. 01l the sn ., mg - nue that this pledge was numerousl signed l ei e'rsees ."'', 94 '41 th a t 't, • to'lic to be generally . the attending the 1 wa s .And now, Sir, t his tooresent crave Bazaar.—( Cheers ,) please to laugh at toss, and c P ,l n .ent affect if they . up o ,• a porti ou ,„..sy.it is contemptible an . d futile. Let the d blo uy th 4 ti , etie d e '''' , t ,. pour odi um , and derision, an o q . u.. voted, e nlightened , and patriotic women , j ac • er. t hey . should do t - I, - Los, I ice in their movement a power, est.., . present, hti -Which is iii germ of a mighty move iii._oL. which ' , by oluntr • pi : of the oppressors., r i t%L action, shall e effectually cripple the —(Cheers.) Ch supplies to the - us'Y have stopped the st 0pt1e......4 eers..) Why should t the people stop their 4t , : 1-1 Tremendous che er ,. , I , / • Let every man exhibit out Boiii llt 'll i ctor Wit:Wow a bold with these words 1. th e e r „,„ .. ,_ , placard •„_ l kes erig . ---" the Assessed h. ,T.p.ii4.ive utterly annihilated , lf.his ' , er edge 7 . ' KU Rer*OP ii,irgifore, and not in money." 4 tot hi. would be very Mum:tiro to her Majesty's —no, (Cho. ,lalesty's illinist' • • • of the landlords— thr --. ` ", )-asth ars , bot the minim* !0i1... 4 4h the lay e Y Poked through the conntryi a. 4 4; . 'le these • ge towni,and stopped tovhange horses, d . pithy lectures on linanco—C Chee r ? / s they went for them \ it would, SCil i Z I . 1 14 ake the subject to them one of awful import nce— mnolln ?" -- ltiet this be done that he who runs may read rlisi ° tile f!, A the Mr. T. Iff,.P.4ldied b . ,c l / 4 1 7).-Jaws,—( Prolonged c . cheering.) ) eemi, reading time fujlowing extract from a letter from C . ~,.. addressed to the HMV. Pral)Pia Bishop : c t . pretty Pill t tias i.,.. - '"' l lOrtis Doctor lias at length prercril4Pd, And a the --I.e,,aorii, • great dissatisfaction even to ..., ' ' P c wies: ' , Ned, it has given rit h ,, u _ . ,-, .w1e1, iii,i '`‘l i,: • - eve x ed,te all classes in the commercial world , ,it tit t ag itate , agitate, agitate ! Let "erir e irn . repo. Wti rim s . , every woman too, ad ir• 11g ti.,, tin2 Mani aye, anAll 41 tP4 cr i s is, a recollect that Eng- Mt, eu,_," --''' %Jell pf the inicentons food P4g d t hi; and hp- duty. A4 4 - 0 „_ every man and everY woman to ' Litigated diselist in Mg. oiru•kgon of liiiiiiters lin oCasioned u n mitigated 1,. Aolti.,4b9Wrhood ''''4l readf flowing extract from a Nei., Klux then the u letter '''' I'Aa M a nchester • , The . tat i in64k 4keltiy where were two, one at the League Rooms, end w isest -- ` l ,, Is attaar—tait,kight ; were very lively. It was really a s kstaio s ; o ; p4 t° look epos) the'Froaid in the Bazaar, as they cheered Ittil lt4it IY.. and with all their hearts. The feeling of disap '''-i.. t . di. and and indignation, could hardly he stmeger. 4. ' I am, dear Vaisear4, your affectionate father, ..,, - - -PA' I ,_ • ABSALOM WATKIN, li t Wsteti it...'aye lust s i gned a requisition tp the Mayor for a public .i. ' Iwno kwailead an extract of a letter from Stockton, in Buck- f th etAei.,,Je. speaking of the distress and embarrassment o caleafruourhood, and stating that having petitioned for a 4eteNS'lC.,gise Corn -laws, without effect, they hal come to the LAle l at lon 4,9 s_gi n no more. ;47, 141 2 f , sl 3 O'episty from the district of Stroud, begged -- as, - "Qt.° ',( - • 4 asto a communication he . had s, 4s ee t.4l I say a. e.l l l Wft , ts T oro the eity, wth,e4 #9 1 04 40w, that d their meetings ho ur '''' tnit b h conversed an $4l r k i , . b een altogether naqe&s.. HZ, - a • e Negr i with a merchant of COriSnier re ,cm?oeng , who, Nit z„h la is *hole life had been a bitter Tut'y of ,the A 94 IV' wit, .. 14 . 14 erst - ,..." 4 ,° 1 , an 4 of course a staunch monopolist ;he , 1[ Mir folk, that Ynu are g deputy for Stroud ; well, you and ll sals6,. - ual- workmen ip this business, have by your speeches kriy 'trwesata which I have reatil, ttvitgh I have not attended abd h_ Ywur meetings, completely .chaPtt:e4 my opinions, hato.7,4.ceforth, I ant Anti-Monopolist to he full paient, and Th‘e4:!‘irooment go w i th you heart And souk."—(C '—Cheers.) . dekt.:-Hki /ULAN said he was nests to revest that th . ose woul d 's I. SO had any facts bearing 011 the COriirlaT .4?estilli t ,j 1 10%1 in to the Statistical Committee, sioia, woo ( Lolki r l a d4 i (1 41 . .it . t . g Ate ensuing week at Brown's Hotel.— xi p. b ill% for Mr. If , f - 4 , - Mr. O'Connell.) I liar sslD•ltsitarrr •WannEri s rated '` he had come there pre • de ed o lt ?, some heti acluch he thoiTigt‘iit sere importance that seititoedt "Noire additiatiri) force by ,being given p i the as- Ny 0t,,,7 1c 1t ; ate', and se - tittered pver the whole k`ingdoM. ' Wfle il issh4 o - 1 ( 8 1 `,.'° 4 he wished to put asp Chairman was, whetlik Na . ! t oe an opportunity of tig_tivat,e, facts to the meet elous..„, should be the last man to interfere wi l fie the judii -1,"„11 that had been made for Messrs. Ovine an : o iC h 'i tc fr i ' jeas7ows,;naritsta is said it was difde4t to answer the quest i ton 1 , eti tt i PP° P ° sod, but he hoped Mr. WaAldt., ;i:pold iiosipoAe 4.. treat details until a fitting oppontainity. ' d. "IR i,bee' be • all fdi ceeoa ing l ~._.. , n ierice to t sulanunous c o,e ,-,---' not I:7lkinidst loud cheering, arkd soita ghtat Although he ! had h, e'-'cco..in present during any of their previone Aisivssions, yet felt u u "! aseure them he was with them heart Wad , aO4. I - le 11Willing tO iatrude himself on the meeting, a 3 he tiwaigAt those geLtlemen who had been appointed Delegates were the best medium through which the feelings of the people should be made known to the country, but he could not resist the request of the Committee to appear on the present occasion. Every person must be aware that, from his earliest political career, he had urged upon the Legislature and the country the necessity for the total abolition of all those restrictions which tended to impede the manufacturing interests of England. He had, therefore, to look back with perfect satisfaction to his own efforts, humble as they might have been; but. at the same time, he had to look back with great regret that the suggestions which he had offered, when they could have prevented calamity, had been neglected until they were driven to the last extremity. He could have no hesitation in saying, that if be were in the House of Commons he should have designated the proposition of Sir It. Peel as a cold-blooded insult.—(Loud cheers.) After five months' deliberation— after holding out the hope that he would bring forward some measure for the relief of the prevailing distress—he (Mr. Hume) had certainly a better opinion of the intellect of Sir R. Peel, than to suppose he would treat the people as he did. He (Sir R. Peel) declared in the House of Commons that he be longed to no party, but that he would bring forward such mea sures as, in his honest judgment, he thought would relieve the country. After such a declaration as that, he never met with such a disappointment as when he read Sir Robert Peel's plan which, in point of fact, was no improvement whatsoever upon the present one. If the small modification which he proposed 14 years ago, when he made a proposition to abolish the taxes, had been acceded to, these restrictions would now have been nearly abolished. But those times were gone by now. --(Loud cheers.) His opinion was that nothing could secure the country from the calamities at which every good man must shudder, without the entire removal of those laws.—(Cheers.) He spoke not of the Corn-laws alone, but of the Provision laws in general, and all those restrictive duties which prevent our industrious fellow-countrymen from earning an honest and independent livelihood.—(Loud cheers.) '1 he people were not now the idle vagabonds that wished to eat the bread of idleness. He was an old tactician, and had often expressed his opinions on matters connected with the markets; but he believed that at no time before were the affairs of this country placed in so critical a position as at present. Sir R. Peel confided in the House of Commons not having discrimination sufficient to see his scheme—not to see the farce between him and the Duke of Buckingham. Such shallowness of intellect would be ridiculous in any man of the most ordinary capacity. He (Mr. Hume) could not believe that Peel, as a reasonable man, could have gulped the pledge which he had given a few months before to bring forward some remedy; and now he brings forward what must be considered an insult from the laudlord's Parliament. They could expect little better from a Parliament constituted as the present was, composed of deputies from the landlords, deputies from the clergy—in fact, they were nothing more than an assemblage of the deputies of the aristocracy and of the monopolists. He often had regretted to think that men of capital, holding high positions as bankers and merchants, took the part of the Tories, and supported re strictions. It had fallen to his lot to study the character of different classes, and he found that as men increased in wealth and became landed proprietors, they forgot their former position and those with whom they toiled, to join a party who tried to de prive the people of that share of liberty to which they were entitled under a constitutional government. To those capitalists he would address a few words. Lei them look upon the present system—capital was wasting away —property ere long will be scarcely able to maintain them in the situations in life in which they are placed, and what must Sir R. Peel think of those men who would support him, whilst he was crushing to the ground those interests upon which they had been raised themselves to their present posi tion? He rejoiced to see so many delegates from all parts of the country, as it was important at the present juncture to have such an array of public opinion.—( Cheers. ) It was therefore his sincere wish that they would teach the mo nopoly-men—Stanley and the rest—that they would not give protection to the few at the expense of the many. He there ' fore trusted that on separating, as he understood it was possible they might separate to-night—he trusted that every man who was there, and :every one who read the accounts of what had taken place there—he hoped they all would consider that per haps on him depended the repeal of these iniquitous laws.— ( Cheers.) Let every man feel that he himself was the com mencement of the agitation, and then they would obtain their wishes. He spoke deliberately, because he had heard in the House of Commons and elsewhere that when the people of Eng land shall show a desire and determination of obtaining justice for themselves, the Legislature must yield.—(Loud cheers. ) Let them therefore bring the subject forward in every town and village—let every man come forward and assist in the object, and let them not satisfy themselves with a simple meeting, but let every man get up and record his aye or no with respect to the principle of this taxation. If they would go on that princi ple, they might with perfect confidence look to the result. In a population of 1,000 men—take the ladies in addition, if they pleased—(Hear, hear)—but let him have the men, and out of that thousand men let them see how many there were amongst them who refused to denounce the oppression of their fellow-men. If they did this he had no hesitation in saying that Sir Robert Peel and his party would not be long before they changed their course, or yielded to others to take their situation. He (Mr. Hume) thought that now an opportunity was offered for the Whigs to come forward; let them come forward, then, and join in the ranks of the people.—( Loud cheers.) Let them demand the repeal of these laws—no hold ing back—no fixed duty—but a total and immediate repeal. He was proud to see that many of the Whig aristocracy had shown a nobleness and disinterestedness of purpose, and he was sure that if full evidence of the justice of the cause of the peo ple was shown to them, they would come forward and heartily join in the great cause.—(Cheers.) He (Mr. Flume) there tore hoped that the result of the insult which had been offered to the public would induce those who had hitherto proposed a fixed duty, to come forward and demand a total repeal.—( Loud cheers.) Not only a repeal of the Corn.laws, but a total re peal of all restrictions on the importation of every thing which I tended to add to the expenses of living, and place the labourer of England on the same footing, with respect to food, as the in habitants of other countries; by which the country would be continued in its present high situation. England had many advantages,. and she had many disadvantages; but she occupied a position in the world, and he would ask what England would be, now the dearest country in the world to live in. what she would be if it was the cheapest ?—( Hear.) Place England in the same situation as France with respect to provisions, and he cared not if the people were insulted by comparing the comfort of the Prussian with. the Englishman. It was not to say this man has Is. a day and this man 6d., but they must look at the state of comfort of each, and the state of happiness, morally and physically. Let him ask Sir Robert Peel if there was any thing in Prussi a like the protection which existed in England? Was there any country in the world like Britain? He was sorry to say Ireland was worse, and England was fast progressing to that state of destitution which existed in Ireland. England and Scotland would come to the same footing by the same baneful legislation that devastated Ireland. What they claimed was equal laws, equal constitutional rightls—this it was that they claimed, and this he hoped they would obtain. —(Cbeers. ) He would not enter into statistical details, they heard them from day to day and year to year. He would make one allusion to a motion which was brought forward by the Marquis of Chandos, now the Duke of Buckingham ' for the relief of the landed interest. He (Mr. Hume) stood forward on that occasion. He had just returned from travelling on the Continent; he had visited many of the manufacturing towns of the Continent, in Germany, France, Belgium, and when this motion was brought forward he was well enabled to judge of the situation of each country, and he showed the difference on that occasion between this country and those of the Con tinent. He showed that so far from the landed interest having any claim to be exempt from taxation, and have a monopoly over their fellow-countrymen, that they were exempt from taxes on the land, which were paid by the landed proprietors of other countries; and what was more, the amount of millions which were paid by the people to the taxes, did not fall on the landed aristocracy. He would only say, that the Committee of Inquiry on this subject, which was formed in 1836, had shown that the taxes paid by the landed proprietors were not one-eighth of the taxes of the country. the farmer who paid 3001. and 4001. of rent, said before that Committee, that he could hardly mention any taxes they paid, they were so trifling, the principal being the tax upon his horse, upon which he rode to market. Hence the taxes of the landed proprietors were altogether unequal to that of other nations, whilst the working classes were burthened to an ' enormous extent. New taxes were levied in 1841, and he would first state the facts, and then draw his conclusions. In 1841 Mr. Baring proposed to raise two mil lions and a, half of money by additional taxation. He (Mr. flume) informed him that the plan he was about to adopt could not succeed—that two and two in political economy did not make four. The taxes we paid then were upwards of fifty three milliens,and profits were higher, and provisions cheaper than they were at present. Things were dearer now and profits were low, and then the people paid equal to 73 millions of taxeitcompa_red with the times when profits were high mid prices low. The the The mode of increasing the taxes was only a means of reducing revenue, and the best means of increasing the revenue,wass bye reducing the taxes on the necessaries of the people. had represented to Mr. Baring, but the additional taxation was levied, and what was the consequence ? Instead theof reve nuethe coming up to fifty-three millions, notwithstanding ad dition of two millions and ahalf of tales, the revenue fe ll 200,000 /. below the revenue of the former years. It was then that he Loudhad represented to the House of Commons that the onl tax that would benefit the revenue was a property-tax.— ( cheers.) They must relieve the industry of the country, and it they relieved the taxes on the industry of the country he had no objection to taxes being levied on personal property.— ( Hear, hear, and cheers.) The rich landed proprietor did not pay one quarter the amount of the taxes of the country in proportion to the poor man. He came to th at portion of Mr. Thompson's statement to the meeting relative to the resolution of the ladies. He hoped no step would be taken that was not constitutional. He wished to see the ge neral taxation reduced, and he would tell them how they had th e power to stop the exchequer by constitutional means. 7he Exchequer received five millions from the duty on spirits.— ( Hear.) He counselled them, therefore, if they sought to teach the unchristian heart of their oppressors, that their cause was worthy of their notice, to show to them the effects of these laws—the destitution, the disease, privation, anti death, which ensued from these laws,—let them refrain from the use of spirits, which Would deprive the revenue of five millions of the taxes, and thus would they not only confer a blessing on the country, but great moral blessings on themselves. Could the} not imitate the example of Father Mathew in Ireland The revenue In Ireland had greatly decreased in consequence of these exertions, but he was sorry to say that while it had de creased in Ireland, from this source, it had increased in Eng land The Right Hon. Member for he did not know how many places he was Member for—( Cheers, andlaughter. ) He only wished he was Member for rural places. He (Air. Hume) recollected the Hon. Gentleman asking him seriously if he thought that agitation would progress, did he (Mr. Hume) think it would go on ? He ( Air. Hume) then told him he thought it would go on.—(Cheers.) It had been raid that their agitation would create schism amongst class and class. They would show, by their determined opposition to these, laws, how fallacious was the idea.—(Loud cheers.) Now, there were five millions of money received from the duty on spirits.—( Hear, hear.) It was in their power to put a stop to all this.—(Ch eers. ) Fi ve m illi ons m ore were received from beer.—(N ear , hear.) He would not say that they ought to put a stop to all this, for sometimes he thought beer was a . neces- Ml,—(Cries of " N o , no .") H e th ou ght there were circum , ga/lePt , which it mi g ht b e a ll ow ed to be a uecessary, but it it was very possii4 for thgrn to effect a great reduction in this branch of revenue. Now, as to tobacco—wily should any man poison himself to swell the revenue?—( Hear.) There was a duty of three millions a ear on that, to which it was in their power /1? put an end.—(hear, hear.) With respect to the revenue !pterfere Witt} ttit, for derived from Bug ". - • could not see that it was possible to wa,:; sorry necessary, especially to young mem and fcmales. Indeed he must not do ailything to op or i ve t hp m ti . (A pry of I d r e e a c r o f n:d ih er e e m d , a a lnmdothey a " When do you have • "".Th H h d wine, followed by cheering.) e tad « idea of persuading the poor to i4l that wasSliagiraOradmyigtooht to dispense with spirits, whilst he allowed the rich man drinkto o man If ):e joined in such a movement wine.— ( Cheers.) as he recommended, he would eel himself hoard t 9 s e t t h e example, and to abstain from . ine:--Lipeat, 'hear.) Thus the of 20,006,0001. of rethtte • sail' if had the comluan, . they cddtd inily by aSlioeiation and arrangement give the 'test to a stifficietit` number to re de that expenditure, they would brink the Government to a sense' of Oleic Cheers, and • ' ItirtillibM tfi'e boVernment with a 40 0.) So long as they • t filoilev the would continue insult 'the' peciPle(llfeli.,' ear .. •electors indeed, in their own' ,otf • T ' , it,power , but Mid vas to' lid eireeted ftoni that body as at present'constituted' wh Mit in favour of Corn-law' m • • when th ey turned him an in such a town as Leeds (Heal., 'hear, and a laugh. hat could b• • • • . THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 12, 184‘z. they returned, instead of him, the man who said that he would protect the agricultural interest, at the expense of other inte rests?—( Hear, hear.) Now he had shown how it was in their power to bring the Government to terms without doing any thing illegal. But if they were to combine to resist the payment of the assessed taxes they would be liable to prosecution.— (" Hear, hear," and " No, no.") He had pointed out twenty millions of taxes, of which every man had the power to withhold his portion—( Hear, hear.) As to the landed Troprietors— and on this part of the subject he could not say that he was disinterested, for he and those belonging to him de pended upon the land— but he would tell the meeting that what made the land of England valuable and enabled the country to bear up against long-continued and wicked wars, was commerce and manufactures.—( Cheers.) To them was owing the competition in the neighbourhood of manufacturing towns, which raised the value of land three or four hundred fold.—( Hear, hear.) He questioned therefore the policy of the landowners, even for their own sake, in im peding commerce and manufactures.—( Her, hear.) The moment trade fell, revenue declined; and if the landowners persisted in their present policy, they would find themselves with diminished rent in a ruined country, amidst a beggarly population.--(Cheers.) 'I he people were told that they had a heavy debt, and for that they had to thank the aristocracy of former times.—( Hear, hear, hear.) But did the Conference think that the landed proprietors would consent to tax their own property to save the fundholders ?—( Hear. ) He had visited many of the manufacturing towns on the Conti trent, and he was convinced that nothing could save England from further destitution and misery, but taking off the shackles from trade, and giving the people a fairchance of getting bread, instead of living upon begging and subscriptions.—( hear. ) A DELEGATE asked what did Mr. Hume think of Extension of the Suffrage as a remedy ?—( Cries of " Order.") Mr. HUME had no objection to tell the Conference that be was a staunch Suffrage man, and he trusted that he would see such an extension of the suffrage as would give the people a lair representation—( Hear, hear)----they wanted nothing but equal rights to all.—( Hear.) He could only tell the gentle man who put the ques , ion, that when the time came he would not fail to state his opinion, and to assist in obtaining such an extension. In the mean time he wished every man to do his duty and become an agitator. He wished every one to do as he had recommended, and he could tell the Right Hon. Member for Ireland that perhaps on him alone might depend the turning the scale in favour of justice to England.—( Cheers, and loud cries of" O'Connell," " O'Connell.") Mr. G. THOMPSON came forward and said that it was for tie meeting to determine to whom it would be pleased to give a hearing. But he wished to tell them that it had been determined by the Executive,Committee, that before the Mem bers of Parliament spoke a statement should be laid before the Conference as to the destitute condition of their fellow-coun trymen in different parts -of the kingdom. But having given this explanation, he was bound to say at the same time, that it was for the meeting to hear Mr. O'Connell, or any other gentleman first, or hear a gentleman from Bolton, who was deputed by the Committee to inform the Conference of the state of things in that and other parts of the country.—( Hear, hear.) That gentleman would also explain to them the known cause of the distress. But if they preferred to hear Mr. O'Connell, very well. Mr. O'Cowiaese said he hoped the meeting would allow him to remain silent until the statement of the Executive Com mittee had been made.—(flear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN then said that the task of communicating the information of the Committee to the Conference, was entrusted to Mr. Henry Ashworth, of Bolton, the well-known correspondent of Sir Robert Peel.—( Cheers. ) Mr. ASHWORTH then came forward amidst laud cheers. He said he was aware under what disadvantages he appeared before them after the exciting topics they had heard this morning ; but notwithstanding that, he believed it would be his duty to lay before them some disclosures which had reached the Com mittee this morning. On the first morning of the Confe rence, permission was asked that the Delegates should give information to Sir R. Peel of the state of the places which they represented, and that the Delegates would show that the Corn laws produced the distress, and not Joint Stock Banks—( A laugh)—nor the over-production oflmanufactures—( A laugh) ... nor the immigration of agricultural labourers—nor improvements of machinery—nor fluctuations of the fashions.—(Cheers.) In order that the meeting might . arrive at a proper conclusion with respect to the real state of trade in the country, he (Air. Ashworth) would draw their attention to the state of trade in the county of Leicester, which was one of those places where the hosiery trade was the principal business, and which would show what were the effects of joint-stock banks, improvement in machinery, or immigration of the poor working classes in that county. In 1815 there were, in Leicestershire, 16,000 frames ; now there are only 14,000 ; therefore the increase of joint stock banks, improvement in machinery, or immigration of the working classes, had not much effect upon that branch of trade in Leicestershire. In 1815 there were, in Saxony, not more than 4,500 frames; in 1841 they had become 25,000. From that the meeting must infer whether joint-stock banks, or the increase of machinery, had produced any changes in Leicester shire and Saxony. There has been no improvement in the stocking frames of Leicestershire, nor are they worked by power ; in Hinkley, the population was 15,217 • the state of pauperism there was mos t di s t ress i ng , and might be exempli fied by stating these facts—the sum spent in relieving the poor in 1t336 was only 2,000/. ; in 1841 it amounted to 4,2401. —an increase 110 per cent.—( Hear, hear.) In that town thirteen of the friendly clubs were shut up from inability of the members to pay up their subscriptions—one- third of the work men of that town were out of employment, and 500 heads of families in it are in the workhouse breaking stones.—( Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") In Loughborough the population amounted to 19,589 human beings—it was pretty much in the same situation as Hinkley—pauperism and want of em ployment were equally harrassing irs both. In Derby wages had fallen 40 per cent, since 1836. In Nottingham the popu lation was 53,080; the number of persons relieved in the week ending on the 22d of January, 1842, was 10,580, about one fifth of the entire population—( Hear, hear)—wages had fallen considerably since 1836; although there had been no improve ment in the machinery employed in their trade for the last forty or fifty years. In the workhouse there was a large number of young persons in good health, and well able to earn the means of subsistence, if they got employment. Be would next call the attention of the meeting to the state of manu factures in the West of England. In the woollen districts of England—Frome and Somersetshire ; a few years ago amongst he most flout ishing in the kingdom ; but now the; were last declining—the population in 1831 was 14,300 ; in 1841 it amounted to 12,200, being a decrease of 2,100 ; the Poor rates in 1826 were 5,391/. ; in 1840, they amounted to 6,661/. ; one-sixth of the houses were uninhabited, the rents reduced by 50 per cent.—( Hear, hear)—out of twenty-eight woollen mills in those towns twenty are only partially em ployed, five are void altogether, and three of them con verted into corn-mills. The fact was that mill property was worth only one-third of its value a few years ago In Bradford, in Wiltshire in 1820, there were 19 manufacturers, of those nine had failed altogether—eight had withdrawn from business, old only two existed at present.—(Hear, hear.) Mills and premises there which 20 years ago, were let at 1,2001. a year, were now rented at 300/. a-year. Cottages which in 1820 produced 90/. a-year, were let in 1840 for 20/. a-year. There were then 462 looms upon broad-cloths, of that number there are now 316 idle, and only eleven are fully employed— ( Hear, hear)—in 1820 the average production was 620 pieces per week, and last year it was under 100 pieces a week—the quantity of meat and bread consumed in 1820 was four times the amount in 1840.—( Hear, hear.) In Stroud and its districts there were 100 mills at work in 1831 ; in 1841 they were reduced to 63. The total, in 1831, was 8,1701.; is 1841 it had declined to 1,425/. In the County of Glouces ter in 1831 they had 3,200 looms at work; in 1841 they were reduced to 1,333—a decrease of 50 per cent. The number of manufacturers in the County of Gloucestershire in 1830 was 80; in 1841 they were only 42 ; those which had failed since 1831 were 50. lhe number of inhabited houses in Stroud was 1,602. The reduction of purchases in groceries and plain apparel there had decreased 40 per cent. for the last 5 years. in full 1,000 persons had emigrated since the decline of the woollen trade. The number of looms employed in 1131 were 410 ; in 1841 they were only 12—( Hear, hear)—and poor rates had advanced immensely. At Westbury, a dealer in ready-made clothes used to sell to the amount of 40/. per month in 1831, now he did not sell 21. worth in the month. All these facts tended to corroborate the statement he (Mr. Ashworth) had made, that those changes were not attributable to the operation or of the ipemjoint-stockbanks,royento machinery. i mthaein ry. emigration Ag , in of n the wor king classes, Kendal, the population was 11,700 ; t h e original and principal trade of that borough was manufacture o f woollen goods, called endal cottons. The export trade was chiefly with America; but since the home trade had been restricted, the manufacture of Kendal cottons had diminished from 33,009 pieces to below 1000 pieces per annum. Rochdale, which had a large export trade of flannels to the United States of America, had undertaken an extension of the cotton manufacture; but Kendal being placed more remote from the seat of the cotton manufac ture, and not possessed of cheap coals, had not been able to sub stitute any other cl ass o f employment for her industrious people. Therefore, the result was, that the population of Kendal had continued almost stationary, or he (Mr. Ash worth) might say it had retrograded, for it had actually in creased only 137 for the last ten years. The amount paid in wages has been computed at a reduction of 15,4n0/. per annum. Since the period when the trade was considered in a healthy state, towards which the working classes had received in ad dition to poor rates the sum of 1,120/., which had the effect of eonverting honest workmen into poor broken-spirited paupers. Those poor people were compelled to flee to the workhouses for the means of subsistence—the result of that state of things was, that the butchers sold one-third less meat, the provision dealers less of flour, cheese and the superior class of food, and more of the coarser classes of food than formerly. The sale of clothing, &c, for the poor was reduced three-fourths, but it was increased for charitable distribution.—.(}fear, hear.) The poor would not in their present distressed and miserable •condi tion be trusted. One-tenth of the whole population in Kendal were receiving relief. During the last three years the expenditure 'or the support of the poor had become nearly doublod.—( Hear, hear.) In the Dispensary of Kendal, in 1837, there were 2,723 cases, in 1840, 4,050. Mr, Ashworth then proceeded to state that the exponents of these Nuts, which he had stated, very properly asserted—" That the strength and sinews of the poor man are his patrimony, the liberty to use them his birth right, and that it is consistent with the principles of the British Constitution, and the general laws. of an all-wise Creator, that he should not be crippled in , soiling his labour to whom he best can."—(Hear, hear, and loud applause.) As to the borough of Kendal, he (Mr. Ashworth) should also state, ith reference to the Poor-law Unions of that borough, which consisted of 55 townships engaged in agricultural pursuits, there was an increase of pauperism in 45 of them ; and the sum raised for the relief of the poor had increased in some instances 7a per cent., and probably as much as 30 per cent. in a large number of those townships.—(Hear, hear.) ft was asserted, that such benefits as were derivable from the Corn-laws, applied chiefly to Essex and other agricultural dis tricts in the South, whose cups were early, and sold at high prices, perhaps 70s. a quarter, immediately after the harvest. The crops in the north were late, and are greatly influenced by the depressions of trade. The town of Prescott, which, as a watch-making town, was connected with manufactures gene rally, had been reduced, to an unequal axtent, with the other places to which he had referred ; and he adduced these in stances to show that whatever distress might have existed in the country, it had not been greater where joint-stock banks had influenced trade, than in other places; on the contrary, he believed that where those banks had exercised an influence, and where machinery had been most improved, there the de pression had been least felt. Leeds was a weAlleu dis trict, it had been more or less inAtIPIICed by jointsatock banks ; and in that toms there Were about 13,000 people, whose average weekly earnings were computed at under a shilling a head per week. The deterioration of mill property, within the last three years, was such that it only retained one third of its original value. There had been closed, from mg to 1841 thirty-nine houses in the Wt 151411 444, eighieea in the flax trade, sly, teilu io fifemaking trade, s i xteen i n t h e wool trade (beades sixteen retired from business), nine in the worsted spinning and stuff trade, whose united liabilitie amounted to 1,451,000/., exclusive of failures in the neigh bourhood, which would raise the amount probably to two ;o il. lions, or upwards. Two hundred thousaiid vounda was paid in wages now, titan artd't 816. The production of cloth from that district was about two-thirds what it was from 1833 to 1835. In Bradford thirty failures, all connected ithin with the wollen trade, had taken place in one street within the the last last t e f e o years o r year;. t h e t, d e debts amountedd,ita ..tycolei4ets, on short time. With l'egir'd to 'the loss of our woollen trade, some idea might be formed o f t h e advance cf the trade on the Continent and in America. F rom a wool broker's circular which h e held in his hand, it appearedth at t h e wool exported from this country in 1839 was 600,000 wei g ht ; in • 1840, 900,000 weight ; in 1841,4,130,000 weight. The•cotton manufacture had also been stimulated by joint. stock banks, influ enced by improvement in machinery, and still more largely in fluenced by the influx of agricultural poor. Many parts of the country were in a dreadful state of distress ; but all branches of trade had not felt it to the same extent, and on the whole he did not think the depression of that trade exceeded that on the hosiery and West of England trades. In Manchester the sum expended for the relief of the poor in 1826 was 25,000/, in the last year it was 38,000/. The patients admitted into the dispensary in the Manchester district during the six years of cheap food, ending 1835, amounted to 54,000 ; the number admitted in the six years of dear food, ending 1841, was increased to 169,000. The deaths in the dispensary had increased in the same proportion. He would not detain the meeting by going through the whole of these important details, as they would probably be laid before the Delegates in some other form ; but he could not conclude without making one or two statements with respect to the town, of Bolton. In seven of the principal branches of trade, there had been a falling off of wages to the amount of 1,700/. a year. There were other trades in which the falling off amounted to 30,000/. more. Com paring the condition of the people in 1635 and 1636, and their condition in 1840 and 1841, it appeared that they were worse off in their purchasing power now than formerly by 140,000/. a year. There were now in Bolton upwards of 5,000 persons w hose earnings were not more than 141 d. a week, and if they allowed for fuel, soap, and one or two other articles, they had about 11d. a week for fond. At the same time, in their prisons the cost of food for each prisoner was twenty-three pence. It would not be wonderful if the working people of Bolton should ask double amount of sustenance in a prison ra ther than starve upon their present wages.--( Hear.) Mr. STUEGE rose, and was (LEFT SPEA KING.) _ ANTI-CORN -LAZY DELEGATES. ADDITIONAL NAMES OF DELEGATES. NAMES OF DEPUTY, NAME OF ASSOCIATION OR CONORE• OATION, PLACE OF RESIDENCE, AND COUNTY . . Balm, James. Scotch Secession Church, Pell-street, Ratcliff. highway, Middlesex Bower, William, A.C.L. A., Chelsea, Middlesex Brewer, Nicholas, A.C.L A., Southwark, Surrey Cox, Edward William, A. C. L.A., Taunton and Wellington Somerset Dyke, Mr., A.C.L. A., West Pancras, Middlesex Doran, J. L., Esq., A.C. L.A., Christ Church, Marylebone, Middlesex Fowler, John, A.C.L.A., Oxford Harding, Jonathan, A. C.L. A., Mitcham, Surrey Hayes, Thomas, A. C. L. A., Bethnal -green, Middledex Levan, Peter, West Relief Church, Paisley, Renfrewshire APConnell, A.C.L.A., Marylebone, Middlesex Aliall, Edward, Inhabitants of Cupar, Fifeehire Pulling, John, Independent Congregation, Deptford, Kent Poulton, J., A.C.L.A., Camberwell, Surrey Renton, Henry, A. C.L.A., Kelso, Roxburgh Rayre, Charles, A. C.L. A., Newcastle and Gateshead, Nor, thumberland Sturges, Jcseph, Esq., Inhabitants of Cupar, Fifeshire Scoble, John, Secession Church, Cupar, Fifeshire Thomson, Adam, A.C.L.A., Hawick, Roxburgh Turner, T., Hope Chapel, Providendo, Rochdale, Lancashire Walker, David, A.C.L. A., Linlithgow, Scotland ADDITIONAL NAMES OF MINISTERS, NAME OF MINISTER, DENOMINATION, PLACE OF RESIDENCE, AND COUNTS. Archer, Thomas, United Secession, Gray Friars, Glasgow, Lanarkshire Beaumont, John, Relief Congregation, Cerei, Fifeshire Benson, Williams, Baptist Congregation, and British and Fo reign Sailors' Society, Welling, Kent Cairns, Peter, United Secession, Stewarton, Ayrshire Carlile, James, Secession Church, Cupar, Fifeshire Garnsnay, Smith P,, Congregational, Newport, United States, America Hinton, John H., Baptist Free Communion, Cupar, Fifeshire Tiler, W., Independent, Hope Chapel, SpitaWelds, ➢liddlesei Mirams, James, Independent, Kennington, Surrey THE MEXICAN LOANS. Yeaterday a meeting of Mexican Bondholders was held at the London T avern , convene d by the C omm i ttee of Spanish American Stockhold ers , f or the purpose of l ay i ng b efore them certain propo s itio ns ma d e b y t h e Government o f M ex i co, re lative to the future payment of dividends, &c. The CHAIRMAN (Mr. G. R. Robinson) explained the objects for which the meeting had been convened, and then read the agreement which was signed that day by himself and the agents of th e M ex i can G overn ment, th e M essrs. Lizard' and Co. The fir s t ar ti c l e state d t h a t the Cong ress of Mexico, by the decree of th e 3d A ugust , 1841, authorised th e G overnment to appropriate one-fifth of the Customs' duties of Vera Cruz and lampico in lieu of one-sixth, as before provided, for the payment of the future interest on the Mexican foreign debt. The second article states that Messrs. Lizardi will pay the inter terest on the Consolidated Bonds which will become due on the Ist of April next, certificates upon which have not been taken from the Custom-houses in Mexico. The third article pledges the Mexican Government, through Messrs. Lizardi, to grant debentures to the amount of So per cent, to be received in satisfaction of the four years' arrears of interest which have ac crued up to the Ist of October last. The sixth declares, that unless the next four had-years' payments of interest, com mencing on the Ist of April next, be successively paid in London, the said Debentures shall represent the full amount of the four years' interest instead of one-halt the amount thereof, so that in that case the concession proposed to be made by article 3 shall not in any manner take effect. The seventh article, provides, that a fund shall be obtained equal to five per cent. from Mexico, for the gradual reduction of the present Mexican foreign debt. The ninth promises, that if the agree ment be sanctioned by the Bondholders, the interest due on the Ist April should be immediately advertised for payment. The eleventh article remarks, " that nothing contained in the agree ment should affect the provisions of the existing agreement between the Mexican Government and the holders of-Mexican bonds, dated Sept. 14th, 1837." An additional article had been drawn up to the following effect : " The debentures to be issued in the payment of arrears of interest, in the manner set forth in article 3, shall commence to bear interest on the Ist of April, 1845, provided that any part thereof shall at that date remain unliquidated, such interest to be added to the principal sums of the said debentures, and paid off in the manner prescribed in article 4th. Dated in London the 11th Feb., 1842." The CHAIRMAN concluded with moving a resolution, to the effect, "that the meeting concur in the agreement," which was carried by a great majority. PEEL'S SLIDING SCALE. GRAND DEMONSTRATION IN DERBY. By breakfast time on Thursday morning, the people of Derby were put in possession of Sir Robert Peel's speech through the medium of the Derby Reporter, which acknowledged itself indebted to the Proprietor of Tbe SW; for the extraordinary early Intel. ligence. One general feeling of disappointment prevailed; and the cry might be heard from the working classes, " No Sliding Scales," "No accursed Corn.laws," At eleven o'clock the Council as sembled to discuss some business left over at a former meeting, and a petition couched in strong terms against Peel's humbug, was and immediately transmitted to the lion passed mseeirller Commons the next night. D ur i ng the sitting of the Council, a i b bys for acclamation , theborough, for p resentat i on i n t h e H ouse o f written paper was handed to the Mayor, stating that it was the intention of the people to burn Peel in effigy. The matter died away, and nothing further was heard of it until about seven o'clock, a tremendous procession of people was seen advancing down St. Peter's.street, with the effigy suspended from two upright poles and a cross pole, forming a gallows, a number of men heading the procession with torches; The shouting was tremendous, and as the immense rriass passed the residences of con. splcuous Tories three groans were given (especially whilst passing the Tory newspaper-ofneo, and here the groaning and booting was deafening). With the exception of this the greatest order pre. veiled, and after perambulating the principal streets the procession entered the market-place, where the Magistrates and police were assembled ; but as there appeared no menacing intention on the part of the populace, it was thought the wisest course to let them alone, for a handful of police against 10,000 people armed could be but of slight avail; and in nine eases out of ten violence on the part of the ruling powers is returned by violence. This wise de termination prevented any mischief. The effigy was decorated with blue ribbons, and in one of the hands was a cody of the Times paper, containing a report of the speech and sliding-scale. Order having been claimed, a working man was appointed to act in the capacity of Judge, and the trial of Peel then commenced. In a loud and emphatic voice the Judge pronounced sentence from a written paper, as follows :-.;• "In the first place, you, air, the great Quack Doctor, stand charged with having wickedly, selfishly, and cruelly lent your as sistance to plunder thts working milliotti of this country of their property, which is their labour, and by which means you hare sapped the very fact dations of their Industry, by the laying. on of wicked; cruel; and unathrhtian Vora Jaws, and that at vitae whett the maple expected very difibrent treatment ; for beitinown unto the Jury that It was at a time when the people'werw'retaiadriii ' *from victoriously fighting the battle of the landownersohat you 'acted thus cruelly towards them. In the second place you are charged with having wickedly and cruelly prevented relief, when the late Administration would have granted it, by destroying that Ministry, their last prayer for and building upon its ruins one of the most base, sel w fls o li f , u a ll n y d st t a y r r t a ed n. nical Administrations that ever disgraced the British nation ; and that you also stand further charged with having many thousands of her Majesty's virtuous and loyal subject* daring the last four or five months, by refusing to administer relief, and have been adding insult to cruelty in leaving them 'to perish of hunger. And now—even so late as last night —.y o u have You crowned bread, and giving theist instead an insulting mockery in o am.itdst derisive shouts; and the shape all your iniquitous proceedings by of a new sliding-scale. How say you,prisoner at the bar —Do you plead guilty or not guilty lo" the . ' A tremendous shout of " Guilty, " from multitude. The Judge then added—" It now becomes my painful duty to ' pass the awful sentence of the law upon you, that your body be rejecting committed to the flames, and so, perish all: the enemies of the people:"—(Vehement shouting.) somTehetuerflipegnytiwneashihaveninsglihdee(dnlopauntdtnhirne people y dispersed; not (and the Times too). The shouting was deafening. f The windows were all lined with people, and as the blaze ex tended, it exhibited a large mass of bein g s cco lgregated on the spot. It is admitted by the Tories that there could not be less than 8,000 people, but the general calculation is from 10,000 to 12,000. After the effigy was destroyed, the least disturbatice took place. It was one of the most solemn pieces of mockery, perhaps, ever seen, p'lewgausiestilvedii. in names ll:mediate repeal of a meeting of the gratuitous teachers of Sunday School SUNDAY SCHOOL TEAcuts ictioleiliary ANDTHE theCo CORN- r t n A . w i a • s w . — s w P e e r t e i t i , o ao n s pftoerathiLt total nig a h n t d at e V c it l i T Tn, it w t rie t h i r t e h p e re S se o n u t t s h nierldy°l2l the young—the petition to t h e to) las to be p r esented b Earl Fitzwilliam, and th a t tl 0..; onani,ons by the Members for Southwark. on the 9th .01, a. iii t t a •girl, five year s o ld , while v.^: xt ilkig4 . i i tb bur father at Lyons, was b itten by h a dog on the 44'4 . aud the poor man, in d e fending his child, also received a bite on the arm. On returning home, their wounds Were dressed Alld soon healed. The child, however, gradually 1%4 its health; and complained of constant thirst until the 2d j'abt, When she became enraged on being pkqrcck o k ipic and continued showing sit the 11(4001 R 5Y1. 1 . 1 09;94 of hydrophobia till the morning of the 4th. ii!bo I he e xpired, , . A letter from Mostaganem, in the illaniteur Parisien says that offers of submission continue to be made by the na tive tribes, sad that a c h ie f na med Babibdes Iladji. who is of much religious influence in the produce, has assured the French authorities that almost all the tribes are read, to aban don ANA-et-14(1m CORN AVERAGES. LIST or TowNs, and the COUNTIES in which they arc situated, from which it is proposed that Returns of the quantities and prices of various descriptions of CORN sold, shall be made to the Comptroller of Corn Returns, in ord er to d eterm i ne t h e general Average Prices, whereby the rates of Duty shall be governed Note.—The Towns to the names of Nt hich an Asterisk is prefixed, are those from which Returus have uoi hitherto been obtained. CHESHIRE. Chester Nantwielt Aliddlewich Fontana Ends *Congleton *Knutsford *Muclestield *Stockport LANCASTER Liverpool ITlverston Lanc . gater PresMi Wigan Warrington Manchester Bolton *Ashton under Lyne *Blackburn *Bury *Oldham *Ormskirk *Rochdale SURREY. G uild ford *Croydon *Kingston *Ryegate DERBY. Derby *Bakewell *Chesterfield NOTTINGHAM. Nottingham Newark *Mansfield *lletford *Worksop LEICESTER. Leicester *Loughborough *Hinckley *Lutterworth *Market Harbro'. *Melton Mowbray NORTHAMPTON. Northampton *Peterborough *Daventry *Oundle ESSEX. Chelmsford Colchester Romford * Chipping Ongur *Epping *Maldon *Saffron Walden KENT. Maidstone Canterbury Wit ford *Bromley *Chatham or Rochester *Dovor *Gravesend *llimuney *Seveitoaks *'Tunbridge (Town) SUSSEX. Chichester Lewes Rye *Brighton *Rorihani 4Petworth WARWICKSHIRE. Coventry Birmingham *Coleshill *Dunchurch *Stratford on Avon * War wick WORCESTER. Worcester *Bromsgrove *Droitwich *Dudley *Kidderminster *Stourbridge *Stourport BEDFORD. Bedford *Biggleswade *Dnnstable BERKSHIRE. Windsor Heading *Abingdon *Farringdon *Maidenhead *Newbury *Wallingford • BUCKS. Aylesbury *Beaconsfield *Buckingham *High Wycombe *Stoney Stratford OXFORDSHIRE. Oxford *Banbury *Burford *Henley *Witney HUNTINGDON. Huntingdon St. Neot'B GLOUCESTER. Gloucester Cirencester Tetbury Stow on the Wold Tewkesbury *Cheltenham *Dursley *North Leach *Stroud CAMBRID Cambridge Ely • Wisbeach *Newmarket SOMERSETSITTRE Bristol Taunton IVells Bridgewater Frome Chard *Bath *Yeovil MONMOUTHSHIRE. Monmouth Abergavenny Chepstow Pontypool *Newport SUFFOLK►. Ipswich Woodbridge Sudbury Hadleigh Stow Market Beccles Bungay Lowestoft Bury St. Edmund's DEVONSHIRE. Exeter Barnstaple Plymouth Totness Tavistoek Kingsbridge *Ashburton *Axminster *South Moltou *Oakhampton *Tiverton NORFOLK. Nor w ich Yarmouth Lynn Thetford Watton Diss East Derehana liarleston Holt Aylsharn Fakenhant North Walskata *Sw•affharn CORNWALL. Truro Bodmin Launceston Redruth lielston St. Austell *Falmouth *Penzance LINCOLN. Lincoln G Hillsborough Glan ford Bridge Louth Boston Sleaford Stamford Spalding *Barton on Humber *New Bolingbroke *Bourne *Grantham *Grimsby *llorneastle *hfarket Deeping *Spilsby DORSETSHIRE. Blandford Bridport Dorchester Sherborne Shaftesbury Wareham *Poole *Weymouth HAMPSHIRE. Winchester Andover Basingstoke Fareham Havant Newport Ringwood Southampton Portsmouth *Christchurch RUTLAND. *Okeham *Uppingham YORK. York Leeds Wakefield Bridlington Beverley Hamden Shetlichl Hull Whitby NeW Mahon *Barnsley *Bedale *Bradford *Doncaster *Guisborough *Halifax *Huddersfield *Keighley *Knaresborough *Northallerton *.Pickering *Pontefract *Richmond *Ripon *Selby *Skipton *Thirsk *Wetherby *Yarm HEREFORD. *Hereford *Leominster *Ross DURHAM. Durham Stockton Darlington Sunderland Barnard Castle SHROPSHIRE. *Shrewsbury *Bridgenorth *Elmsmere *Ludlow *Newport *Oswestry *Wellington *Wenlock *Whitehurch WILTSHIRE. *Bradford *Swindon *Chitpenbani *Devizes *Salisbury *Marlborough *Trowbridge Warminster STAFFORDSHIRE. *Stafford *Burton on Trent *Newcastle under Lyme *Stowe *Tamworth *Uttoxeter *Walsall *Wolierhampton NORTHUMBERLAND. Walsingharn Belford Hexham Newcastle-upon-Tyne Morpeth Alnwick Berwick *Wooller CUMBERLAND. Carlisle Whitehaven Cbckermouth Penrith Egremont *Wigton WESTMORELAND. Appleby Kendal *Kirby Lonsdale MIDDLESEX. London Uxbridge HERTFORDSHIRE. Hertford Royston *Bishop Stortford *St Alban's *Ware *Tring *Watford WALES. Carmarthen .Carnaryon Haverfordwest Cardiff Denbigh Wrexham *Brecon *Mold *Bangor *Cowbridge *Newbridge *Newtown *.Now Radnor CONTROVERTED ELECTIONS. MR. SPEAKER'S WARRANT FOR THE APPOINT MENT OF MEMBERS TO SERVE ON THE GENE. RAL COMMITTEE OF ELECTIONS for 1842. Pursuant to an Act passed in the 4th and sth year if the reign of her present Majesty, intituled, "An Act to amend the Law for the Trial of Controverted Elections," I do hereby appoint the Right Hon. Granville Charles Henry Somerset, commonly called Lord Granville Somerset, Member for Mon mouthshire; the Right Hon. Sir George Grey, Member for Devonport ; the Right Hon. Dudley Ryder, commonly called Viscount Sandon, Member for Liverpool ; James Loch, Esq., Member for the Wick District of Burghs ; John Wilson Patten, Esq., Member for the Northern Division of the County Palatine of Lancaster; and Sir William Meredyth Somerville, Member for the Borough of Drogheda ; to be Members of the General Committee of Elections for the present Session. Given under my hand this 9th day of February, 1842 CHARLES SHAW LEFEVRE Speaker.' Learning appears to be making great progress in the Island of Sardinia. At the University of Cagliari, which in 1825 reckoned only 270 students, t h e number increased i n 1832 to 302, and in the present year amounts to 499. LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. The eleventh half-yearly meeting of the Proprietors of this un dertaking was held yesterday, at the Qtteen's Hotel, Birmingham, for the purpose of receiving the half.yearly Report of the Directors, end electing four Directors for the ensuing half year, George Carr Glynn, Esq., in the Chair. The common seal of the Company basing been, in conformity with the Act of Parliament, affixed to the register, by the consent of the Court of Proprietors, The CHAIRM•N opened the business of the meeting with a few preliminary observations, in which he congratulated the Proprietors on the successful working of the line during the past half year ; which was the more satisfactory when considered in conjunction with the present disastrous state of commerce in this country, by which the interests of all undertakings of this sort were, snore or less, injuriously affected. Although the interests of this railway had suffered somewhat in that respect, a steady increase in the traffic of the line had been kept up; in addition to which the Directors had been able to carry out their great object —a decrease of the charge of working the line—not, however, affected in any way by a decrease of the stock capital of the Company. In compliance with the ex pressed intention of the Directors, at the last half-yearly meeting, in which the Proprietors present coincided, a valuation of the stock of the Company had been made, in the engine stock, by Mr. Bury, checked by Mr. Hill, of Bolton; and in the carriage stock, by Mr. Wright, checked by Mr. N. Worsdale, the mention of whose names would carry conviction, that the duties assigned to those gentle men could not have been entrusted to men of more skill and com peteney to discharge, satisfactorily, the duties that devolved upon them. The result of their labours had been that the system of per tentage, already agreed upon, was not effectually met by their cal culations as compared with the first cost. The Directors, however,were not prepared to offer to the Proprietors any variation of the present principle of depreciation, which was found to be fair, equitable, and in every way satisfactory, and which, if worked for a sufficient length of time, would certainly bring about the natural results that must flow from it. At any time, however, when a change should be come necessary, the Directors would feel it their duty to bring the subject before the Proprietors. He alluded with very great plea sure to the liberality of the Proprietors, who have allowed the Di rectors to erect schools at Wolverton. He did so with peculiar gratification, because nothing could exceed the satisfaction which was felt by the inhabitants in their establishment, not only by one class of inhabitants, but by all denominations in the neighbour. hood, who all expressed their cordial approbation of the conduct of the clergyman appointed to conduct the schools. As an instance of the kindly feeling expressed, he mentioned that many Dissen tors had put their Sunday schools under the direction of the minis. ter appointed by the Company. Allusion having been made a few nights ago to the unfortunate accident at Harrow, which arose entirely from the negligence of two of the Company's servants, who paid3the forfeit of their lives, he referred with satisfaction to the fact, that not only did that accident arise from a positive disregard of the orders laid down by the Directors, but that during the last twelve months not a single passenger, tra velling by the railway, had met with any accident whatever. In congratulating the Proprietors upon the state of their affairs, which permitted them to receive, at this periodical declaration, an increase in the amount of their dividend, namely, 4/. 155., per share on the 100/. shares, he begged to say that this was a dividend arising from the best working half of the year, and it would not be fair to raise undue expectations by inferring the same result upon the next half. year's working. The SECRETARY then read the half yearly Report, from which It appeared that the ordinary traffic of the railway has exceeded that of the corresponding half-year of 1840, by a sum of 23,982/. 7s. Bd., and that this increase extends over every head of receipt, but principally the conveyance ofmerchandise and cattle. The net rent of the Company's estate, in lands and houses, exceeds by 1,392/. l Os. Id., the rental of the corresponding half-year; the charge on the traffic, including parish rates, taxes, and an allowance of 14,6431., for depreciation of the Company's carrying stock (excluding interest on loans, is 8,873/. I is. less than in the half-year ending December 31st, 1840, notwithstanding an extension of the general business of the railway, and the running of additional trains. The balance of interest paid by the Company is also less by 6,986/. 6s. Id. The aggregate increase of revenue, and decrease of expense, exhibited a total of 41,134/. 19s. 10d. in favour of the half-year 1841. The net profit of 227,61244 Ils. 6d., added to the undivided residue of the balance of 30th !June, 4,117/. 45. Od., gives an amount of 231,9411. Iss. id. applicable to the dividend; and out of this the Directors recommended a dividend of 4/. Iss. upon each 100/. share; 1/, 3s. 9d. on each 25/. share; 1/. 10s. 4 4-sd. on each 32/. share ; and 15s. 4 4.5 d. on the new 32/. shares, amounting to 227,967/. 19s. 2d., and leaving a residue to the credit of the cur rent half-year, of 3,973/. 15s. 6d. The Report was then unanimonsly received and adopted by the Company, and ordered to be printed and circulated. It was then agreed that power be given to the Directors to con. elude ass agreement for renting the Branch Line from Leamington and Warwick to Coventry, when made at the rate of Si. per cent. per annum on the estimated cost, not to exceed 130,000/., and subject to ass equal division of the excess of profit over and above such rent, between the two Companies. It was stated by the Chairman that two years would be the maximum term of the lease. The following Directsors were then re-elected, viz. :—J. B. Boothby, Esq. ; Thomas Cooke, Esq.; Christopher H. Jones, Esq. ; J F. Ledtam, Esq.; and Christopher Saltmarshe, Esq. The CHAIRMAN then stated that the dividend would be payable on the 17th Inst., and also informed the Proprietors that it was the intention of the Directors to provide for the present want of ac. comodation at the Euston-station, London, by making very exten. sive alterations in those premises; in fact, to complete the station in the way in which it was originally intended. He also stated in answer to a Proprietor, that the local stations, particularly that at Leighton Buzzard, were before the Board of Directors, with a view of effecting their completeness. A'vote of thanks was then given to the Chairman and Directors, after which the meeting separated. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. NOTICES OF MOTIONS, AND ORDERS OF THE DAY, WHICH NOW STAND IN THE ORDER BOOK OF 'THE HOUSE OF COMMONS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK; MONDAY, FEB. 14, 1842. ORDERS OF THE DAY. I. Corn Importation ;—Committee thereupon. 2. Supply;—Committee. 3. Loan Societies Bill;—Report. NOTICES OF MOTIONS. '. Mr. Pemberton,—Bill to enable His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales to grant leases of the possessions of the Duchy of Cornwall, and to enable Her Majesty to exercise the powers of His Royal Highness as Duke of Cornwall, during the minority of His Royal Highness. 3. Sir Matthew Wood,—Select Committee, to take into consi. deration any plans for the Improvement of the Metropolis, which they deem worthy of consideration ; and also the Petitions pre sented to this House in the last Parliament; for the purchase of the interests of the proprietors of Waterloo, Southwark, and Vauxhall Bridges, in order to their being immediately opened to the use of the public free from toll ; and to report their opinion as to the ex pediency of adopting any of the said improvemens, and also as to the best means of carrying the same into effect :—Sir Matthew Wood, Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Sir William Clay, Mr. George Palmer, Sir Robert Peel, Mr. Pendarves, Colonel Thomas Wood, Mr. Tufnell, Sir Thomas Freemantle, Mr. Barnard, Mr. Wakley, Mr. Planta, Mr. Alderman Humphery, Mr. Benjamin Wood, Mr. Rigby Wason, Sir Benjamin Hall, Mr. Kemble, Mr. Hawes, and Colonel Fox :—Power to send for persons, papers, and records. Five to be the quorum. 4. Colonel Sibthorp,—To call the attention of the House, and more particularly her Majesty's Government, to the policy of sub. stituting the payment of the several Duties on the Importation of Foreign'Corn at the period that they are entered into, instead of the present system of payment of such Duties when taken ont of Bond, 5. Dr. Bowring,—To move for Copies of the Conclusum of France relating to the Sulphur Question, dated in July, 1840 : Of Instruction given by the British Government to the Corn. raissioners : Statement of the Claims presented to the Mixed Commission by British subjects : Statement of the Awards given by the Mixed Commission : Copy of the Report of the British Commissioners to the Govern. meat. 6. Lord John Russell,—Before the Speaker leaves the Chair, to move the following Resolution : That this House, considering the evils which have been caused by the present Corn.laws, and especially by the due.; tuations of the graduated or sliding scale, is not prepared to adopt the measure of her Majesty's Government, which is founded upon the same principles, and Is likely to be attended by similar results. 7. Mr. Villiers,—On the House resolving itself into a Commit. tee, to take the sense of the House on the policy of imposing any Duty on Corn Foo(4. 6. Colonel Sibthorp,-In Committee on Importation of Corn, to nidve, That the Duties on Corn he levied or paid at the period of Importation, instead of when taken out of Bond. 9. Mr, Christopher,-In Committee on Corn Importation, to substitute the following Scale of Duty : 508. and under 51s Duty 255. ls. and under 521 • „ 246. 525. and under 53s ▪ „ 235. 535. and under 54s 545. and under 558.- „ 211. 555. and under 565... • ~20s. 565. and under 576 ~ 19s. 575. and under siis „ 18s. 58s. and under 59s ~17s. 595. and under 60s ~ 16, - 60s. and under 6ls 61s. and under 62s 625. and under 635... ~I2s. 635. and under 64' „ lie. 645. and under 641 s 655. and under 66s „ 9s. 665. and under 67s B.. 67. and under 685... 7s. 68.. and under 69. „ fit 69.. and under 70. 70.. and under 71s 4s. 71.. and under 72s „ 38. 72., and under 73. " 735. DIVRODAY, FEB. 17, 184'2. re I. Lord G ranville Somerset,—Bill to provide for the more effec. tual inspection of houses licensed by the Magistrates in Quarter Sessions for the reception of insane persons in England and Wales. 2. Mr. Thomas Duncombe,—Select Committee to inquire into the rules, regulations, and discipline of the several Gaols and Houses of Correction in England and Wales ; to report what alterations appear to be necessary in the Law now in force for the govern ment of Prisons, in order to insure a more uniform system of dis cipline throughout the whole ; and further, to report upon the ex. pediency of abolishing the infliction of corporal punishment upon criminal offenders. 3. Dr. Bowring,—Resolution to the effect that her Majesty may be graciously pleased to continue the Inquiries made in Foreign Countries as to the efficacy of the Quarantine System, and to carry out any negotiations which may have for their object such modifica tions as are consistent with the public safety and the interests of commerce ;—Also, to lay on the Table of the House any Corre spondence, or Extracts of Correspondence, which has taken place since the last papers were ordered for presentation. 4. Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer,—To call the attention of the House to the subject of the late frauds connected with the issue of Exchequer Bills. SOUTHAMPTON, FEB. 10._(From a Corre spondent. )—Sir Robert Peel's speech on the Corn-laws was read in this town with astonishment and indignation. T at was scarcely imagined possible that a Prime ,i‘linister could offer such a mockery of relief tQ the starving people of this country, as that which is offered by Sir Robert in his proposed trumpery alts anon of th e s lidi ng sca l e. Numbers believed, from the , - ,nriwn loose and sliding political character of the Prettier, that he would have thrown the landlords overboard ; but it is now evident to the country, that he is bound hand and foot to those greedy and heartless monopolists. The opinion in this town is, that Sir Robert Peel and his party must be defeated with overwhelming disgrace. The Southampton people are fully prepared to renew their activity and enthusiasm to obtain a repeal of the unholy and oppressive bread -tax. A meeting of Corn-law repeaters is fixed for Monday next, at Andrew?, extensive carriage bazaar. This will be one of the largest meetings ever held in this town. Two petitions, one signed by males, and the other by females, will shortly be ready for presentation, signed by a vast mul titude of persons. Last week an inquest was held at :Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, on the body of henry Cartwright, aged five years, a pauper in the workhouse. It appeared that the sur geon of the establishment had ordered the nurse to prepare a bath containing a solution of the sulphuret of potash, for curing the children of itch. Nineteen were immersed; the consequence of which was that one died three days afterwards, and four others were more or less affected. The Jury returned a verdict accordingly, at the same time censuring the conduct of the surgeon as 6 , injudicious and negligent." EVENING S MONEY NI.ARKET and CITY NE VirS• FROM THE: NtORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TIMES. —The letters from India by the Oriente: were delivered this morning, and being of no later date thaP those received by the Marseilles expresses of this journal and tho Overland Alai!, are not generally to be referred to fnc There is one letter, however, which contains a statement Of very great importance. It is dated on the 10th of De cember, from the camp at Dadur, in Lipier Scinde, from a military officer, who says, " Major Outram, the political agent here, has received a private ae coant of the total destruction of Cabul on the 13th ult., with 20,000 rebels.' Such an account must of course be held to require confirmation, but the hope of its proving true is greatly strengthened by the accounts already published, which come iirenri to the llth of November, two days previous to the above date, and advert to the possession of the citadel by our troops, who had then gained some partial successes over their assailants, to which this ttih,eerpeofosriteionis of l Generalrkely - enou s g a h le to at h j a e v j e been the sequel._ lalabad there is no encouragement in these letters to beli eve the be. eufirstaccounts exaggerated ; it was as desperate as it well The resolutions proposed by Mr. Gladstone, which have been issued this mounts!! among the Parliamentary papers, have furnished an interesting theme of discussion to the mer chants in the eits. Not only are they regarded as affording a valuable relief to our West Indian and North American Colo nies, but the duty for the admission of corn into these colonies (3s. on the quarter of wheat, and 2s. on the barrel of wheat flour) is looked upon as an important auxiliary to the proposed modi fication States' C corn i and ino an thiscountryopeig for at the be almo s t c ons id ere d a fi xe d d uty. F or at th i s l ow rate , t h e United St a t es , w hi c h are now grow i ng corn i n great abund wadhia admission maysio n of United abund ance, would imp or t t h e i r w h eat i nto C anada, w h ence, t h oug h it could not b e importe d h ere as wheat at the comparat i vely lin low rate charged on corn from the British possessions., on ac count of the requisition of a certificate of produce, it could be brought in the shape of flour, as corn ground in the cwlot its can be certified as a production of those colonies. Reckoning, therefore, that the duty on flour follows in proportion to the duty nn wheat, it w,ll be found that wheat which will be im ported into Canada at 3s. per quarter would, even at the highest rate, only pay bs. more to be received into the United King dons—that is, that the maximum of duty on United States' corn admitted here will be only Bs. In the northern parts of the American Union a great eagerness is shown to collect corn, and those merchants in London who are interested in the prosperity of the States look upon the resolutions with much gratification. The advantage to the United States is, indeed, admitted on all hands, and some are of opinion that too much is conceded to a country which, it is thought, will not be too willing to make concessions in return, and the returns for the trade with which have for many years past been of a very questionable nature. These consi ,er that , ante favour should be shown to British shipping, and that sonic modification should be introduced which would not give the United States such an unq ua lifi e d a d vantage. There is . a reservation with respect to certain goods which shall be imported into the colonies through the United Kingdom, which seems to have been made for the encouragement of Bri tish navigation, but this, of course, could not apply to the trade between the United States and the West India possessions, which is the most important trade affected by the measure. SUN.—The effect of Sir R. Peel's corn plan, which the jour. nals in the Government interest describe as having been favour. able to an advance in the Funds, has not at any rate been felt to-day ; the market having exhibited a greater degree of dull ness than on any previous day of the present week. The quota tations, except for India Bonds and Stock, which rather gave way, were about the same as yesterday. Consols for home. diate transfer brought 89 to 89h, and for the Account, eisl,l to 89k. Exchequer Bills realised an improvement to 225. and 2.55. premium ; but East India Bonds were only is. to Gs. prem. ; Bank Stock was worth 168 i ; and India Stock, 244 ii to 243. The New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. were at 98A to 981.. A meeting of Mexican Bondholders was held at the London Tavern this day to hear certain propositions on the part of the Mexican Government respecting the payment of the dividends, but the result did not lead to any improvement in th e B on d s. The latest quotation w as 31 y to . 3 ; Colombian Bonds were worth 211. Spanish again receded sligtly. The Actives were at 24 to 2.q. Portuguese New Five per Cents. brought 32i, and the Three per Cents. 198 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Ball were 51i_ to 87 for Shares there was scarcely any inquiry. Brighton de clined to 14a discount. Colonial Bank Shares were 1= pr em. The rate of Exchange on Paris was rather higher this after noon, and on the other cities very firm, viz., as follows: Paris, 25c. 771 c. to 821 c. ; Amsterdam, 12 4; to ; Frank fort, 1501 ; Ilamburgh, 13 10 to I 1 ; Antwerp at 12 44- and Trieste 9 52. THE EDINBUItGH AND GLASGOW RAIL. WAY.—The finishing of this magnificent undertaking is cow dr aw . ing to a close. Thu terminus shed at Queen-street, erected by Messrs. Miller and Bankier, of Argyll-street, continues to elicit the admiration of all who visit it, and we can say for ourselves, after having seen many works of a similar description, that it is the most beautiful of them all. There is only one little thing wanting to render the station poled, and that is the gilding of the spear-heads of the very handsome railing by which the shed is enclosed. As to the extra expense, that would be an exceedingly small affair to boggle at in such a work, and we shall he bound that the chaste lightness which this small bit of display will impart to the build. ing, especially in the ensuing summer months, will amply repay the trifling sum of filly or sixty pounds, which is all thatewould be required to decorate the stations both at Edinburgh and Glasgow. We trust this will be attended to previous to the grand start. The gilding of such railings is universal on the Continent, and every one who has been abroad knows the degree of elegance imparted by the embellishment. Oa paying our usual visit to the terminus; yesterday we found that the workmen had already made consider_ able progress in boarding in the great shed, preparatory to the , grand dinner which takes place there on the !sill current, and that the greatest activity prevailed in every department to forward the, work, so as to be ready by the date alluded to, on which occasicitt we learn that twenty-five carriages will stmt with the COL l pa n y from Glasgow. After arriving at Edinburgh the party Will return to dinner, accompanied by other twenty five carriages,, with the Edinburgh gentlemen, making in all fifty carriage:, whirls will contain nearly one thousand persons. It is needless to mention that all the eminent men c onnecte d w i th the railway, as superin tendents, engineers, and managers, are assiduous in their t u. deavours to render the works as perfect as possible previous to the opening. —Glasgow Constitutional. The police arrested a reeeivc,r of stolen goods. named Linck, the morning before last, at his lodgings in the Rue du Renard-St. Sauseur, where a large quantity of articles fraudulently obtained were discovered. While the officers were searching the premises the bell rang, and a fashionably dressed young man came in to ask for M. Lincl. The police agents smelt a rat, took the liberty of interrogat ing, and at length of searching the person of "the visitor, and found him in possession of a silver plate which be had stolen that morning, while breakfasting atter a masked ball, from the restaurateur's, in the Maisan Doree, at the corner of the. Rue Laffitte. He had formerly been a student, and is o respectab!e family. Both captives were transferred to the Prefecture of Police. DEATH OF ALDERMAN DANIEL BARRING TON. —We regret to announce the death at Dromcondra Castle near, Dublin, on Saturday last, after some weeks' illness, of Daniel Barrington, Esq., second son of Sir Joseph Barrington, Bart., and senior Alderman of this City, leaving a widow and four children. Mr. litn-rington filled t high and important office of Clerk of:.'ne Crown for this count for upwards of twenty years. V i e was also land-agent for se veral years to the other 'landed Lai', DI Limerick, Mr. Gaseoi t ,one, and addition t Ilr:Trietors of this county. By his d ea th, i n Q one Clerkship of the Crown, the Senior Alder.. manshir, several lnerative land agencies have become vacant_. all 0 4 : he filled with exemplary zeal and integrity. We understand his remains will be removed from Dublin this day, and will be interred in the family vault at St. Mary's Church on Friday next, at twelve o'clock.—Limerick Reporter of yesterday. BURGLARY IN ESSEX.—About midnight on Friday last, the Rodney public-house, at Little Baddow,of pie. ale notoriety, was forcibly entered at a back door, by three men, who proceeded up stairs to a bed-room, in which Mrs. Mary Pullen, the landlady, 70 years of age, slept with her daughter. One of them was armed with a tremendous bludgeon, and. having demanded her money, she gave them three four penny-pieces, and other silver, to the amount .of six shillings, with a small quantity of copper. in formation of the robbery having been oommunic,atod to Tucker, an active constable of the rural police, he went in pursuit, and on Saturday afternoon found two railroad naviga tors at the White Hart, Hazeleigh, answering the description, who were ultimately captured, and conveyed to their destina tion in the wagon. The fellows in custody give their names 'William Turner and Joseph Smith, but their accounts of thern, selves are very contradictory; the third man, although strie search has been made for him by the police, is yet at large.— Abridged from the Essex Herald. M. Gautier, hanker at Angers, and late ileceiver- General of the Hospices there, whose failure took place nearly a-year ago, was tried a few days since, before the Correc tional Tribunal of that place, for abuse of trust and fraud The Crown lawyer, in his pleadings, mentioned that the lia bilities of the prisoner amounted to 1,600,000 f., and his as sets to 350,000 f. , but the counsel for the prisoner main tained that the assets were 1,311,000 f., a n d th e li a bili t i es on l y; 900 f. more than this amount. Several cases o f unwarranta bl e , Procureur du Roi require(' that the maximum o f th e pun i s h , _ were proved against him, and the s u b s tit u t e of Hue ment awarded by the law should be given in this case. 'r he tribunal found the prisoner guilty, and pronounced the mum penalty—viz., two years' imprisonment, 25,001: • and ten years' imprisonment in case of non-payment. RAILWAY JUNCTION.—In a re•port presented to the annual meeting of the Liverpool arid A T anchester Rail way Company, held in Manchester on WedneF day week, the sub ject of a central station for the Liverpool a Manchester and Birmingham, the t 1 Sheffie' .nd Manchester, th e and Manchester, and the Manchester and Leeds Railways, 1 ", discussed at considerabl e length, and the Directors recoramend, that in the event of a central station being formet;., Stone -street, in the Londe in road, Manchester, should 'oe, preferred to Hunt's-bank, the former being, as the rei:,rt states, much more i n th e cen t re o f business anti in the ''..trection to whi c h th e town h as recently extended, and is 'raow extending, than the latter. In conclu sion, the Dircetors say that—" Under this conviction, them. fore, and under the circumstances stated, having given to the subject tlre best consideration in their power, they have corns, to the conclusion to recommend to the Proprietors not to carry into effect the proposed junction line to Hunt's-bank." The report further adds, that " the public convenience would be largely promoted by . a concentration avid junction of the principal railways entering Manchester, anti that this g rea t o bj ect would be accomplished by mutual co operation on the part of the different companies, on the basis of this intelligible princir,%, that the union should be effected on such plan as shall ;:ornbine the greatest measure of public accommodation, 'with due regard to the convenience of each railvtay." In the meantime, the Directors of the Liv , n - pOol and Manchester Railway have ordered a survey '.o be made, and plans and sections to be prepared for a general connection line on the south side of Manchester, in order than the requisite Parliamentary notices may be given, and plans. lodged, to enable the Proprietors to apply to Parliament next year for the powers to construct, or to co-operate in construct. ing, the proposed south line, if, when they have the plans ar.d estimates, and the whole case before them, they shall deer,, it expedient so to do. The half-yearly dividend announcf : d in this Report is 51. on each 100/. share. GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY.--A 'special meeting of the proprietors of this undertaking WINS held on Tuesday, at the Cotton Sales Room, Liverpool, for the pur pose of declaring a dividend. The Report, which was read by Air. Huish, the Secretary, states, that the acmunts e 7.10- ited an increase of receipts over those of any fernier hal f year, the gross income being 241,816/. 4s. 6(1. 7 . he ex penses for the same period have been 104,988/. 7s. Aid., lel!v.; nig a net balance of profit of 136,827/. 16s. 10d. To v q:! , profit may be added the reserved fund, amounting s.e 14 ;s : interest to 9,0011. 19s. 2d., giving a total I Company, per cent, be paid on the whole capital subsequently ordered a From this the Directors recommend that ofao f d the ivtdelidof six amounting to 132,1981. The meeti n g t w o the_ Proprietors on anddi dividend t le t nt after the as also passed, allot. A resolution'at Crewe ; • h erection of a church ting 1,000/. to the . from the resection dissenting, should have viso, that any person e si l x tith p his proportion of that sum re-paid to him at ',lie rate of Ild per cent. to be . per , 1001. share.