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TIM SUN, LONDON, WEDNESIikY;EVENING, NOVEMBER 23, 1842. done at 21 15-16 i at sixty days, and the Fives at 261- for cash, and 261 at sixty days. The Paris papers, with the exception of those from which we gave extracts yesterday, and La France, abstain from all comment on the im portant news from China. The latter journal contains the following lamentation on the sub ject :—" The English have made peace with China. They have obtained the commercial ports' which they were anxious for, as well as a large compensation for the sacrifices which the war has cost them. The star of England, so dimmed in India, rises quite radiant over China. This peace is a great event, and England will take good care to extract:frora it the natural conse quences, for she never stops short. The East is in commotion, and falls to pieces, in order to unite again under the powerful hand of Russia. _ _ England and Russia find new elements of force and greatness, whilst France holds more and more apart, and declines. What a melancholy spectacle ! What a humiliation for a nation which, during two centuries, had always been the pivot and the sun of Europe !" The Court of Assizes at Paris, have at last brought to a conclusion the trial of the five offi cers employed in the Prefecture of the Seine, charged with fraud, corruption, and abstraction in the :exercise of their functions. The Jury, which had been occupied for fourteen days in hearing evidence, acquitted SOLET and PHILIDOR, and found MORIN guilty on one count only, in a fraud of 1,515 francs on the Government by means of false papers, negativing eight other counts relative to the abstraction of plans; BOUFET guilty on eight counts out of sixteen, for , corruption in office,; HounDEQunv guilty on one cowit only, viz., that of attempting to extort a ) sum of twenty-five thousand francs from the Baron DE GRANDMAISON, to the prejudice of the City of Paris. The President sentenced MORIN to three years' imprisonment; and a fine of 100 francs; BOUTET to three years' imprisonment; and HOURDEQUIN to four years' imprisonment and a fine of 100 francs ; the costs of the trial to be defrayed by the three prisoners conjointly, each, however, being held responsible fbr the others. All the prisoners were much affected on hearing their sentence, and they appeared to be suffering deeply from the long confinement (nearly nine months) which they had undergone previously to their trial. HOURDEQUIN was in so weak a state during the trial, that he was at times almost unable to reply to the questions of the President, and when his sentence was passed he was obliged to be led out of Court between-two of the mu:- nicipal guard in attendance. Before the Jury separated they signed a letter to the Prefect of the Seine, requesting, that as PHILIDOR had been proved to be innocent of the - charges brought against him, he might be restored to the office which he had held previously to his being arrested. BOURSE-PARIS, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents. 119 10... 119 15... 119 10... 119 15 Four per Cents. 101 40... 101 50 .. 101 40... 101 50 3 per Cents 80 40... 80 45... 80 25... 80 25 Bank of France 3292 50...3292 50...3292 50.. 3292 50 Laffitte Bank I,ooof 1050 ..1050 ...IWO —.1050 Belgian Bank - 1841 1057 50...1057 50...1057 50...1057 50 Belgian Fives... .. 103 a ... 1031 ... 103 a ... 103 a foq ... 104 a ... 104 a ... 104 a Spanish Active 234 ... 234 ... 23 ... 23 Portuguese Fives 324 ... 324 ... 32 ... 32 iSleapplitan Roman, ex div. 1034 ... 1034 ... 1034 ... 103; RAILWAY SHARES.. St. Germain 835 ... 835 ... 835 ... 835 Versailles, R. B 266 25... •267 50... 266 25... 267 50 Rouen Orleans. 567 50... 588 75... 587 50... 587 50 Strasburg to Bale 203 75... 205 ... 203 75... 205 . Dispatches were received at the India Board thiS morning, brought by the recent mail from China and India. Dispatches were also brought to other departments of the Government, throughout which the greatest activity prevails. It is expected that an extra Gazette will shortly he published with the official accounts brought by the mail. The Park and Tower guns have been firing all this afternoon, in celebration of the recent glori ous victories in Affghanistan, and of the ratifica tion of peace with China. The circumstance was so unusual a one, that the Cockneys have been running about in all directions, inquiring what the guns were firing for. By the Oriental, which arrived at Malta late at night on the 12th inst., we learn that the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands has resigned. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The accounts from the Liverpool Cotton Market are more favourable. Yesterday the sales increased to 7,000 bales, and a large business was done, comprising 700 bales of Surat, and 1,400 of American on specu lation. Common to middling American qualities were 1 3 1 per lb. higher; 1,500 bales Surat sold at 3jd.to 4d., and 1,100 bales Carthagena, 34d. to 4d. In Shares there was some firmness—Paris and Rouen, Eastern Counties, and Grand Junction, being in chief demand. Eastern Counties, New, were 10i • Grand Junction, 181; Liverpool and Manchester , Q uarter, 441; Bir mingham Q u a r t e r, 49; South. Western, 60; Paris and Rouen, 23-1 • and South' Eastern, New, 181. We shall not he able to state the effect our brilliant successes in China and Affghanistan may have upon the provincial and Scottish markets for British manu factures until towards the close of the week, though in the City matters already wear a gayer appearance, and the prospects for our shipping are considered better. The increase in the revenue of the German Com mercial League has been from 21,000,000 florins in 1834 to 34,000,000 florins in 1841. Our German accounts inform us that the English purchasers of cattle are extending their operations in various directions, resolved apparently, to find out the best markets. At Itzehoe several of our countrymen had attended, and took about 24 oxen as an experi ment. The amount of Treasury bills outstanding in Hol landon the Ist instant w as 5,606,4Q0 fl or i ns . Tea quite uncertain, while insome very depressed, and quarters mischief thequotationsseem is ple T d h i c e t r e e d i t s o l t e he I ss d a r o g i n e h gi o n l d t e h r e s . are firmly supported. Consols tee f are 94i to 94k ,market, presen t bu t t ran pri s c fe e r s and for the January Account, 95 to 95#; Exchequer Bill s s 2 bri t n ( f 56 kor to 58 premium; premium. The are not so good, and India i Bonds being New TI o h r 1 ietlanlodiViwaliiiflePtehre C O elsll d 4t Three-and-114f per of m a conversion Cents. are 100 i. 'The probabilities 264 and ; 26 and East seem to increase. Bank Stock is 1 appear Annuities are 12f to 12 9-16ths ; and South 5Se; Long Annuities, 92k. Some of the brokers an ticipate sales should trade materially revive, The Foreign market has been inactive, but a trifling improvement may be noted in Spanish Bonds, the Actives having risen from 17 k a nd 17 i to 18k, The Three per Cents. are 22 to 22i. For Portuguese New Five per Cents. the quotation is 374 to 37i- ; and for the Converted, 32, being steady. Mexican Stock h as fluctuated from 33 to 32 1; Brazilian has touched 651 and 66; Belgian have improved to 102 k; and Dutch Two-and-a-Half:per Cents. to 53. For Railway Shares the inquiry still continues limited. Eastern Counties are 14 ; Croydon, 44; and South Eastern, 264 discount; Birmingham, 95 ; and Paris and Rouen, 3i- premium. London Joint-Stock Bank Shares are 3i premium. PRICES £F SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Eastern Counties ...• 23 ... .. 9 Ditto Debentures... 61. 6s. Id. London and Birmingbasm 90 lB5 ...... to London and Croydon ( g :runk)• • • 131 9i to Manchester and Leeds ..,,,, ... 70 Paris and Rouen ... .... . .• • •••• 2 0 •••••• 2 3*.. ... to South Eastern and Dover.-- 5O 231 to Ditto Scrip... ......... ... ..,... 20 JOINT STOCK YANKS. Lond on J o i nt Stock Unio n o f Australia 25 .. ... 33...... to MANCHESTER STOCK 17,XCHINGE, Nov. 22. We have h a d an improved market to-day, and a good de man d for stock :—E _Half, 29i ; South IN; Manchester and Leeds ', Eastern, New, 181 ; Manclieste".. tern Counties, New, ,- and Liverpool Dis trict Banks, 10e and 9,-I ; Mancht. COURSE OF EXCHANGE-01:STERDAY.) Amsterdam . ...... CF. 12 tliiGibraltar , ...... • 46 , ster Assurance, 9. Ditto, at sight ......... 12 s i t Leghorn ...... ...... .....• 30 75 .. 26 10 Rontttweerdam ...... —.2 U. 12 9 Genoa .. ..... .. AF1ambizr&h................111..ii 11'32 Altona ................. .. 14 14i, io Ni n le e s e . • 14 Milan ..._. ...... ..............: 1 3 70 1 Ditto, 3 m0nth5...,. ... ... 25 95 4 Lisbon"' p er Paris, 3 days' sht 25 70 p s l2O n ........ - 52L I Marseilles .... .... ••• •25 Op orto Bourdoaux ............... 25 95 Rio J • Madrid papers of the 14th, witl the `'s on Maine —1.514 B ahian aneu 0 o :: uenos Ay rea zi Leven received. 1 letters All was t .l 't 1611,, have • iciiiqui 1 1 "p 6 .tersburgh, 3 Us. ..., 37 thv capital.. There appears no probability of the Berlin Vienna, 111 w. 11. 3M 10 1 Phi • - Cortes beiog: dissolved, but it is not impossible i e tto ._ 0 I,aticazdelphi. a that .`.Here /Hay be some modification in the Cabi- Lr a i d es rid ... .. 3 7 i Fe,eig s it 04 0.,, 1 , 1 t u , %r t . t r o s 1 :3 11 a 7 (1. 36i Portugal Goi'd C0in...3 17 5 net.' Neith er the Barcelona journals, nor those 1 Cadiz • . 36 New D, w üblotnis .... 0 0 0 ......... ......• throw any further light on affairs 1 Bihrilbeaeolo"; ........... ••• •36 New Dollars.,.. .......... 0 0 of the oouth, 36 Silver f;in Barg ... ..... 0 4 11i lua,rter. The Three per ;,Cents. were Seville in thal SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Vint itt Optuton. " Who runs may read.' rosizzerir. The French King and Royal Family will remove from St. Cloud to the Tuileries on the sth of Decem ber. The King will occupy his usual apartments in the Pavillon de Flore, and Madame Adelaide resume the apartment next to that of her brother. Theresa Veronica Rocher, alias Mme. Bulle, alias Mme. Geronniere, the supposed friend and confidante of the Contenzporaine, and depositary of the letters falsely attributed to the King, was exposed on Satur day upon the pillory in the Place du Paleis de Justice, in execution of part of the sentence passed upon her in March last for forgery and swindling. No further intelligence has been received respecting the disturbances in Catalonia. Queen Christina, on the occasion of the fete of her daughter, the young Queen of Spain, which took place on Saturday, received at her hotel, in the Rue de Courcelles, the congratulations of the numerous Spaniards of distinction who are at present in Paris. Couriers succeed each other with rapidity on the road from Spain to Paris. Within the twenty-four hours not less than three have arrived at the Spanish Embassy, direct from Barcelona, but no news trans pired. - The Royal Academy of the Fine Arts proceeded on Saturday to the election of a member in the place of the late M. Cherubini. The candidates were Messrs. Onslow, Adolphe Adam, and Batton, pre sented by the section of music, and M. Ambroise Thomas, proposed by the Academy. M. Onslow was elected by a majority of 2, 19 votes to M. Adam's 17, and was accordingly proclaimed member. The remains of Mme. Berryer, the wife of the De puty and celebrated advocate, were interred on Sa turday at Angerville. In testimony of admiration of her extensive charities, every house in the place Was shut up, and nearly every inhabitant joined the mourn ful procession. 21107411T-ZICADE-CODZIKERCZ. By an account of the duty on hops of the growth of the year 1842, the sum realised by the old duty appears to amount to 169,776/. 6s. Old. ; by the new duty to 125,4861. 16s. 7kd.; and by the additional duty of 5 per cent., as by the 3d of Victoria, to 14,7621. 6s. 24d . ; making in the whole a total of 310,0251. Bs. 102 d. Embezzlements and forgery to the amount of 1,0501. have recently taken place in the Richmond Savings'- bank. Captain Bolstead, the Secretary of the Insti tution, was tried upon two of the charges on Satur day, and fully committed for trial at the next Surrey Sessions. He has been conveyed to Horsemonger lane gaol. An important ' meeting of the Anti-Corn-law League was held at Manchester yesterday, when the sum of 4,0001. was subscribed for the fund. ELECTIONEERING. Sir J. Hamlyn Williams, Bart., brother-in-law of Earl Fortescue, is spoken of as the Liberal candidate Or Carm arthen sh i re. LAW AND POLICE. Frances Rugg, Henry Rugg, George Stephens, Thomas Morris, and James Maland, alias Leeson, alias Christopher James Rugg, were brought up at Lambeth-street for final examination on the charge of obtaining 180/. out of the office of the Accountant- General of the Court of Chancery, by false repre sentations and forgery. The case was completed against the prisoners, who offered nothing in defence, and were fully committed to Newgate for trial. At the Admiralty Court two fishermen and four Shields pilots recovered the sum of 30/. as retnunera lion for salvage services rendered to the Glasgow, a collier brig laden with coals, which on the 26th of April got upon the Upgang rock. The value of the ship and cargo was 600/. The sum of 1501. was also recovered in the same Court by her Majesty's brig Pilot, for salvage ser vices rendered to a vessel in the Gulf of Mexico. She had been situated in a position of great distress; her value, as a ship, was 1,7001., and that of the cargo 8,143/. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC. Dr. Whitfield, the celebrated botanist, sailed last week for the African coast, in search of natural curio- sities. An extraordinary collection of Pagan deities, in struments of war, &c., have lately been sent as presents from Mexico to Sir Edward Antrobus, Bart. THEATRICAL. _ _ A young debutante, Mdlle. Nizzen, has just made her appearance at the Italian Opera in Paris, in the character of Adalgisa, in Norma. Thi s l a d y i s a Swede by birth, and her style is considered to be ad mirable as a vocalist. Liszt, the celebrated musician, has just been nomi nated Chapel -master. Extraordinary to the , Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar. c 0 IMIL TI --- FASIZIONIII3 LE. The Court is not expected to remove to Windsor before the 14th of December. His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge, has returned to St. James's Palace, from a visit to Lord Worcester, at Wiley Park. The Prince was present at Drury-lane Theatre on Monday evening at the performance of King Arthur. , The Duke ofßuckingham has returned to Wotton House, Bucks, from Winchester, where his Grace had excellent sport on his preserves. The Earl and Countess of Wilton have arrived at Egerton Lodge, Melton Mowbray. The Countess of Norbury and the Ladies Toler have been passing the autumn at Englefield-green. Her Ladyship, we believe, has not visited the family seat, Durrow Abbey, King's County, since the assassina tion of her lamented Lord in 1839. The Dowager Countess of Mansfield and the Ladies Murray arrived at Glasgow, on Thursday last, from Scone. The Earl and Countess of Egremont arrived at Sil verton Park, Devon, last week. Lord Stopford, eldest son of the Earl of Courtown, has just returned to this country from Canada, where his Lordship has been with his regiment, the Cold stream Guards. Viscount Lorton has returned to Rockingham Castle, Boyle, after making a tour of visits. MISCZE.X.ANZOII7I3. Lady Callcott, the wife of the Royal Academician, died on Tuesday at Kensington. She was the daugh ter of Rear-Admiral George Dundas, and relict of Captain Thomas Graham, R.N., and was married to Sir A. Calcott in 1827. The Court of Delegates will meet on Saturday next at Dublin to fix the time for giving judgment in the case.of the Deanery of St. Patrick's. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. We had a very limited show of English Wheat on sale in to-day's market, yet we have to report an ex tremely heavy inquiry for it, and Monday's depression of Is. to 2s. per quarter was with difficulty supported. Very little Foreign Wheat has come to hand this week. So inanimate was the demand, that the prices were almost nominal. Barley and Malt moved off heavily at late rates. Oats were in moderate supply, and sluggish sale, and the same may be said of other articles. Arrivals.— English Wheat, 1,940 ' • Barley, 6,920 ; O a t s , 1 , 090 ; Malt, 24,000 quarters ; Flour, 3,480 sacks. Irish Oats, 2,780 quarters. Foreign Wheat, 2,000 quarters. WHITECHAPEL. Our market was but moderately supplied with each kind of meat to-day, whi c h so ld. s l ow ly ' at the following prices :—Beef from 3s. 2d. to as. 6d. ; Mutton, 3s. 4d. to 4s. ; Veal, 3s 6d. to 41. 2d. ; and Pork, 4s. to 4s. 6d. per 8 lbs. by the carcase. LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Nov. 23.—Wind this day at noon, S.W., light breeze and hazy. OFF MARGATE, NOV. 22 . — Caledonia, Harvey. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 22.—Wind N.E strong.—Acrd. Cove, Smith, Bombay. FALmouTir, Nov. 22.--Wind W., fresh breezes.—Acrd. Victoire, Marechal, Porto Rico for Havre ; Jean Mau rice,Ducormest§t. Do m i ngo, f or Havre. WESTPORT, Nov. 20.—The Bransby, Gaitskill, of Whitharen, caught fire at Belmullet Quay, but had not received much damage. DUMFRIES, Nov. 21.—Arrd. Diana, Cowan, from St. John's, New Brunswick. DEAL, Nov. 22, A.M.—Wind S.S.W. fresh. P.M._ Wind E.S.E., moderate.—Arrd. Hartlepool, Quebec. Sld., Apame, Algoa Bay ; Georgiana, Berbice ; Apollo, Grenada. THE ARMY.---The following vessels, with the 25th Regiment on board, have arrived at Madras, viz., the Neptune, on the 25th September, the Ocean Queen, on 26th ditto, from the Cape of Good Hope, and the General Kyd, on 4th October, from Gravesend. Miss ADELAIDE KEMBLE.—We regret , to state, that this accomplished vocalist is indisposed at her re sidence in Chapel-street, Grosvenor-square, and will not be able to perform during the present week. And Mr. Charles Kemble also continues indisposed, at his residence, in Charlotte-stret, Bloomsbury, where h. has removed from Harley-street. THE ROYAL " F4VOURITE."—FISHER'B DRAWING- Room SCRAP -BOOK, 1843.—Among the Annual Contri butions of Literature and Art to the Drawing-rooms of the opulent- and tasteful, we know of none that presents greater claims to admiration than this beautiful work. Its Editor, the accomplished Authoress of" The Women of England," has presented her offering of literary treasures in the richest variety and most harmonious combination, while the Gems of Art with which the Work is so profusely illustrated, embrace almost every variety of subject and style. Its binding also, with Me dallion Minatttres in Gold of her Majesty, the Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the Princess Royal, chastely elegant. • Baron Stunner is to be replaced as Internuncio at Constantinople by Prince Felix Schwarzenberg. General Von Lieven has reached Vienna on his mis sivn to Belgrade and the Turkish capital. 1 MEETING OVVERCHANTS AND MANUFACTURERS. (BY EXPRESS.) £4,000 RAISED TO START THE GREAT £50,000 FUND. MANCHESTER, TUESDAY EVENING. This morning a great public meeting of the mer chants, spinners, manufacturers, machine-makers, and other capitalists, and employers of workmen in Lan cashire and Cheshire, was held at the Town-hall, in this place, to consider the steps to be adopted in con sequence of the ruinous effects produced on trade by the operation of the Corn-laws, and our restrictive commercial policy. The meeting was convened by a circular emanating from the Council of the Anti-Corn law League, and was most respectably attended. An idea of the spirit and determination which pervaded the meeting, as well as of the respectability of the persons present, may be drawn from the concluding portion of our report, by which it will be seen that more than 3,7001. was subscribed on the spur of the oro moment, towards the G rea t L eague F un d. Amongst those present, we no ti ce d—Ri c h ar d Cob den, Esq., Kershaw,ES ci" Manchester) M.P. ;; Robert Hyde Greg, Esq., (late M.P., f o r M anc h es t er ) ; IIE Esq.,; Joseph sep(hMßayo Brother ton, Esq., John Bright, Esq., of Rochdale ; Henry Ashworth, Esq., of Turton, near Bolton ; Benjamin Pearson, Esq. ; Thomas Bayley, jun., Esq. ; George Wilson, Esq. ; Sir Thomas Potter ' • C. J. S. Walker, E sq . ; Elkanah Armitage, Esq.; Samuel Lees, Esq.; Thos. Harbottle, Esq. ; Thomas A s ht on , E sq., of Hyde ; John Herford, Esq. ; John Brooks, Esq' ; William Evans, Esq. ; William Lockett, E sq ., (Boron ghreeve of Salford) ; Robert Munn, Esq., Bacup ; Edmund Grundy, Esq., Bury; G. Holgate, Esq., Barnley ; E. Benson, Esq., Staleybrid ge • Alderman Hollins, Stockport ; Alfred Orrell, Esq. , (M ayor of Stockport); Wm. Harvey, Esq., Salford ; Edmund Ashworth, Esq. of Bolton; George Foster, Esq., of Sabden ; Abel Buckley, Esq., of Ashton ; Thomas Thomason, Esq., of Bolton ; F. Boult, Esq., Liverpool ; J. Chadwick, Esq., Eccles ; and a great many other leading men in this district—in all about 500. It was one of the most wealthy and influentill_ meetings ever held here. ROBERT HYDE GlntG, Esq., presided. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, said he should have been happy if the worthy Mayor had taken the Chair, but there seemed to be some little objection to that; and if his services could be of any use in repealing these obnoxious laws—the Corn laws—he should always come forward with the great est pleasure.—(Applause.) The origin of the meeting was this : the Council of the National Anti. Corn law League had addressed a circular to the merchants, spinners, manufacturers, machine-makers, capitalists, and other employers of workmen in Lancashire and Cheshire, which had already appeared in the papers. (Mr. Greg then read some part of the circular.) The manufacturers and merchants to whom it had been addressed were so thoroughly convinced of the truth of its statements, and so impressed with the impending ruin therein alluded to, in the destruction of the value of their fixed capital, that they had thought it right to address to other merchants, manufacturers, and spinners, a strong reeemmendation, signed by between 50 and 60 of the principal firms in Manchester and the neighbourhood to attend the present meeting. It was now about twelve months since meetings of almost all the trades in the kingdom, in their respective districts, took place—and, amongst others, a great meeting of the cc trade in this district—to consider the state of the trade, its prospects for the future, and the causes which had produced the very lamentable state of things witnessed during that year. Now, after a lapse of twelve months, he would ask, had their pros. pects in any way mended, was their condition in any respect better than then ? On the contrary, had they not all witnessed a year of unparalleled disasters and losses in their respective trades ?—(Hear, hear.) There had lately appeared a Report from the Factory Inspectors, who had inspected this district, and the neighbouring district of Yorkshire. He was unable to detail the exact particulars of that Re port, but the substance was , that 10 per cent. of all the cotton mills in this part of Lancashire and Yorkshire were standing—(Hear, hear)—that 12 per cent. of all the woollen mills in this part of Lan cashire and Yorkshire were standing—(Hear, hear) —and that of the 90 per cent. in one case, and of the per cent. in the other of the mills that were in operation, 25 per cent., or one-fourth, were going on short time.—(Hear, hear.) All knew what a dis astrous state of trade that implied —the absolute stoppage of 10 per cent. of all the mills, and one fourth of the remainder working short time. To ma nufacturers the fact s poke for itself, and he need not say more than that such was the fact.--(llear, hear.) Leoking at their own town, the, had seen the dis astrous fall of the Banlc of Manchester, respecting he,would make no other remark than this, that a capital of about 800,0001. had been lost in the course of about two ye ars, Principally in one year, almost entirely owing to the disastrous state of trade, and through trusting -manufacturers and mill-owners who had not be able to redeem the engagements into which they had entered._(Hear, hear.) Then look at the state of the Athenaeum, that useful institution, which was likely to be sold up to pay the debts upon it. The Zoological Gardens, also, that innocent source of amusement for the population of this town, were al up ; and it was proposed to convert them ready broken into a cemetery. The Assembly Rooms were als o closed for the season, owing to the state of spirits and funds amongst the better part of the population. At Bolton, the public news-room was closed for want of sufficient funds to keep it open. At Oldham, our im mediate neighbours, 300 rate-payers had been sum moned at the last petty sessions for non-payment of rates. At Stockport, there were more than 2,000 houses, and the population was actually,less than it had been two or three years ago by 5,000 persons, who had . either died, or emigrated, or been sent home to their parishes.—(Hear, hear, hear.) Even since that rep ort was made, there had been great failures, and throwing out 500 to 1,000 more of the poor population ; and a large number of those who had been emplyed there were now subsisting on charity, on the funds raised by the Queen's letter, col lected principally in the churches of the United King dom. At Paisley there had been 13,000 additional claimants on the public charity in the last month ; and a public meeting of the county of Renfrew bad been held to call upon Government for additional sub scriptions. At Liverpool, 600 shipwrights were with out employment, and they were beginning to drive out by violence those who did not belong to the town, or had not been brought up to the trade. He was not sorry, upon the whole, that the distress had extended to other interests, and this called forth a little sympa thy, which to this time they had very scantily be stowed.—(Applause.) The recent riots in this town and neighbourhood were the result of deep and wide spread discontent, arising out of destitution. The state of the revenue, also, marked the deep and lamentable state of distress now existing. Within the last eight months there had been a falling off, he under stood, in the Custom-house returns, of no less than 10 per cent. in the value of every one of our exports. It was not merely that there was too much cotton produced, but too much of every thing; all trades were in the same state, and all from the same cause — the general depression of the country, caused by one common mischief. Probably the quantity exported would be fully equal to that of former occasions, but there was a diminution of 10 per cent. on the value. —(Cheers.) We increased our exports in vain ; if we doubled the amount, we received only the same value for them. We had gone on for the last six, ten, fifteen, or twenty years,but particularly for the last six years, with a constant and rapid increase of ex ports ; but a slow increase, or no increase at all, and. in this case, an actual diminution in the value of those exports. And h e had no hesitation in saying, that if our exports were doubled, or increased to the amount of fifty or a hundred millions, the laws of the country remaining as they were now, those 50 or 100 millions would still be represented by the same value as now. This consideration ought never to be lost sight o f,—(Applause.) Then look at the calamitous effect of the French tariff; but as it arose out of our political, and not our commercial policy, he would mak e no further allusion to it, than to observe that our with the Syrian b usiness dl . was the cause meddling of it, and that it was a very severe blow to our trading interests. German t ariff, which by The by its heavy i mposts neon cotton, and especially upon woollen warps , h a d destroye dthe only br anch of almost of our wo o ll e exports to that country that r e ma ined, must be tra ce d to Am er i ca the case commercia l policy. Wi t h re specte case was very strong their : re cent tariff, so hos,eprejudicial to their own interests, and especially to ours , was entirely traceable to ou r sliding.scale.—(G ' reat applause.) f 1 ac i even the Bs. fixed duty of th e late Government been passed, it would not Only b have sav ed us from the late tariff in America y secu r i ng the interests of th e western and souther n S tate s, and • causing them to outvote the measur e in re in the House of Representatives; but it would have saved infinite trouble here and in finite mischief i America. At that period, when th e debts of Ameri ca they had an overwhelming to this country were enormous and ainount of agriculTural produce to pay t h ose debts with, had we taken what they were willing t 0 give, they would have paid those debts, we'should] have saved them from a host of pe cuniary difficulties, and from repudiating those debts which they NN • ere anxious, had they had the ability, to pay ; and trade the • - in consequence, we should have had, in consequenc e , in this cou n try, mie-hf have k eptoff that manufacturing depression, hicci ha d w sent so many into the Gaze tt e, and been the original cause of the melancholy and disgraceful r i ots in this part of the country.—(Applause.) Ile distinctly charged all those evils on that part of the Corn-laws—the sliding scale.—(Great applause.) He had no hesita tion in saying that a fixed duty would have saved us from all the trouble here and depression there, which had tended to our mutual mischief and destruction. The house of Messrs. Lezardy and Co., of New Orleans, in their circular, expressed a strong opinion that the passing of the new American tariff and the new Corn Bill of England would operate in juriously to the interests of their respective countries. —(Hear, hear.) He had no hesitation in saying to the farmers and landlords, that the prevailing depres sion in the grain market was owing to the sliding scale ; for if corn were admitted free, or at a moderate, or even a high fixed duty, they would not suffer the evil now arising from an enormous quantity of agri cultural produce being poured into the market just at the time of harvest—an evil, monstrous in itself, which necessarily accompanied the sliding scale, and which no modification of the sliding scale could pre vent.—(Hear, hear.) The permanent settlement of this corn question was essentially necessary for the agricultural interest ; for there could be no leasing of farms, no outlay of capital, no transac tions whatever connected with the value of land, until it was permanently settled.—(Applause.) He was satified that as the matter now stood—and he believed that everyone in the kingdom, manufacturer, mer chant, and farmer, was coming gradually to that con viction—there would be no permanent settlement of this question except on the basis of justice and free trade.—(Applause.) A free importation of the agri cultural produce of foreign countries would not only benefit the manufacturer and merchant, and enable them the better to purchase the agricultural produce of this country, but it would form the only stimulus which could enable them to compete with foreign countries.—(Applause.) He was most happy to hear that peace had been concluded with China.—(Ap plause.) The word peace must sound sweetly in every ear, and doubly so in the ears of those who believed it would give them an improving trade, and relieve them in any degree from their present difficul ties. But let them not be led away by the delusion that opening the empire of China to our manufac tures and produce would give the relief we required. It would give no effectual relief connected with our present system of Corn-laws.—(Applause.) We might import ten times the quantity of silk that we did, and silk gowns might become as cheap as cotton ones, but in what respect would that benefit us ? The possession of a silk gown would not make a cottager a bit happier or better fed. It would be an amazing benefit to us if we could exchange the surplus of the silk, china, or tea, which we brought from China, and which we could not consume our selves, for the food of other countries. That would be an amazing boon ta this country ; the population would be fed, and then the cottager's wife would be able to buy her silk gown and enjoy it, and their tea, sugar, and other luxuries would be a blessing to them.— (Cheers.) But, so long as they had not food enough, no accumulation of luxuries in this coun try would benefit the great mass of the people.— (Hear.) That was a most important point, and formed the very basis of the question of the restrictive laws on food. You could not benefit the mass of the people without increasing the quantity of their food. China was to pay us 21,000,000 of dollars for the ex penses of the war. Suppose that sum put into the pockets of the labouring classes, they would go and buy food with it. The higher and middle classes, and their numerous servants and dependents, would want the same quantity of food, and would get it. Thus the two parties would merely bid against one an other, and raise the price of food ; but not a single man in the kingdom would have a loaf more to put into his belly.—(Hear, hear.) If all the wealth of China were imported into this country, the quantity of food being still limited, it would not benefit the commu nity, but the price of food would rise, and go into the pockets of the landlords.—(Hear, hear.) You cannot benefit the people but by increasing the quan tity of foot. Even charity itself in giving a loaf to a starving man, took that food from some other man unless it came from abroad.—(Cheers.) The poor rates themselves could not benefit the condition of the poor ; it was merely taking out of the general stock to feed a certain class of the poor ; and in doing so, making those who were poor before poorer still, and making them paupers.—(Cheers.) To increase the quantity of the necessaries of life 'was the first step to benefit the country, and above all the manufacturing interest ; therefore let no one suppose that the opening of the trade with China warranted them in slackening their efforts for procuring an alteration in the Corn laws. The sliding scale was the juggling fiend which robbed them of the reward of their industry. Having struck one blow, let them strike another which should be effectual. Let them direct their concentrated ef forts, with increased means, to the destruction of that juggling fiend, the sliding-scale.—(Loud cheering.) Mr. B. PEARSON moved the first resolution : " That in order to furnish employment for the large number of operatives now unemployed, to provide subsistence for our increasing population, to prevent a still further reduction in the wages of labourers, to put a stop to the ruinous depreciation in the value of all invested manufacturing property, and to restore prosperity to all branches of industry in the country —this meeting affirms that it is absolutely necessary to repeal the Corn and Provision-laws—(Applause)— and to abolish all restrictions which prevent the per fect freedom of commerce."—(Loud applause.) Mr. James Deacon Hume had said, " If ever the day shall arrive when we shall be put to a severe trial as to our manufacturing power, I can hardly doubt that the prosperty of this country will recede much faster than it h as gone forward.'—(Hear, hear.) What they now saw approached to a realisation of these fore bodings. There could be no wonder at the want of em ployment; though our exports had increased, our home trade had been much depressed ; and with an in creasing population we wanted not a stationary, but an increasing, trade—and surely the world was large enough to furnish it.—(Applause.) It seemed the most strange thing in the history of the world, that the most powerful nation, both in agriculture and manufactures—the most wealthy nation in the world —should be crying out, "We are on the verge of ruin."—(Hear, hear.) Was this the result of some dispensation —some calamity worse than those of Egypt—some direful visitation of the hand of God on account of our peculiar offences as a nation ? Had all possible efforts been made by the Government to relieve the wants of the people ? No. The people were denied, by the most unjust, iniquitous, and ab surd law ever passed—the right of supplying them selves with what their gracious heavenly Father had provided.—(Loud cheers.) No one would doubt that an alteration in our tariff, and the repeal of the Corn-laws, would bring increased pros perity to the manufacturing districts. The artisans would obtain employment. All they asked was to be let alone—" Give us no protection, but don't deny us the right of purchasing food with the labour of our hands." While no one doubted the immediate effect which the removal of restrictions would have on our commerce, many entertained serious fears as to its effect on the home market. It had been asked, " Had the manufacturing interest been most prosperous when we have imported the least or the greatest quantity of foreign food ?" The obvious answer was. when we imported the least quantity; but could any one be so blind as not to see that we imported little foreign food because it was cheap at home, and a larger quantity when it was dearer at home. So that the most decided supporters of the Corn-laws came to the same conclusion as them, that the manufacturing interest had been most prosperous when food was lowest.—(Hear.) Now Mr. J. D. Hume, who was admitted by Sir Robert Peel to be a very high authority, had said—" The trade of farm- ink, as a trade, is invulnerable by competition in an importing country." The average quantity of land in England, and of agriculture, being equal to that of other countries, it was perfectly clear the farmer had all the advantage of the expense of importing foreign food ; and if there were not a farthing paid on the importation, farming as a trade in this country would be invulnerable by competition, because the country did not furnish a sufficient quantity of food for the inhabitants. No. They very shrewdly observed—" If it is not a trade, what is it ? is it an office ?" That was solely the point between them and the landowners, who had used farming, not merely as an office for the collection of their rents, but for the increase of their political power, as witness the Chandos clause in the Reform Bill.—(Applause.) Farming was a trade ; and as rent was not a necessary ingredient in the cultivation of the soil, no foreign imports could ever prevent the land from being cul tivated. And if the land was cultivated, the people would be employed, and if the people were employed, we should not lose the home market—no foreign importation could ever deprive us of it, be cause we could always raise food more advantage ously than they could in other countries.—(Applause.) Nothing could deprive us of the home market but the folly of the landowners; they could reduce the popu lation to such a point of poverty that it would be im possible for them to pay anything like a remunerating price. Supposing the people of Manchester were well employed, at such wages as they had had, and the population of the kingdom was increasing at the rate of a thousand a day, how great would be their consumption of food ! Could they not consume twice the quantity of milk they now used ? and we could not import milk. Potatoes, also, could not be im- ported at their present price of 3/. per load. Suppose that we were permitted to import without restriction, and that we imported ten millions worth of corn, we should have to raise exports to the amount often millions more,than we had yet done. Ten millions was but 1-24th part or the total value of the produce of Great Britain and Ireland, taking wheat at 40s. per quarter; and if the people could consume a twenty-fourth part more than they now did, not one acic would be thrown out of cultivation.—(Hear.) It was plain that with suffi cient employment, the condition of the people would be so much improved, that the farmers would have customers such as they had never had before i and the less, that the people had to give for food, the more they could give in the payment of taxes and the purchase of clothing ; and these benefits would act reciprocally. — (Applause.) Sir R. Peel had said he was not pre pared to adopt all the views of Mr. J. D. Hume—let him,be asked wherein Mr. Hume was wrong.—(Hear, hear.) It was lamentable that the Prime Minister of England could not give a candid statement of what his views really were ; it appeared inconsistent with sound morality. Sir Robert- Peel was very measured in his language, and he did not say he was not prepared to approve, but was not prepared to adopt all the views of Mr. Hume. Sir Robert had made some progress, and his further progress depended on the voice of the people. He had done much, more than might have have been in the power of any other man at this moment; and the fault lay at their own doors, if he did not adopt all the views of Mr. J. D. Hume.—(Applause.) It was most mysterious that such blindness had been permitted to fall on the rulers of the nation, and such apathy on th e pe o p l e. Th e eclipse that had been long foretold, had begun to come over the prosperity of this country. Unin structed people had imagined, on seeing the moon eclipsed, that a monster had run away with the lumi nary, and what was a fallacy in their case was a fearful reality in ours—for the monster monopoly threatened to destroy the very vitals of the country. Let them be encouraged by what had passed ; their shouts had broken the gloom ; he hoped they would continue to raise them till the obscurity entirely vanished, and the prosperity of Britain shone forth in all its former splendour; and they should never for get that it remained with themselves to do that.— (Cheers.) The axiom " knowledge is power," was never proved more sound than on this occasion. It was impossible for the community to be acquainted with the real state of the case, and not provide a remedy ; and the object of the League and of that meeting was to make them so acquainted. This could not be accomplished without means, they could not instruct a whole nation, but at considerable ex pense, but the result would be worth any labour or expense they could be called upon to bestow.—(Loud cheering.) In the confident expectation that these evils would be removed,. and that it was the design of God to make this nation the instrument in his hand for spreading the knowledge of truth throughout all the globe—our merchants being the handmaids of religion—(Applause)—let them be most unremitting in their exertions until the object was accomplished. —(Loud cheers.) Mr. T. ASHTON, of Hyde, Le conded the motion, which was carried with applause. Mr. E. GRUNDY, of Bury, moved " That this meet ing hereby expresses its sense of the invalable services which the National A nti- Corn-law League has ren dered to the cause of free trade, and is anxious to give to the League its best co-operation, until the great object it has in view be achieved ; and in order to enable the League to make renewed and increased exertions, a subscription in aid of the League Fund be now commenced, and that the following gentlemen be appointed a Committee to canvas Manchester and the surrounding districts."—(Here followed a list of about 50 names.) Mr. R. Mumv, of Bacup, seconded the resolution, and said, as he wanted to encourage the League, he would tell them what he meant to give. He would give 2501. for himself; and he would state that his reason for doing it was a fear lest he should lose all the rest of his property if trade were not relieved. Sir T. POTTER addressed the meeting, and an nounced his intention to contribute to the fund, though he should be unable, from age, to canvas for subscriptions.—(Th e resolution was carried with ap plause.) The CHAIRMAN said those were all the resolutions. He thought some gentlemen of the League ought to return thanks for the very handsome manner in which the gentlemen around him had come forward.— (Cries of "Cobden, Cobden.") Mr. COBDEN , who was r e ce i ve d w ith l ou d acclama tions, said he felt very happy in having deputed to him the honour of returning thanks to the meeting, and to Mr. Munn in particular, for their vote of thanks to the Anti-Corn-law League, and for the munificent donation which the seconder of the reso lution had given. Nothing could be a greater tri bute to the body of men composing the Anti-Corn law League, and its council, than to find their con duct approved by such a meeting as that, comprising, as it did, more of the wealth and intelligence of the district than any he had seen assembled on such an occasion before.—(Applause.) He saw before him in that room the sinews of Lancashire, and the very hope and mainstay of the country.—(Cheers.) The Anti- Corn-law League was eminently their league—it was grounded four years ago, at a meeting similar to that held at the York Hotel, when subscriptions were en tered into amounting to about 6,0001., for the purpose of carrying on the agitation to effect the repeal of the Corn-laws.—(Cheers.) He con gratulated them upon the good return they had re ceived for that investment.—(Applause.) Everybody would agree that, tested by the progress - of public opinion—and that was the only way in which they would look for success in their efforts—this great question of the Corn-laws and free trade in general, had made greater progress during the last four years since they had embarked their capital and exertions in the cause, than it had done in any twenty years previously.—(Applause.) That agitation had spread ; it had become not merely Manchester or Lancashire, but a national agitati on; it h a d no t be come merely the agitation of the day ; it had become embedded as it were in the national proceedings of our country ' • it had becom e hi s t or i ca l.—(A pp l ause. ) It was now before the world, and the sound of its voice was ringing through the Press, from , one end of the civilised world to the other.—(Applause.) They stood committed, therefore, by their power, efforts, and their present pledges, to the good fight, with the world's eye upon them, and his tory waiting to record the efforts they might make, and the result of their exertions ; 'and he thought he knew enough of his fellow-countrymen, and Lan cashire men in particular, to be assured that having once embarked in such a strife, knowing the object to be good, and feeling that they had the approbation of the wise and good in all parts of the world, they would not turn back, but would go on to victory.—(Hear.) Their agitation had enlarged the basis on which they had founded their arguments, and their app ea l s h a d enlarged still mo re . Th ey had commenced on a nar row ground ; they began the agitation for the repeal of the Corn-laws, because they saw rivals springing up in neighbouring countries, threatening to injure them in their own immediate pursuits. They had enlarged the object of their agitation greatly since then. Every succeeding discussion had opened out new fields to encourage them to proceed, not merely as manufacturers, but as citizens of the world, and as philanthropists.—(Applause.) The question of the Corn-laws had grown to be, not only a manufactur er's, trader's, or merchant's question, but one affecting the welfare and interest of every industrious class in the community. It was recognised as not merely affecting the material or physical wants of the people, but was bound up with their religious and moral well being.—(Applause.) Fortunately they had outgrown the charge made against them, that they were com bating for their own special interests against other great interests. They were now recognised by those who had studied the question the best, and as being opposed to no just interests.—(Loud cheers.) They advocated not merely their own rights and interests, but those of the agriculturists as well.—(Applause.) Members of the agricultural community were cham pions of their cause, and took as deep an interest in the question as any one in that room. He would men tion such men as Lord Radnor, Lord Kildare, Lord Ducie, Lord Clanricarde, Earl Fitzwilliam, and their worthy Chairman, who was also a landlord. —(Loud cheers.) On the ground, therefore, of the agricultural, as well as the manufacturing interest, they claimed support. They were now, as it were, beginning the agricultural view of the question, as there had hitherto been but little discussion on the bearing of free trade on agriculture ; and he ven tured to predict, that before another twelvemonth passed over, the very strongest ground for advocating free trade would be its overpowering benefits to the agricultural interest themselves.—(Loud applause.) Such being their position, he asked the assembly to renew their pecuniary contributions in the cause of free trade. They had given the League their confi dence, he hoped they had deserved it.—(Applause.) They did not ask for approbation of every individual step that had been taken by the Council of the League. He could not ask them to approve every indi vidual act of his personal existence, much less the individual act of an aggregate body such as the Anti-Corn-law League. In all agitations of that kind mistakes would be made ; and every candid person must make up his mind to set aside a certain quantity of errors and mistakes of judgment that might occur • but he hoped 'sincerely that the genera l scope o f their efforts and means by which the Anti-Corn-law League sought to accom plish their object was such that they might fairly lay claim to the approbation of every candid and generous mind.—(Cheers.) The means they had pursued, improved by experience, chastened, he would admit, by the admonitions and censures of their enemies, were the means they should still pursue.—(Cheers.) They hoped to carry the repeal of the Corn-laws by enlightening the great body of the people, by app ea l. ing to that portion of the community which held the destinies of the empire in its hand—the electoral boav of the kingdom. If they had had means they should have done this long ago ; but they now proposed to pay a direct and personal visit to every elector in the Bri tish empire, to place in his hands the truths and evi dences which all had at their disposal in Manchester, showing the injurious effects of the Corn-laws upon every interest in the community. The munitions were ready ; they lay imbedded in our Magazine and Par liamentary reports, and other sources; and they only wanted the money to give condensations and abstracts of them to every elector in the kingdom ; and with aid, that s h ou ld b e d one their aid, send the nation's within the next six months.—(Applause.) Let no one,. suppose that this was a remote and tedious process of arriving at their end, and that it would require years in order to effect a change in their present representa tion, and carry the repeal of the Corn-laws. No Prime MiniSter in this country dared hold the reins of power n moment longer than the electoral body were kn4vri , to entertain decided views on any question, no: , matter what their views might have been three years ago, the same as be. professed.—(Loud cheers.) With our complex 'el?cl somewhat unmanageable system of re presentation in this country, we had' always this adage at heart, that we must have a Prime Minister who has a character at stake in the history of his country, and whose talents and moral weight are essential to enable him to fill such an office ; and we had this guarantee, that from the moment the public opinion had decided in favour of any measure, it was not the mere aumerical strength he might court in votes in the H ouse , not by having a majority of supporters sent up from small boroughs or packed counties, that would induce him to risk his character and honour with posterity by maintaining such a position. From the m oment Sir Robert Peel knew that the Government COn. stituencies, the influential classes, were with them for the repe a l o f th e C orn -laws and the establish ment of free trade he would be with them also.— (Cheer!) He would only add, without wishing to disparage th e efforts of other districts, that to Manchester and to. Lancashire generally, would be due the honour 0! primarily carrying on the agitation which should lad them to victory; and now, when the nation at lard's were sending in their contributions, and crowding . enrol themselves in the muster-roll of the League, he called on those pres en t t o m aintain the position which their former exer ti ons h a d acquired for them , and i to n give that aid which would enable them, he Sincere. e 1Y hoped, to strik e a d ea th-bl ow a t monopoly within .11 next twelve months.—(Hear, hear.) And then , va tt u b : out wishing to disp arage o ther portions of the cou try, he should say th a t th e honour of this victo r y _ would primarily rest with Manchester and its iron' diate neighbourhood.—(Loud,applause.) The CHAIRMA N said h e b e li eve d there was no °th e o r resolution to be proposed, but if any gen tleman li s d be to say a few wo r d s no d ou bt th e me eting wou ld glad to hear him.—(Loud calls of " Bright")f. prd Mr. JOHN B RIGHT , of Rochdale, ca m i e cr:rip amidst great ch eer i ng , and gave an animated de tion of the spirit with which this great rn "; a Tfor• under the auspices of the League, was now g. e very ward. He said meetings were getting 0 1 ) ! TI e • c i . of town in the kingdom to raise subscriptions in al ncii the Great League Fund. On the books of the Cou day there were at this time meetings down for every in the month, and nearly every day brought in :•",_ a; ments that others were being appointed, th t parties were being got up, or requesting that lest Urr might be sent. Their letters gave an a ccount spirit of enthusi asm w hi c h was man ifesting kindtse!_ every direction— excee di ng every thi n g of the the ) they had heard of i n M anc h es t er before.--(APP. laus n If the Corn-law s were not realed it was their ow r 5 faults. He wrote a letter tot he Manchester kaPet, three years ago stating so, and telling the mer°" ° oo and manufactu rers th a t t h e gen tl eme n meet in g r ty Prop s the Manchest er E xc h ange, w h ose t ra de and pro., were at stake, th a t if th ey c h ose th e y could oa rr ib, repeal of these laws against all the powers in Ar kingdom which could be arrayed against them.--4003, notq e question," i e o n raised, plause.) It had been justly said that "it was ill 'alid on if look for it.—(Hear, hear.) It was folly then t ? ~,04 tmhaotneEyxcwhearnegew,anting, it 11. , CO ' on 'Change and pull long faces, and complain ` w , trade was bad. He repeated that it was in their own power to remove at once every shackle 'that beulll their trade, and one of the best ways to do that wr i to subscribe to the League Fund. The League At ask to lead them ; it only wanted their ce - °P e d ra i i tion and aid in the exertions they were making, 21 , 1 , i , 0 they cared one farthing for the prosperity and welia d ,. of the district in which they resided, or for the tr a ir. where might they on which it depended, to come forward and give we o f assistance.—(Applause.) As to the distributio n the fund, and the application of it, he would 1 13 ;17 , them to bear in mind th a t ever y con t r ibutor of f t ; was, by its rules, a mem b er o f the Council, and he thought was a sufficient guarantee of the di'lflo terestedness of the Lea gue as to the expenditure f ,t the money, and of their wish to apply it in the h.e s possible manner.—(Applause.) As to tion now going forward, he might mention that it the intention of the Committee to canvass every ware" house and works in the neighbourhood during tr e week for subscriptions. They would prob a : bj `-i its ~,,,r e aware that all throughout the country Paj t , out, or would soon be out canvassing. . 1 -te . 1- t y h e Accrington on the preceding night (Mon'aity), which found that arrangements had been made by vflu e r not a single house would be omitted.—(Hear, heal and applause.) Similar arrangements were mak in g„ g Rochdale, the same at Coventry. Coventry, tot b hhf l blessed r s ys s ua e if d mno net., ruin with nhe narnt uponprotectiveand others s"protectionens bt r ee a hy d tn e h,(i -• :et r eb ( L ei te a wn t u w h i g tl e ol h hiun t e s l e g i d i r )bst brims o tend their hands and help them from the dange r r,, (Applause) In conclusi on , M r . B r i g h t po i nte d 1"" attention of the manufa c t urers t o t h e distressed '', workmen, threat ene d w ith t h e same fate, , dition of the peopl e aroun d t h em, and of t h e ir ow - , and ja i plored them, as the only men who had the power, ° step between th em an d t h e ru i n which must a°°ll- inevitably crush them to the earth. His own of the necessity of the repeal of the Corn4aws wa s i t fw s r t ea r eor could sg give t iho h vet e a t ohhb h eai e lefch w t or. would u ua l g( d i Alh brought thepa aboutyi a ucsaen propertyd withoutd ly , u if e theret h ip ot e s s t h h o e s e de : 7 14 7 toni necessity for a man to give half, or for one To ll s g e i r v i e he e . ven He a w c a o s ns h i a d p e p r y abl t e o p st o a r t t e io t n ha i t f f a o l r l h w hv ou se ld if,n a tr a . a . h fa u t t h e er t , h a e n ir d q b u ro o t t hzr a s n t d hat h t e he h y egge wer d e t w .n il s l a in y g to ea- a -r e i t' would now give 300/.—(Loud applause.) te a t . " Ana the.Y amidst considerable applause, and would give a further subscription if it was w a r n- , m rd The MAYOR of Manchester next came forty he was sure but a sense of deep seated wrong coulm orn, called and kept them there so long on Tuesday ~i n ing.—(Hear, hear.) Their worthy Chairman h h aa ut troduced him as the Mayor of this borough ; was not in that capacity, let it be understood, heliere peared before them on this occasion. He Ca me t of as an old inhabitant of the town—as a merchan big Manchester--as an individual who had sPe nt od whole life, and earned whet prosperity °sv doge amongst them • and he came here as he 11 5 , - ; ,, h in before to enter ' his protest against those laws wn - t h e it said_Nothingoe his opinion were inflicting wrong and ruin u llaMed common country.— (Cheers.) He might be .o. h t for appearing th ere t o -d ay .--(No, no, no.) ft T a i g si bt be said th a t h e at l east, on account of hi s o ffice, cup tt tion o n b e silento any ; but municipal h had yetoffie e t o learnsoh should p y rev th e net°c . s ti lli ou i7 from 'expressin g hi s s i ncere and honest convictions, —(Hear, hear, h ear. ) I n f avour of t h ose couv' c anc which he b e li eve d b ot h humanity either tioned, justice s.,her g his op tioned, to sh r i n k f rom express i n • ioions dice-- now or at any other time would be e°‘ var hear.) to abandon them would be baseness.—(lle ar : , . He did n o t appear b e f ore them for the first time o' roe had alway s l en t w h at feeble efforts he coul d "'bfish mote the abolition of these laws and the es t f er the meat of entire f ree d om o f commerce all °' for world. It was because he was d ee ply concern could the maintena4ce.pf peace and or d er , because iT s i and not but deprecate:the annihilation of the e,aP o t see trade of this district,—because he could I " __and our honest and industri ous s h op k eepers rain': f the that he could n o t listen in apathy to the cry ocither fatherless, the widow and the poor, who wereitution actually starving or sinking into a state of destd those and who had no helper save such as himself 311 , in to around him, that he appeared before this me' iy j u ch express his decided disapprobation of these laws , v .- lay at the foundation of the present distress.";k; plause.) He had always endeavoured to exPr e lo wa opinion upon all subjects with temperance; be he should ever continue to do so ; because intemc;ei ance and violence were not necessary to the ad v be the of justice and humanity, and he never woul- bleb man to join in any. declaration of sentiment :tow_ need to inflict pain upon the minds of his fen on v countrymen. lie sincerely believed that no t lY the commercialist but the agriculturist Was ' e L'e'll , concerned in this questi on , an d it was as wisher to both that he trusted Government soon see the necessity of repealing these laws. friend Mr. Elkanah Armitage had handed h',n l scription which he wou ld now hand to .Their Chair man—(Applause)—alon with a su"Jscr;_p t i on for hi,"l, / ,, self and firm--(Renewedapplau; ie )—and he trust; , that every gentleman present woeild do all in power to promote this great Cause in the same wal' ot Mr. THOS. ASHTON, of Hyde, said he would 11he say, like a certain Alde t he war, in London, during _,e war, that they must apend their last guinea to sa' t the the remainder—(La, - aghter)—but believing tha e ,.., time had come for the'expenditure of a part of tr. to property t o save th e rest, h e s h ou ld be very happy put down his name for 200/.—(Cheers.) Ald. Bnooics said it was not now a tim e to make long speeches—it was the money that was wanting.---: (Cheers and laughter.) He came with a litindre pounds in his mind, but he had heard of on e g en i, • man putting down his 2001., and another gentkina 3001., and he would put down his 3001. too.—{ l,o .l la • cheers.) He had heard Mr. Bright talking of the' necessity of giving his 3001. towards saving his trades , and if Mr. Bright thought his business va.4 w 3001. to save it, he (Mr. Brooks) thought his otitk was worth an equal sum.—(Hear, hear, and applan When any of them were ill, they at once sent -tor,.. the doctor to cure them. Our trade was not send the doctor to that ?—(Hear, hear.) Ile d not care what doctor they employed—whether ,f, Tamworth doctor or any other—(Hear, hear)—int i l . fees were wanting, he would sooner give his 3,0,vy or 5,000/. rather than the cure should be withbel°' SECOND EDITION, WITH TWENTY ENGRAVINGS BY GEORGE >CRUIESHANK. This day, price 1/. 11s. 64., THE MISER'S DAUGHTER. By W. HARRISON AINSWORTH, Esq.,. Author of t. Tower of London," &c. - Cunningham and Mortimer, Publishers, Adelaide-street, Trafalgar-square. NEW WORK BY CAPTAIN MEDWIN. This day, in 3 vols., L ADY SINGLETON • or, THE WORLD AS IT IS. By Captain MEDWIN, Author of " Conver sations of Lord Byron," Ste. ti Cunningham and Mortimer, Publishers, Adelaide-street, Trafalgar-square.. SECOND EDITION. Price 125., cloth gilt, MYLAST TOUR AND FIRST WORK ; or, A Visit to the Baths at Wildbad and Rippoldsau. By Lady VAVASOUR. Cunningham and Mortimer, Publishers, Adelaide-street. Trafalgar-square. 'fILORIOUS NEWS ! LASTING PEACE VI AND FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN CHINA AND ENGLAND. _ _ . In consequence of this most important announcement, we take the earliest opportunity of making known to the Public, that we have, in anticipation of " Peace Prices," made a general reduction in our PRESENT prices of Teas. The fast of a settlement of our disputes with China, coupled with the large importation of Tea for the present season, justify es in the course we are adopting. We have, THIS DAY, commenced selling all descriptions of Tea CONSIDERABLY CHEAPER. SIDNEY AND HALL, Importers and Dealers. 8, Ludgate-hill, Nov. 22, 1842. All orders, per post, or otherwise, will hays the full advantage of the present reduction, and parties taking a chest will have the allowance of overweight& granted the trade. SIDNEY AND H.4.1..L. Atit l *tronblZbition SUN OFFICE Three o' Clock. RELEASE OF THE CAUBUL PRISONERS. We have great pleasure in publishing the fol. lowing gratifying intelligence. All the prisoners except one, have been restored. What will the prophets say now, who foretold that AKBAR KHAN would murder every prisoner the moment the British forces marched on Caubul? SUPPLEMENT TO THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE 30TR SEPTEMBER, 1842. Head-quarters, Simla, sth Oct. 1842. Since the public notification of the 30th ult., the GOVERNOR-GENERAL has received the gratify ing intelligence of the safety of all the European prisoners but one, in the following extract from a communication from Major-General POLLOCK, C. 8., dated the 21st ultimo : Extract Iron) a letter to the GOVERNOR-GENERAL from Major - General POLLOCK, C. 8., dated Camp, Caubul, 21st Sept., 1842. "MY LORD,—It gives me great gratification to be - enabled to state that the whole of the Euro pean prisoners are now quite free from the hands oFl 4 .4AnomEn ARBAR, except Captain BYGRAVE. I will make my official report on this subject rhenever they reach my camp, which will no doubt be to-mow-ow. I sent a lightly equipped three, under Sir R;SALE, to meet them; and the whoieof the partyllis with him, with the follow ing exceptions, who have already reached my camp:— " Major POTTINGER, arrived this morning. " Captain JOHNSON, ditto. , • " TnEvon and eight children. " Captain mild Mrs. ANDERSON, and three children. " Captain TFLOUP and Dr. CAMPBELL. " One European woman and four priva.tes. " By Order of die Eight 'Honourable the Go vlart-tx OR-G TANEUAL of India, (Si4,paed) " T. H. MADDOCK, 4 ' Secretary to the Government of India, with the (4.overnor-General." We ptab?i:vit this day some additional dispatches iie gallant conduct of the British fin.cos in Afl . gbanistan and China. The dispatch or General POLLOCK, giving an account of the bittile with ',Lima KHAN at Tezeen, and the triumphant entry of the troops into Chubul, a place associated with such painful recollections, will he read. with much interest. Every regi ment, Indian. as well as British, displayed the utmost gallaxrtry, and, though fighting under an intensely hoc sun, and exposed to great dif ficulties, fro - m the nature of the ground, vied with easch other in avenging the death of their slauginA 3red countrymen. On their way through the p asses they were moved to fury by witnessing the white bones of the unfortunate victims of treavchery, and after collecting them together, and burying them with as much care as time would! permit, they met the Afghan army, commas Lded by the assassin of Sir WiL- LtAM NACNAGI iTEN, in the valley of Tezeen, and gained a coral ?fete victory. On the following day they eau tred the city, when the British +standard was :boisted, the band struck up " GOD save tine QuEEN," a Royal salute was fired, an* d the whole of the troops gaVe three cheer rs. How different would have been the scene, and how degraded these brave men would have considered themselves, had Ge neral PoLLocK. marched back ingloriously to India, and l e f t t o he cause of his country andhis murdered con t ra d es unavenged The dispatches of Admiral P .RKER and Sir HUGH GOUGH, though not of a very late date, give interesting details of the c Aerations at WOosung and in the river Yang-tz , .t-Keang. The silence of the FrenCh Papers in the interest of the Government on all these imp sonata results is certainly remark able. Little Pl!' nothing is said in any of them respecting the course France will pursue, when four additional , perts are thrown open to English commerce, am I, probably, for a good reason, The war was co ndemned by French writers, the ultimate defeat ()idle British was pronounced all but,certain, aid d few of them, therefore, can muster courage to demand a share in advantages to which their , c ountry contributed nothing. Two or three of the C ipposition journals certainly claim an equal right I rith the English to the commer cial fruits of the victory, but that affair they must settle with the ''''Bright Eye," who will probably tell them that o sie "barbarian "is quite sufficient. A gr'eat publi k meeting of merchants, manu fauturers, &c., w as held yesterday, at the Alan tchester, on the subject of the Corn-l aws, at wi ich the best possible s pirit was manifested, n ot by words only, but by deeds, for a almost mof no less; tha n 4, 000/* was raised—it may be said, o a the spur of the moment—for tire.purpose of furthering the patriotic efforts now making by the League, to obtain a total repeal of the Ca. rn-laws.. When men part with their money thus freely, it is proof "strop.- as holy writ" that: their whole heart 12' is in the cause to which they subscribe; mere declama tion is no vouch Aer for their sincerity, i since the most specious and eloquent speakers are often the most insinc , are; but when they once begin to draw their pu arse-strings, and substitute solid cash for'soundinl r rhetoric, then there can be no posibility of do? 1 bang their earnestness. Such is ROW the case vvith the great merchants and manufacturers in. 'the commercial districts. From all quarters they - are pouring in their contribu- I tioi'is to the Antii-Corn-law Leegue Fund, not by dozens or scortio of pounds, but by hundreds; wad this earnestness, backed by perseverance, is destined, ere any great length of time has eiap,sed, carry all before it. The League will as tiorely (Ally the repeal of the Corn-lit.wso as the Catholic A ssociation carried Emancipatio,l ; or the Birmingham Union the Reform Bill.