The Sun. — London, England, 1842-07-16 00:00:00

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" 1 1 Counties Railw ay Offices, High-street, Shoreditch, . _ _ . - PURSUANT to a DECREE of the HIGH t „ COURT of CHANCERY, made a Cauge t "NNON against LUNNON, the Creditors of THOMAS 'NINON late of Fu 11 ' Mills, oburn, near Boacosis -60, in the county of bluelts, paper maker, who died in the I : o ntb of March, 184, are, on or before the 2 0 th day of r lugtist next, to come in and prove their Debts bef.re Sir rrtx WILSON , one of the Nlasters of the said Court, at his hanibers, in Southampton buildings, ( hancerv-lane, Lond..n; 115:,' i nt default thereof, they will be peremptorily excluded the of the said Decree: rPSWICH RACES.—GRAND DAY on Tins DAY, the 19th inst. r , The good Ship, the HARDY STEAMER, by the grace of ii?b, will sta! t from the Old Shades Pier, Londodge, for ..''WICI4, nest MosnAT 1110aNIKG, at Nine o'Clock. i ta , es—For e Cabin, 2s. ; Saloon, 45., and NO MISTAKE! I.l,“ellArtlS from Ipswich WEntiv.snAtr. Ti„us, th e lowest b i the public can visit the ancient town of Ipswich, the "h Place Cardio Wohey, and view the most beautiful on the banks of the river Orwell. ANTWERP, OSTEND, BRUSSELS, and the . , RHINE, EVERY SUNAY, THURSDAY, and ~"'DAY, from ST. KATHARI D NE'S STEAM WHARF. Quit the TO‘I:ER, wht'llee Passengers embark and disembark a ithout Site we and risk .1 boats. _ ll Thet ANTWEnP comP NY'S most powerful rod sylen ' Steain-shtps lrave the above Wharf as follows A r r 9R ANTWERP .— The ANTWERPEN, THOMAS NgKSON, Crmmander, every SUNDAY, at inselve 't b " t- • The PANCEsS vicToßiA, THOMAS MIN- Comntander, every THURSDAY, at Twelve Noon, r torcing from Antwetp every SUNDAY and WEDNES DAY. at One Afternoon. FOR OSTEND.—Tne BRUGES', JAMES MAIN, Corn bander, every FRIDAY, returr.ing from Ostend every . T UE S- V. Friday next from London at Eight Morning... t. p ersons going to the Rhine will find the route by Belgium cons , quenee of the Railroad) incomparably more expedi ,l2as and agreeable than by Holland. The sea passage is als) wn siderably shorter. bo ard general accommodations for passengers to be found on 01. 7 rd thttse favourite ships. their splendid saloons and spacious u k late and ladies' cabins together with the excelle , ce of the - vie provided, are entirely unequalled. 4 stir Carridges and Horses may be sent to the Wharf up to one before the time of starting. ittl Por freight apvy to the Ln tdon Armt.,_ Messrs. Li -htly sh d B ialon, and to Fecure berths, at the Offices, t 23. Fen- It ., i rch-street, and 44, Regent-street. Piccadilly, where (as as at the Wharf) every information may be obtained.. STEAM to CALCUTTA, via the CAPE, callin g at the MAURITIUS, CEYLON. and MADRAS o' 4 PENINSULAR and ORIENTAL STEAM N AVI ATION COMPANY'S steam-ship HINDOSTAN. of 4 4 ° 0 , tons, and 520 horse-power, commanded by Cap tain It. V,RESBY. I. N., will start from Southampton on the ..t4i h 4,Ptember next, at Eight, A.m., for the above ports, and will Calcutta for Suez about the middle of December. f or age to -Cell m, Madras, or Calcutta, £9O and upwards, ,c a t first class passenger. . th e Hi k lpstan is expeeted to be not more than sixt; ktY s untleilWeim to Calcutta. Passengers by her will ,ave , si ng two months in the length of voyage, a.- compared giik F or vessels. °r plans, and further information, as to rates of passage k;:leY. and freight of goods and parcels, apply at 44, Regent et r• Piccadilly; or ac the Peoinsular and Oriental Steam Na. 4 1 3 at '" Company's Offices, 51, St. Mary Axe, London, where of the Cabins may be inspected. MIGRATION TO PRINCE'S TOWN, VIC TORIA PROVINCE, CENTRAL AMERICA. isK ° SAIL, on the 20th JULY, the fine first-class, fast sail t: Packet FRANCIS YATES, DUNCAN IV.LEAN. itt°ltuatider. Lying at St. Katharine Docks. This vessel is ti r ; d 'IP expressly for passengers, and will positively sail at the amed. T he present price of Town Land is fit per acre, of Subur land 10, and ofmownt] y land 6s. per acre. for which goods -•, k4tatile for exportati ill be taken in exchange. The ell Sl i d t ! 3 extremely healthy. l'roviAons and labour both cheap so e auundant, and the early settler has many advantages in the A et ion of the hest localities, &c. ho w iwraon who has lived in the Colony some time, and who is 'lt England, intends returning as a settler, wiil give every casaty information to Emigrants. 'lc.. of Passage, including Provisions—Chief Cabin, 25/. ; .t..rid Clain.Steerage, k jur Prospectu,es, Maps of the Country, Freight, Passage, i t :, Purchase of Land, apply to SHAW and CO., British Cen t ' American Lan g an d Emigration O f f i ce, No. 6, Barge-yard, Itl[lerslotry. Lonon. t i ,,.„ 4 ,nother p ac k e t, the EMMA, will sail on the 10th of Sep hlgu .r, this bring her third voyage to ihe Colony vith T he voyage is generally performed in six weeks or less. EEL'S PRIME WESTPI - INIAA HAMS. g ut ONE THOUSAND WESTPHALIA HAMS to be 1-3) ipence per Pound, the single Ham. The Hams, held in such high estimation by the ?nt, and hitherto sold at prices far exceed ,e working clams, are now offered to the ~ duty free ' packed in canvas., and in high will Peer '.ll•Culloeh, F. R. S., F. R. S. E., say to the Tariff. and the Scotch landlords his pamphlet ? •Pssed as a sample. and may be tasted on ap lorter. 15, Fenchurelt-street. AND WATCHES and CI-MONO -A large assortment of superior Second :ale, at WEBSTER mid SON'S, Chrono he Lords of the Admiralty. established 150 ' the finest Chronometers, Duplex and Lever ral Repeaters by the most eminent Alakers ;early equal to new, at half their original cost: their performance, having been repassed and . To country Gentlemen. the Clergy, end iracy and pc riorny are an object, the selec.- 1 niion. Also some elegant and superior 'CHES at low prices.—W. and Son h;ve le finest Workmen in the repairing depart rid Foreign work, t, which equal attention is own manufacture, at the lowest possible Son's new work consists of the most accu , Duplex and Lever Watches, adjusted to iations of temperature ui on the principles of , era, to which Government awarded the Prizes ccession. Old Watches taken in exchaoge. attended to. WEBSTER and SON, 3, London. A. B. S. VORY and SONS Nisnu- Iversmiths o'to. 14, Cornhill, Loudon (oppo mgland).-The best wrought Fiddle-Pattern I Forks, at 7s. 2d. per ounce. The following .ecommended, but the articles may be had it the same price per ounce :- oz. sd. s. tt. Silver Table Spoons 30 at 7 2 ... 10 15 0 Dessert ditto 20 at 7 2 ... 7 3 4 Table Forks 30 at 7 '2 .. . 10 15 0 Dessert ditto 20 at 7 2 ... 7 3 4 Gravy Spoons 10 at 7 2 ... 3 1 I Soup Ladle... 10 at '1 2 ... 3 11 8 Sauce ditto... 10 at 7 8 .. 3 lb $ Salt Spoons( gilt strong) I 0 0 ditto Fish Slice 2 10 0 ditto Tea Spoons.. 10 at. 7 ti ... 3 16 ditto Pair Sugar Tongs (strong) 0 15 (. ' l / 4 T- A price current, stamped as a newspaper, illustrated by 1 4,7' b uss and containing every information relative to th e p ur- Illift of silver or Sheffield plate, may be had on application, or es sent into the' country, free of postage, in answer to a .\.,tltLer. . ' .hECIII'S EASY SHAVING RAZORS, 1 1 / 4 - ,„ N 0.4, Leadenhall-street. Exchanged if not. approved, ,t 6 7 .• and ss. each. Naples Snap, Windsor Soap, Shaving, - 11 AL u t Hair, and Nail Brushes, Strofs, Paste, C.nrhs, Soap ift,l/ Wood, Leather, and Japan Dre.sing-ea es, Desks, C hess-boards. Tea-caddies, Trays, Bagatelle, Backgammon, ' 1 boards kif el"l" A • ..LBEMARLE-STREET, PICCADILLY, (directly " - opposite the York lintel), and 76, KING IND-LIAM-STREET, CITY. q.qi tl, _ iiT AND HEARING.—'I I ESTIVONIALS. to b `` The Messrs. S. and B. SOLOMON S' Newly invented CTACLELENSES afford astonishing relief to extremely tit:fret vision-We give them the decided preference to • 3' other kind of Lens-the clearne.ss of the transparency . 41 4 Rs every object very distinct, and enables individuals to view minute particle with perfect accuracy. They are Ve,ttlarly pleasant liy candle light, as they appear cooling to "41„ 14 Rlit„ and softon right and brilliant liglits :- • ii ,, -47 011untlell, Esq., M.D., 1, Great G e orge-street, West ts;4 14 ter. Sigmond, Esq., M.D., 24, Dover -street. ttat%"• Pettigrew. Esq,, Surgeon, F.R.S., Saville -row. itarasbotham, Esq., M.D., Broad-street -buildings. ; tl o ° 4 White, Esq., Surgeon, 3, Parliament-street. Ho - opriEsq.l S'nrgee;.Newingl nn-p , lace, Kenn'ngt"" Ai.... - serick Leighton, Esq., M. D , 7, Upper (sower-street. `.. / 4 - "„ts• Griffiths and Duncan, Surgeons, 3, Leadenball-street. l' . /VaY, Esq., Sur; trop, lsleworth. -41 Ely. Es., Su - rgeon, 33; New Broad--street. Lucas, Esq., NI. D., Exeter. 'llit 4 Ylor G or d on , Esq., M.D. ,h Nisi., Esq., M. D. , Bennett-street, Bath. eYvvotal, Esq., M.l) , Blandfortl. Lawrence, E M.D., Tenby. th 3 . 13 Parr eso n , Esq.. Surgeon-oculist,2 I, South Audley-street. t, 6.11 lintunson, E5q.,. , .D., Cheltenham. E. Bri ;hum. t, 1 1 , 141 Citnolly, Esq., M.D., Ch ltenham. Allnatt, Esq., M.D. gford. It A l s Willis. Esq.. M. 0.. Brig. ton '4ih:riffith s Esq., Surgeon, lammersmith. 41 . I( ende ' rica,sq., Surgeon, NI rne.h/rster-street, Nlanches eit. s Nultre. n F es Tunalty, Esq., Surgeon. Camden-town. • • ` 44 1-ionin; Esq.,' Surgeon, 29, liarleyLli-place. Ken ieT,glsru. %;, u ''Carin, Esq., Surgeon, 50, Pic liament-street. • kt,." banner, Egg., SurAeoti, 21i. Berkeley ...goitre. a t " 114 's, esq., Surgeon, 15, Lower Brook-street, Grosvenor 'W Aeglish, Esq., Surgeon. Denmark-11;11. ~4 a r klemore, Esq.. Surgeon. 10, Charlotte-st., Bloomsbury. 4 . "'idart, E sq ., surgeon, 32, Golden-square. , tAli•..,‘! 3l "'r, Surgeon, 23, Chariott e . s treet, Bloom-bury. l`sAti w l.l4 aul, Esq., Sin goon, •Iti, Davies-street, Berkeley-sxare 4 .1 ° ‘rls Nas on , E sq., S urgeon ,N utie aton, Warwiekshire. • 1 11e. N1 Viae1ng the above list of 1 estimonials b. fore the public, •iitv‘:7Pasnk. Solomons, Optician , and Auri.t.,, state that their M I i e ' S IIILE OPER NTIVE VOICE CONDUCTOR, by " thousands of Deaf Per.ons have been greatly benefited, 11 1 1 , :ot lar;er than a seven-shilling. piece. and when fixed into 41: * vi.y of the ear is soft and easy, anti not. more uncom tort -Ipy,n(ll. Perceptible than having a piece of wool in its place. t s fai . ntest whi , . per at a public assombly is heard trn;tu es Ilr_p3rtant new inventions are patrotized by their Ma pes King a n d Q ueen of Hanover and their floral High s s t •tne Princesses Augusta and Sophia, her Serene Iligh her ( t.„.ne Pr. uiess Esterituy, the Princesses Mary and Rosa. ./race th Duch ess fr ow . ag er of Bedford. and tl,eir Grace, btl6,4lrehhishop of Carterbury, the late Duke of Norfolk, the •;14 ° r it ti Qi H o i f i l, n rn`hil'es ' Argy le, Nlanclresteri and Alarlborough, Ghs C. kc. I.4ll,.tatinieirwsrtit N l „ e i s „. srs. Solorno. s stale t.l at they Ir/ve n ',ru t,' t . flan.' in Leland and Scotland. tieizltinna,t-adrhtiecyiedo not employ any Travellers or Agents; the are only to be had London, ;it' their f.sta 4111iZuts, 39„ illiemarle-itreet, Piccadilly, opposite the York " • 1111476 1 Kiss Willies... Wet, Bak. • hj • I;l. , ite 125 ta 12 1 PF SUip ° T HO"( lengal, iT o ki ov 't at S eve „p, rni ,, s tl ,e Epicurean Id Liu " 1 44 and the aftluei th m ore gill p ut el e e means of tin for 13),v- p erf L 7d. per lb. ner found I,tffion, What a m ore h ui ; B, e• • now s een su , N.lll.llu.glied by h ale this "1 6 VI N. Ham drr n to thr intpi oud ord [, but mi°, jo u is 7i.kw l 1 )-Ii2 middling II li m , 4 R sz. _ e d to-e14:11 tt,,,, , w;atthes or! h . ; 36,600 pv \v a r , , , 1 , 1nk ,. ..s to t 4 a o' o lisisting of i rates ; 14 L und ' , with serer rod nevi it 411 114,2 n; mans po t In % ef Warranted in t ul c " * th e xamined. esirous to v y , • e u whom accul sient 15` 03114, worthy att 44th R EIGN WATt t. India ble tn a f Premises the u ' av , 52 2 dev o , c _tr English an ti.itie i tha rg ' e a u l with their at t h e ttei v • W. and .I,d wis tli.fomPensated ast 'a r e o t the 7aria 0i n?m , ters hests bougm • lean. in !MCC Illreh. pSri romptly at 3:2s 3 .n d Cornl „, ficlip44o:', Rte L fac A t T or E in . g It p e r ttoPt.p. B aer th e Ba a i m Oil . n . af En to British' i the Poons and and sulleol 'Nor weights re tt or heavier at is to 3 41 01 It Fiddle Pa ttern 15s to , ditto 0 1 II r P. . di,to _ditto ar It itl ditto trow'b t I ditto • 4 ditto • ditto h ,stn 1 2 ditto iBs Oti P r ditto , N . ,. ditto r s. i n nes. pri . ee cut Ytti to 6 • 98 '7° i : : reisil , fifir. t i t ; '9 l llO j I 0 I r j i 0 1 ' iti g 41 / I : i i l 9 • k' 1 ,6 1 •-"' . I 1 •"'•' I ..• "• .. ..... len• r• - • ~.-P• t r ~i. .• ...- 1 o'' . :::: t r 0 ...I.: i ii , 5 i i ' 0 ' t:oe of roc,- coo ut , id 'SOP O W e, 00. :f gf Of 0 1/v d ' anies' e 1 O s l to Rev cr . g_ io i e a , d e n , o r t o il te4P 9n, Os fief; l ire- the ' o f the iro sec Der oh ,tt. 'CUntenr tit Na"'d 27L h , his w le. d wubletw' Sir fo bers Tree, sullwr - ~ .... , . 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ALL ADvEnTzsS7.I%:ENTS or A DLSGUSTXNG CHAILACTER, O 1 IMMORAL TENDENCY, ARE EXCLUDED PR,0142 TIME COLUMNS OP "TEE SUN." EXETER HALL. LECTURES on the CHEMISTRY of DAILY LIFE; under the SANCTION of the COMMITTEE of PRIVY COUNCIL ot. EDUCATION. . D. B. REID'S CONCLUDING LECTURES will be given on WEDNESDAY, the 20th ; WEDNESDAY. the 27th curt.; and WEDNESDAY, the 3,i of August, at half-past Eight o'Clock, These Lectures 011 he devoted more especially to the ven tilation of dwelling-houses, public buildings, mines, ships, and inanufaetories. The relative advantages of natural and.artifi (nal ventilation will be explained, and the circumstances in which shafts or chimneys, fuel, gas, steam, air-pumps. furnace-, screws, or other instruments may be desirable, in addition to the more simple arrangemews required for ventilation where no peculiar difficulties occur. Admission to Single Lectures—One Shilling. ";i . ,:"4,0 oITNyI,V I- ;UR . A'ICIES\S . shown and explained (e3C.ibiting the spontaneous production of a Picture) at Two o'clock daily The further List of Lectures by .Dr. Ryan, Protessur achhoffnsr, and the other Lecturers, is suspended in the Hall, and inclinies every New Subject in Practical Science, adapted to the Youthful Nisitors during the Nlidsurnmer - Holiday. In the ASTRONOMICAL ILLUSTRATIONS, the ECLIPSE isf the SUN of the 6th instant is introduced. The COLOSSAL ELECTRICAL MACHINE, DISSOLVING VIEWS, DIVING-BELL, and DIVER. The NEW EDI AON of the CATALOGUE (just published) includes a full description of the beautiful Models in the NEW Es OM* next CAVENDISH-SQUARE. Leader of the Band, Mr. Wallis. Admission, One Shilling. Schools half-price. MR. BEARD'S PHOTOGRAPHIC POR TRAI VS.—These are new• PERFECT MINIA TIIRE REFLECTIONS of Face, Figure, and Dress, and receive an unique and beawiful eff cc from the it.troduction of backgrounds of romantic scenery. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. " The likeness s are admirable."—.Tnnes. " It is, in truth, a second self."—Alorninz Herald. " The fewures are admirably delineated."—Abir. ing Chro nicle. . 4 A perfect foe-simile of the sitter."—Morning Adverti=er. Miniature Bust and ease, 11. Is. ; Filli-lengthl, 2/. 2 , .; Groups, 10s. tid. for each a.ki,tiun P ortrait._ . - Lieeuse granted to use the p ,t, nt in enutdies and towns. Mr. Beard (Sale Patentee), Royal ieelnde Institution. Regent-s reet ; 34, Pa liament-street, Westminster ; and 85, King William-street, City. t • LAST WEEK BUT ONE. u is s, i T c C o f N ro TnL t n O te C d I t ( i s I E I P e H D lt R ( I ) B R A T R - A s R o A N' I O n - f Keswick, in Cumberland, and Y formed from pieces of rock fon AI in various parts of the monntam of Skiddatv. may be seen and herr& or a shot time only. at \ fr. `taut I's Rooms, 21, ( Id Bond-street. Overtures, Waltzes, Quadri! es. &c., will be pprforreed on this sMirular acid wonderful Instrument by Mr. lli-hardson's three sons, daily. from Ten in the morning till dusk.—Admittance, One Shilling. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE AStitilt- ANCE SOCIETY, FOR GRANTING LIFE ASSURANCES, DEFERRED ANNUITIES, &e. No. 26, CORNHILL. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Special Act of parliament. DIRECTORS. T. LAMIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman. J. Elliotson, NI. D., F. R. S. I John Rawson, Esq. John Griffith Frith, Esq. John 'Aiddle Stodart, Esq. Hunter Gordon, Esq. Clement Tabor, Esq. I George Lungiey, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq. AUDITORS , Prnfos , ior Wheat tone, F. 11. - S. I Professor Graves, A : I4I I F.R. S. A CTU A RY—W. S. R. Woolhouse, Esq., F. R. A. S. • PH YSICI A N—J. Elliotson, Al. D. , F. R. S. SIIRGIRON—E. S. SymeP, Esq. SOLICITORS—NIessrg. Sweet, Sutton. Ewens,•and Ommanney. BA NKrits—Nlessrs. Glyr., Halifax, Mills, and Co. The most rational motives to Life Assurance are found in the plan adopted by this Society ; viz. joined to a secure provision at death fcr inheritors of the Air.:red, the Society affords succour to the Asiured himself (proportioned to pre vious payments) the event of unfore.een reverses. Annual Division of Profits. F. FERGUSON CA MR OUX, Serretary. FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCES MAY BE EFFECTED ON THE MOST ADVANTAGEOUS TERMS WITH T HE SCOTTISH UNION INSURANCE COMPANY. Instituted ISM, and Incorporated by Royal Charter. LONDON WIA RD. Charles Balfour, Esq. Robert Murray, Esti. J. Deans Campbell. Esq. Richard Oliverson, 'Esq. J. Gordon Duff, Esq. Dixie Roberson, Esq. Robert Gdlespie, Esq. H. F. Sandeman, Esq. James Gooder, Esq. 8m 11, Esq. John Ki.igston, Esq. Daniel Stoddart, Esq. Sutherland Mackenzie, Esq., Manager. LONDON OFFICES. 449, West Strand, and 7ii, Kitig William-street, City. FIRE INSURANCES effected at the usual Reduced Rates, and Policies may be tra .sferred to this Office without extra charge, and on terms very favourable to the Assured. Special risks reasonably rated. LIFE ASSURANCES. The additions made to the life policies granted by this Cor poration for the last seven years vary 'rum 41 to 65 per cent. on the premiums paid, and average 14 per eent„ or two per cent. per annum on the sums assured—a result, it is believed, more favourable than any other Company (mutual or proprietary ) has hitherto accomplished, when the low rates of premium charged by this Onnyany are taken inn consideration. The next division of life profit= will take place in December, 1R46, being an interval of Live years. and persons entering be fore the Ist of August next will enjoy one year's additional rating, and rank at next division of profits for five complete year,. To facilitate loan transaction= a reduced scale of rates with out profit has been adopted. The rates and other particulars may be ascertained a' the above office., or at any of the Com nany's Branch Establishments throughout the kingdom. F. G. SMITH. Secretary. Scottish Union Office, 449, West Strand: London. • UNITED KINGO DM LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 8, Waterloo-place, 1 all-mall, London. Established by Act of :"Arliament in 1534. DIVISION OF PROFITS A tIONG THE A :1 1 11ED. This Joint Stock Company, established by Act of Parlia ment, without limited responsibility, affords the most perfect security in an ample pAid-up Capital, and in the great success which has attended it, since it. commencement in 1834. In 1.41 the Company sleclareul an addition to the Share holders of one-half of thoh Stock, and also sled 21. per Cent per Annum, from the date , of their policies to those par ties who had inured with Profits. The Premiums nevertheless are on the most moderate scale, and only a moiety need be paid for the first fiva years, where the Insurai ce is for life. The amount of bonus added to policies since the commence ment of the Ginipany in ‘larch 1834, to the 31st December 1840, is as follows: Sam Assn, ed. Time Assured. Sums added to Policy. £l,OOO 6 Year! 10 Alonths £136 13 4 1,000 ......4 Years BO 0 0 1,000 1 Year Every information will be afforded on application to the Resident Directors, Edward Boyd, Esq., and E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., of No. 8. Waterloo place, Pall-mall, London. Frederick Hale Thomson, E:q., Surgeon. 48, Berners-street, attends at the Offi , tr. about Half-past Two o'clock. -WESTERN LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, Office-49, Parliament-street, Westminste ,. . Capital 500,0001; 10,000 Shares, 50!. each. Deposit M. each Shay e. This Society is established for the Assurance of Lives, upon principles combining economy with perfect. security. DIRECTORS. H. Edgeworth Bicknell. Esq., 28, Upper Bedford-place. William Cabell, Esq., NeWingtoti-place, Surrey. Thomas ' 4 omers Cocks, jun., Esq Charing Cross. 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Lethbridge, 25, Abingdon-street, Westminster. TABLE OF ritEniums TO ASSURE ElOO FeR THE WHOLE TEEM OF LIFE. age, lAtnitml Ag( Annual Pim. Age. Ann.Piem. - 20 XI 14 2 35 XI. II 11 50 £4 3 3 05 118 11 40 219 6 55 55 4 :30 24 S 45 3 9 I 615 3 The object of this , nciety is to afford to the A , sired all the of Life- Ass irance, at a great redtu•tion in the rates of Premium. FOR FS ‘I%IFI.E. 1 pers n atieil 30, nriy with thi. Snc:my a. sure his life fu; 500/.. by the annonl payment .1 llt 3s. which in a 'ociet%, where the Itcnus is lied out as a main inducement. would co.:T hit' 131. 7, 4 t., r, in other wor , 4, for the ,atne annual pre ,,iium he cou'd nt this 011iee a , sure v. , ry nearly 600/, whereby h^ AN noiEDIA rE AND cEarAIN DoNut, nF looi. 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Solid mahogany writing desk Russia leather travelling case, the ne plus ultra 8 6 Papier machee goods, desks, tea caddies, companions, blotting books, envelope and card cases, baAtets, &c. 10 6 Writing papers of every description, foreign and Eng nu., 3d. per quire; note ditto, Id., 2d., 3d., reduc. tion by the ream. Card plates engraved and altered, 100 cards printed for 2 6 Every article purchased at this Estalolishment must be ap proved of, being purchased for ready money, and sold for the smallest shade of profit by DREW ETT and Co., 62. QUA oRAN T, opposite Swan and Edgar's. Mark the No. 62. N. W —Subserition to the Library only One Guinea per year. ANTI-CORN LA.W CONFERENCE. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of ye.terda.l.) Mr. WiLcocx read the fullor4ing letter : Blackburn, July 11. 1842. Dear Sir,—John Hindle, in the beginning of spring, had eight farms untenanted, three of which he has let at a reduc tion of 25 per cent., the other five he cannot let. It appears from what 1 can learn from Thomas Thwaites that there are from fifteen to twenty public-houses to let, or one-fifth of those in the town. Messrs. T. and W. 1 hwaites have twelve pub licans petitioning for the benefit of the Insolvent Act this Court, July 14. The Black Dog public-house, formerly let for 751., is now let for 40/., and too dear. A public-house, be longing to J. J. Livesey, let in 1839 for 35/, was let a fortnight since for 14/. per annum. The information about empty pro. perty I can get through no one but the overseer, and might have to wait a week for it. The reduction in the price of new milk is a halfpenny, that in blue and buttermilk a farthing generally, some places a halfpenny in blue. Butter at the be ginning of April was 11 1 / a d. to Is., now 9d. to 9 1 ,4 2 d., has been at Bd. and 81.0. to the farmer. In conclusion, I may add that we have have three or four shopkeepers failing every week, with the prospect generally of a very small dividend. That letter was from a gentleman who was one of the largest provision merchants in the town. He should say he did as much business as all the town put together. The next letter was as follows : I received your letter and newspaper, and have to thank you for them. You appear to be going in the right direction for making an impression upon Sir Hubert, as well as to satisfy the cquntry that the delegates are in earnest, and are deter mined not to look on supinely while the people are starving. You want information or statistics of the state of Blackburn. I will give you what 1 can, and you will make up what is shin t from p.ur own information. I can tell you our state in a few words, and that is. we get worse every day, more and more people are being out of employ, consequently more desti tution and want is the result ; scarce a day passes but some tale of woe, either of suicide committed, or actual starvation having taken place, for want of employ. Hundreds of fami lies who, two years ago, were in good circtLustances and had plenty, are now in the most wretched state. - alanufacturers, grocers, butchers, shoemakers, publicans, in fact., all who re tail, are ruined, or being ruined. The hand-loom weavers are wretched in the extreme, they canreit ave,age more than 3s. per week—a portion of them w ere better employed a few weeks ago at fancy work, but within the last fortnight that sort of work has been so depressed, that the manutacturers have re. duced wages fifteen per cent. ; besides hundreds cannot get work. 1 know that weavers have come from Sabden to Black burn six times for a warp, which is eighteen miles, both ways, and when wove received only 65., thus ytsu see the poor creatures received only 6s. for walking 108 mi;es, and vv , hvin , s 220 yards of cloth, and bear in mind these are not isolated cases but of frequent occurrence. 0 We have seven cotton mills less working now than we had two years ago ; we have 300 mechanics, less employed ; three fourths of the joiners are unemployed ; masons, bricklayers, tailors, shoem a k ers , l a b our ers, and indeed all op es, and callings, are three-ffitirili;.atemikid isalnejlro ertivr - Great falling off vritli' !Metiers, publicany, small shopkeepers, and in fact with all descriptions of trades.,, -Cottage prope r ty i s 'W o r t h ritithing tb the oviners, especially at the outskirts of the town, and rents of shops, public-houses, are greatly reduced. the number of poor at present in our worth; use is 700, a year ago we hsd ;.6U; the rates are in crea-ing, and the r ate -p a y ers ' me ans of paying them are rapidly decreasing ; what the end will be God only knows. A great eha.iige also is taking place for the worse in the morals of the people. Thi. middle class, formerly so honest and punc tual in all their dea.ings with creditors, are becoming wreck less, and dishonest, the working operative openly and boast msty d..cla:es his hatred of; and his plans to destrey, the utivernment which so grievously oppress him ; indeed nothing but curses, and imprecations are common topics of conversation amongst the industrious classes. Breaches of the law by .the unempolyed are of frequent occur renc,s, that they may get into pi icon and get bread ; one in stance out of many I will give you : —on Thursday last; about bed-time, crash goes the room-window of AIL Carruthers. He got out of. Led, and threw up the window to ascertain the cause, when an emaciated creature stood in the street. When asked why he had broken the windows? he replied, lam nearly hungered to death, and want to get into prison, to get something to eat." A police-cheer was called, the man was taken to the police station, and taken care of, rejoicing in what he had done. I will now briefly recapitulate what I have stated above, and leave you to draw your own conclusions. Two years ago we thought trade very bad, and the operative miserably prsid fur his labour, then the weaver had 4s. for what be now receives Is. 4d. Th , mechanics then were well paid, and plenty of work ; now three-tout ths are out of work, and badly paid. Then publicans, shopkeepers, butchers, tailors, shoe makers, and other businesses could make a living; now they ace all distracted, not knowing what to do to save themselves from paupe,istn. Two years ago rents of cottages were paid. and no empty shops or cottages : now no cottage rents paid, and numbers of shops, public-houses, and factories to let. Our union workhouse had then 260 inmates, now we have 700 ; our win king population then were comparatively comfortable, with he xeeption of the hand-loom weavers; now they are wretched and miserable in the extreme. Publicans are doing very bad, numbers are in the hands of the brewers, so that you may judge the dept.( elation of such property. The Black Dog, which let for 701. six months ago, has been re-let for 401. ;in fact, we cannot go on much loogcr without a great change for the better. You wrote to Air. G. Briggs, requesting him to answer cer tain questions, which he has handed over to me, himself not having had time to write to you. You may gather from what 1 have written answers to the questint.s propounded by you. 1 have omitted to mention the destitute state of the working classes. They ate hungered, without elathing, without bed ding, wiliout furniture, and altogether in a most woe.nl state. Mr. Briggs has handed me a list of wages; what he is paying now, and what he was paying two years ago :-6.4 super he was paying in 1840, 2s 6d. per cut of 24 yards, and he is now paying Is. 2d. ; 6-4 40 jaconet he was paying in 1834, 45., in 184::, Is. IPd., and all other sorts reduced in the same proportion. I have given you a rough sketch of the state of Blackburn, and not an exaggerated one ; it will refresh your memory, while stating to the meeting your opinions. James eilkington is not at home, consequently I cannot tell you who will replace you at the Conference. A meeting is being held to-night, when a Delegate will be named to replace you. We are mid, in the state as we were when you left. Another letter wi I follow this to-morrow, when I will report was is going for ward. The Conference resolutions have revived our drooping spirits ; all approve of their proceedings. Until you hear from me again, I am, &c. The - population of Blackburn was upwards of 37,000. He should say that the gentleman, who had eight farms in the beginning of the spring, and had now only five, had now six hou*s in King -street, which was considered tne best part of Blackburn, varying in rent from 201. to 251., all empty. He was a Tory, however, and perhaps it served him right. Mr. Moonr, begged to ask Mr. Wilcock it' there were not some mobs of people in the dear 1826 who broke the mills and machinery ? Mr. WmcocK—Oh yes ; we were great people then. They came in their thousands from the mountains, and were called " the blue mountaineers ;" they came with large sledge hammers, and with pikes having loaves of bread stuck on them, and some had guns, and they went to the mills, where they used power looms which had just been set to work. The people said, " These looms have deprived us of our bread, and we'll serve them so that they'll not work any more ;" and they made good their threat. He thought Sir Robert Pe e l was Home. Secretary: then, They were in great distress then, and George IV. sent them 1,000/. fir R. Peel was inviting them to do the same thing now, for he attributed a great deal of the distress to tatichi:ery. i e wer..dered if the populace 3110111 d ti.Ci upon the Premier's sugges - whether they would arraign him for high treason? The agriculturists and the manufacturing interests must go Nether together they - must sink or swim ; like the Siamese twins, they could not destroy one without aiming a deadly blow at the other.—(Cheers.) The other (ley Mr. Sidney Smith said it was a great shame that Bluelthurn should send two Tories to Parliament. So it was a ;rest shame. The majorities, however, were small over the Reformer, Mr. Fielden having a majority of 15, and Mr. Hornby only 1, over Mr. ihruer, the. Refermer.—(Neer, hear.) When Mr. Fielden, who was :i large manufacturer, left home for London, he had 200 or 300 looms standing still ; if trade had been healthy and profitable. he (Mr. Wilcock) apprehended they would not have been in that condition—and yet Mr. Fielden voted on the side of monopoly. Mr. Mamie wished to know what was the feeling of the people—whether there was any under-current going ;or ; whether, in fact, the peace was safe in Blackburn Mr. WiacteCx was glad the question had been put to them, because he could inform that meeting, and he could inform the country, that the peace was anything but safe.' The soldiers in the barracks were on duty night and day ; each soldier was provided with ten rounds of ball cartridge, and, indeed, an outbreak was - daily expected. O.s the 13th of June, Feargus O'Connor went to the town of Blackburn ; of course there was a procession, and upwards of 15,000 frill grown men ap peered in it. Mr. O'Connor lect ure d i n the theatre in the evening, and the place was crammed to suffocation. They, as Corn-law Deputies, had been told that they had not the people with theM. How was that ? What did the people say ? "Faugh, why yourney as well whistle jigs to a mile-stone as to expect to get anything from the House of Commonscotrie along with us, go along with us in all our measures and we will get .y ou what you want — we will get you cheap bread."--(t It was a ques tion, however, with him whether they ought to go with the Chartists in all their measures. In February last year. he (Mr. Wilcock) sold engines equal to 86 horse power, 22,000 spindles, 500 power-looms, 50 cot tage-houses, two excellent dwelling-houses, in one of which he resided himself, for 13,0001. ; and, if they had to be sold now, he shoule most probably not be able to find a purchaser fur them. Some part of those premises were erected in 1818, and the remainder, including most of the machinery, was put up in 1832, the whole expense being 50,0001. lle -had met an attorney, a few days be:bre he left Blackburn, who was a large rent-collector, and he was congratulating him (Mr. Wilcock) on being out of business; he said he was a lucky man. He asked him why? The attorney answered—" I've been a re ceiver c,f rents for thirty years, but never saw such a rent-day as this ; 10s. where we ought to have 205., and we can't get more ; what it will come to, I don't know." Now, this gentleman was a high Tory, and he (Mr. Wilcock) told him, it serves you right, and, next year, I hope you will get ss. instead of 20s. A short time ago he met a large spinner belonging to the neighbourhood, and he asked him when they were going to have an end of this dreadful state of things, and what was to become of the labouring population ? He replied, " Oh, I find that they're working very well—l have great faith in poverty." He was a high Tory, and said that the repeal of tee Corn-laws would not benefit them at all. But then with the sugar and coffee duties. " Oh." said he, " that's another case, quite. I think they ought to be repealed." And why should he think so ? Because he sent out goods is Brazil, and was obliged to take sugar and coffee in return ; and he cauld not bring these to our shores, but was obliged to take theta to Belgium and Holland.—(Hear.) Where the shoe pinched lie could feel.—(" Hear, hear," and laughter.) He (Mr. W.) met that gentleman the other day, and he said, " No matter what it is, something must be done in our pre sent distressed state, or we shall not be able to get over the winter."—(Hear.) In that part of the country there had been several daring burglaries, and that too during midsummer, a thing which was never heard of before.—(flear, hear.) About three miles from Black burn there was a Roman Catholic priest residing at a place called Pleasington Priory. In the latter part of May last, about two o'clock in the morning, he was awoke by the crashing in of one of his .windows. He had a pistol with him, and, with it in his hand, he jumped up out of bed, and called out, " What's to do ? " He was answered " We'll let thee know what's to do ?" There were eight men. They had black crape hanging from their hats and caps, over their faces. First they told hint to get into bed again ; then to tell them where his money was,; and he did so. But one of the fellows, thinking that the clergyman wus observing him too much, struck him a violent blow on the head, from which he was slightly protected by the bedclothes. They took away the chalice, the pix, and other utensils of the altar, his plate, watch, and money, about 50/. worth, which was as mucheas the house itself was worth. The house of another Catholic priest. at a place called Long redy, was attacked on the same night. They drove in the window ; for they do not now proceed very seeretly, but smash in the windows at once. The priest was front home, and the housekeeper had a person to keep her company. The fellows who broke into the house used those two women very badly. In the former case the priest anti his housekeeper, however, took some notice of Otte of them, who had an old black veil over his face, in which there were some holes. From the de scription they gave of him a policeman said, " That's Rawlins a;" and in a few days he was taken. The fellow was tried at Preston at the last assizes, was con victed, and sentenced to be transported for life. Mr. Wilcock concluded by thanking the meeting for the at tention with which they had heard him. A Lady who has attended the Conference for some days, and hits appeared to take great interest in its cause, was desirous of Making some observations, but the • Chairman politely informed her that although there was no objection to a lady's presence at their meetings she could not take part in their proceedings. Mr AV IL . COCS sate, he„pael,omil,te i ftoNeftil .an el tract /fotfill A ightdanitn'-'llewspipeP,\.iixiviii4li.he hid:tirade& -HeT,4a ..cptklnlq.tfly sleOived then ) ,i.o.ud thby richly merit the deceition . which hks been practised upon them; it wine for t he country to take advantage of it. For oar part we are heartily sick of both ; the farce has beenkept up too long ' • and we should advise the whole band of monopolists, with Peel, and all his company of political mountebanks, to clear the stage, and take themselves off, ero an enraged and starving multitude " put out the lights," ar.d demolish their whole paraphernalia of political jugglery. There are some queer signs abroad— sone ugly breakers a-head ; and let but a storm arise, such tinkering top-sail men as Peel, Stanley, Graham, and that scurvy crew, will be totally incapable of steering the national bark into a safe and secure anchoring place. It will require more skilful hands than such a lubberly set as they are. Mr. M‘Leou, Delegate from Lambeth, said that the distress was universally admitted by all parties, not only by the advocates of the repeal, but by every class of persons, friends and foes. The distress was not so great in the metropolis as in the other parts of the country- ; and when they considered the wealth accumulated here, it was not to be wondered at. But in the trade to which he belonged, and which was intimately connected with the condition of the working classes, upon whom it very much depended—for when he mentioned that the trade was beer, they would see its connection with the work ing classes —(lleer, and a laugh)—he was very far from wishing to see men make themselves drunkards, or waste their earnings in the public-houses ; still it was well known, that in the metropolis at least the working classes, for the most part, locked upon beer as one of the necessaries of life, and as far as they used it only as such, he thought the poor working man was as en titled to his beer, as any gentleman in the land was to his wine. —(Hear.) At all events, it was a fact that the public-houses of London would aftbrd test of the earnings of the working classes in the - metro polis. Their value had greatly fallen off in the last few years. Houses that would, not long ago, sell for 6,000/. or 7,000 L, were at present worth no more than 2,0001. Numbers of publicans were lately bankrupt or insolvent, and the brewers had been severe losers. This was to be attributed to the inability of the working men of the metrupolis•generally to 'supply themselves with • what they considered a necessary of life. Sir Robert Peel had alleged that the cause of the distress was chiefly of this country.—(H ear , should that tureign nations, since the termination of the general war, had been able to turn their toattentiboenno clogs u u u tures instead if spending their money upon war. But the Right t; no c- Hon. Baronet omitt ed to sa y that this was an additthe :toultirailltfarcetausreillii g why indu t s i t l r ere hear.) NV y e do not object that foreigner s s h ould endea vour to employ themselves in manufactur es ; but we did and do object to our lawm akers creatin g law s which dis able us from fair and fr ee com p etition. — ( Applause.) Ile did not regret the long continuance of peace. On the contrary, he hoped most earnestly that it would con tinue, and that nations would so understand its value as not to all,w themselves to be led into the plains to be slaughtered for the gretification of their rulers.—(Ap_ plause.) He was intimately acquainted with the come. ties of the north, especially Northumberland, Cumber , laud, and Durham ; and in them the people were in the most distressed state. Tho labouring men subsisted upon a little weak tea and b!ack bread, nut ht for dogs. A DELEGATE—The dogs won ' t , eat it. I have made the experiment.—(Hear. hear.) Mr. M-LEoo didn't doubt it. The question was how were they to remedy their present evils ? He thought . the League had already done much to enlighten the peo ple----(dear, hear.)—and when the peopl e came to un derstanel the question, he thought they would knock so loudly et the doors o f the House of Commons, that those within would not have courage to resist the c all,— (1.3 rent applause.) Ile had been present when the Right !lon. Baronet made his magnificent speech against the Catholic Emancipation Act, in which he predicted that if the measure passed the Crown would be destroyed, and that the Church would crumble into dust. He had afterwards heard him propose that very Bill as the Mi• ulster of the Crown: And on what greuud did he pro- Fuse it ? :Cot because it was just, but because it was ex ped ien Hear.) "rho Irish party had wrung it from his rears ; let them take the same course with respect to the Corn-laws.— (hoar, hear.) For his• own part, he was hardly surprised at the course pursued by the aris e 7aC:: T.ley bad all rho power, gadnnrh , al tie I.lleit cc 7_l i. - ,and!;, and ac they thotiht that the re - veal of tiro Tf c 'ald reduce their iWel9e, (,* , • • it was very manna that they should oppose it. It was a priil:Aple of human nature ; all persons had it more or less.—(llear, hear) - There might, indeed, be somi splendid exceptions, some few persons who were so be nevolent and kind-hearted that they would not aggran dise themselves at the expense of the whole community, but• the rule was what be had stated. He believed that Sir Robert Peel was fast losing his popularity. The Chartists no longer viewed him with favour, the Church party had never dune so, and the great body of die Tories, if they might judge by their own organs in the Press, entertained for him no great affection. The CHAIRMAN said he must be all need to interrupt the speaker by reminding him that they were not assem bled for the purpose of discussing general 'politics. Their object was to obtain justice from that Government, or any other Government which might come into power. It was not desirable, he thought, to allude to the unpo pularity of the Government separately from this ques tion.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. 111.‘LEop said be had concluded the observations which he intended to make. The CHAIRMAN said he felt disinclined, as an indivi , :iatal, to - sit quietly under the imputation that they s as a body, would starve the people if they had it in their power.—(Hear, hear.) It did appear to him that that nesle of speaking struck at the root of all public and pri vate "morality.—(Hear, hear.) It was not the right way to state the matter: They should declare a wrong to be a wrimg, an injustice to be an injustice ; they should never attempt to debate injustice, or to lower the stan dard of national morality, by acknowledging that cer tain unj ast men - were not worse than others, or that they, if placed in the same position, would act, in •a similar manner. lie trusted it would not be the case with him self s he believed there were hundreds and thousands of holiest hearts who would never be guilty of such con duct.—(Cheers.) - Mr. Mslseon explained. The CHAIRMAN said, the meeting should not omit to observe the injury which was done to the entire Bench of Bishops. Would it be imagined for one moment that they would be guilty of such atrocious conduct. Mr. 14};ESON, of , Birmingham, believed that half the manufacturers of that town had been ruined by the Bread-tax-makers and bad legislation. Mr. BIRCH, a Deputy from the shopkeepers of Man chester, next addressed the meeting. lie was one of the Deputation appointed by the • shop keepers .of Manchester to wait on Sir Robert Peel, to state to him the condition of the shop keepers and, others of Manchester. That Deputation directed a letter to Sir R. Peel, requesting an interview ; in answer to' which he stated, that such was the pressure of public business that it was impoSsible to fur nish the opportunity required. They had applied like wise to the Earl of Ripon, and they were to wait upon him at half-past twelve to-morrow. They had also ap plied to their Members, - Air. M. Philips and Mr. Milner Gibson, and the latter had taken upon himself to bring their case beflire the House of Commons this evening. They had drawn up a petition, which Mr. M. Gibson would present to the House this evening, Ile begged it to be understood that he did not appear at the in stigation of the League, or as having any connec tion with it. What he appeared there for was to state facts to tie League, and to have those facts circulated through the ress. The Deputation of which he • was a member, had been to all parts of the town, and they had made inquiries of individuals in every species of business. They had asked their condi tion with reference to what it was in 1833 and now ; and they had stated that the falling off of their business was full a half, and that.there was a &Hing off of their profits full a half, upon that half amount of business.— (Cheers.) Now. he had some statements to lay before the electing, with respect to a clothier, who had been in business sixteen years ; he had been in the finer parts of the trade, and he stated that his trade in 1841 and 1842, was nut half what it was in 1835 and 1836. He stated also, that the principal, and most profitable parts of his business in 1835 and 1836, consisted of trade with the working men, who used to come with money in their hands to purchase cloth from him, and ttat they did not mind what they gave for it ; hilt that now he never saw a working man—(blear, hear)—and that now men of that kind never came to his shop. — (Hear, hear.) The next individual they called upon was a grocer, N.huse shop was situated in what was con sidered one of the best situations in Manchester for the business he carried on. This individual had been in business fifteen years. He did half the business now that he did in 1835, and only one-third of what he did in 1836 ; that his profits in 1839 were seven-and-a-half, but that in 1842 they were only three-and-a-half, or four—(Hear, hear)—and that during the last five years he had made debts to the amount of 5001. That on Saturdays formerly he Sold goods to the amount of 501., and on other days in the week to the amount of lot, and that now he did not take on a Saturday 20/., and on the other days in the week not 41.—(Hear, hear.) That he employed now in his business three young men, the same as formerly, and that he was losing every week in his business 51. Such was his state after 15 or 16 years' labour, that he was about to wither the wreck of his property together to purchase an annuity, and live in a cottage.—(Hear.) He stated further, that parties who had formerly bought several pounds of I. sugar, now came for ounces—(Hear, hear)— and they had the smallest quantity they possibly could buy of the other articles in which lie dealt ; but notwithstanding all this, the shopkeepers were obliged to keep up the same, although they were losing by it. The next individual to which he would allude was a bread-baker, who had the next shop. He was in the best situation in the town ; he -did the largest business in the town. He stated the distress was lamentable. He knew families who formerly took from 4 to 6 loaves a week, now only --took-- one , s • , - and- :-that -.whero• wed to -eat i i tflakiiesloafasise rap 206.L(Pletle, hear.) The consequenewsexcliestad -- to - effiproy a "greater' num her ofthauds to !doethe unites business, and: his profits were;emesiderablyi loss..eThe next spergon sus:whom Ihe would allude was a grocer, who stated that he now sold halfpennyworth's of sugar, tea, and tobacco—(Hear) — that it required a greater amount of labour to draw the same money, by two or three times, which they formerly used to employ. They found upon inquiry at the provi sion dealers, they almost uniformly bore out this fact, that there bad been a decrease of the consumption of cheese and bacon, and a greater consumption of oatmeal. --(Hear.) The next individual was an ironmonger. He should suppose he was the oldest manufacturer in Man chester. This party had not been: in business less than 30 or 40 years. This individual exhibited a re markable falling off in his business. There had been a regular falling off since 1837. In 1837 he stated his business as 80 ; in 1838 as 70 ; in 1839 as 50 ; in 1840 as 30 ; in 1841 es 27 ; and in 1842 as 15.—(Hear.) He stated as a positive fact that almost all the iron-manufacturers in the large towns of Salford and Manchester; had been living out of their stocks for the last twelve months, owing to building ope rations being suspended. The next individual was in the respectable business of a flour-dealer and bread baker, and he stated that his trade had greatly fallen off, ' that he had made large and bad debts, and that he had totally lost all confidence in the public as his customers. ' Another baker in another part of the town made similar statements with respect to the small quantity of bread he sold. Ile stated that individuals to whom he formerly sold two loaves now came for pounds—(Bear, hear) — and he even often gave to the little boys and girls who came for the bread pieces to satisfy their hunger. The next case was that of a butcher, who stated that he had been fifteen years in business, that in 1835 he drew 801. in a week, arid in 1842 not more than thirty pounds. It might be asked in what kind of spirit the people bore the sufferings to which they were subjected. He was in possession of a document, which he was not at liberty to bring before the meeting, relating to the condition of the brokers of Manchester, which showed that parties in pos of large' . stecle" . inaheir houses were actually starving. Those parties could not even relieve themselves by sell- ing their goods ; for when an auction for that purpose was called it was mere dumb show. The auctioneer held up the goods for sale, but no bidding took place ; people were unable to buy them. There was one party possessed of stock to the amount of 1,000/.. and yet he was in such a state of poverty that he could not meet trifling expenses of the most necessary kind. The people of Manchester bore this state of things very hardly. They seemed to be, as it were, preparing for some desperate movement. He did not throw out this as a threat. No men more regretted such a state of things than he did. The people could not bear to be ground to the dust. It was not to be expected that men of intelligence— men of skill, men of mind, and of independent feelings Would quietly submit to a state of things which without any fault of their own, sunk them to the condition of class beneath them—brought them to a level with the labourer who sought employment, only to find them selves disappointed. And who were the men that found their position thus becoming lowered every day ? They were the men forming that class which supported Me i chanics' Institutions, Lyceums, and Sunday schools—that class' which formed an essentially reli?ious, moral, and intelligent section of the community. This was the class Which the operation of restrictive commercial laws were grinding down and depriving of that spirit which cha racterised the middle classes of England hitherto. He need not tell them how opposed those restrictive laws were to the feelings of that class. It was not for him to propose a remedy for the dangerous position in which so influential a class of the community stood. He heard some persons in Manchester say that they would not consume any article from which Government de rived the means of carryin g out their restrictive ma i sures ; and he knew sufficient of the people of Man chester to feel assured that they would act up to their saying in this respect. The Cuaieseass said, that ho had been requested to read the following letter from the Rev. Dr. Joseph Fletcher. It referred to a meeting held at a Chapel in Ifinsbury, on Friday last, and was printed in The Chris tian Extimincr My Dear Sir,—We have a Church -meeting o.,lFricbiy,whiel, will render it impossible for me to attend ;our public Count tio/2., Most sincerely j sympathise with the object you hive in view ; I trust you will be led to adopt wise and veil-adapted measures for its attainment. Were it in my power to render effective service I would gladly co-operate; but the pressure of immediate duties, and the frequent ill state of my health, render it necessary for me to live under great restrictions. I cannot bear continuous excitement. The times arc indeed marked by unprecented calamity and suffering ; an,l we seem to be approaching the state of things described by Tacitus. when we can bear "neither our evils nor their remedies." Conflicting interests and parties prevent the progress of true patriotism ' • and selfishness opposes humanity in innumerable forms. One thing, however, seems most evident, that what ever other causes of evil-working may be specified, as aTeount ing for .a large portion of our distresses, the gigantic and most monstrous evil is the operation of unrighteous laws restricting our trade in corn and pro visions. Surely our present infatuated Government, self-con tradictory and suicidal in its policy, and rampant in its domi nation, by the very Patience and forbearance of suffering mil lions, will at length yield that to necessity which they deny to justice. Fear is often more powerful than principle ; and if ever there were reason fur apprehension, the present is the crisis. The Premier sees enough to prove that ignorance can not shield film from responsibility ; but he has neither the for titude nor the rectitude which ought to result from knowledge. In the meanwhile distress and misery are becoming most ca tended and appalling ; and I should like to see such a plan of relief as..isrOuld_..not even appear to be a scheme fur supporting the prese3t Administration, but so contribute to suffering humanity as to keep . its prominent and principal causes before the public mind till political quackery shall be fully exposed and abandoned for ever. May God in his merciful providence deliver our country from its internal enemies—preserve us from anarchy and misrule—continue to us the mighty power of passive submission, that reason, and wisdom, and truth may ultimately subdue all opposition, and righteousness may prevail. We want not charity in this cause so much as justice. Be assured that I am, my dear Sir, yours truly, J. FLETCHER. Cottage Grove, Mile End, July 7, 1842. • Mr. Iliticarr said he had been intrusted by the Com mittee with a resolution expressive of their sense of the urbanity and kindness of the Duke of Sussex, in receiving the deputation that had waited on him with a memorial to the Queen, and his sympathy with the object that had called them together. He read the resolution as fol:ows That this Conference acknowledges the great kindness and urbanity with • which his Royal Highness, the Duke of Sussex, received the deputation appointed to wait upon him with"the memorial to the Queen. That it regards the sympathy expressed by the illustrious Prince for the sufferings of the people, and his willingness to aid in their alleviation displayed in the correspondence with Sir J. Graham, as a new proof of that devotion to the cause of justice and humanity by which the. whole life of his Royal Highness has beets characterised, and this Conference desires to express its warm thanks to his Royal Highness for the cordial interest he has manifested in the objects which it is assembled to promote an interest, alike honourable to his Royal Highness and grateful to the feelings of this Conference. He had been one of the deputation who waited on the Duke of Sussex, and he could say everything of the favourable reception they met with, and the warmth and earnestness of feeling manifested by him for the subjects connected with the purpose of the Conference. He could only say that he had been most favourably impreued with his character, though he had a very favourable opi nion of him before. lie begged leave to move that the resolution be adopted by the Conference, and that the Chairman be requested to have it copied and inclosed to the Duke of Sussex. Mr. GRUNDY seconded the resolution, which was then .put and carried unanimously. Mr. H. RAwsoN, of Manchester, moved that the fol lowing petition be adopted for presentation to the House of Commons : To the Honourable the Commons of Great Britain and Ireland in Parliament assembled. The representation of the undersigned members of a Confer ence at present assembled at Palace-yard, Westminster. Showeth,—That the long protracted distress of this nation is generally increasing, and has become intolerable. That ' without an immediate change in the policy of the Legislature there is no hope of a restoration of public prosperity. The disruption of the very elements of society is threatened, the stability and the good order of the State are hastening to an end. The industrious classes are starving, and your laws prevent them from earning bread. We call upon your House instantly to abolish all monopolies which interfere with the rights of labour, and to take means, , that you shall net separate until the Corn-laws are entirely respealed. And while we deliberately declare our belief that the remedy for the existing public distress is within the powers of Par liament, we hereby record our solemn warning that the con- • sequences of rejecting the application of that remedy will he at the dour of your Honourable House. And your petitioners will ever pray. It had been intended that this petition should be pre sented by Mr. Villiers, and that he should make some motion that would bring the subject before the House in some way or other. The advantages of this were so clear, that he need scarcely mention them. The great advantage that had arisen from the debates in the House of Commons, had been the constant admission of their opponents, of the truth of the principles they main tained. On every motion that had. been brought fui - ward, they had made some admission or other, and espe cially their leader, Sir R. Peel. On one motion, he ad mitted that agricultural prosperity depended on com mercial prosperity. In another debate, he admitted that , the people ought to have the advantage of buying in the cheapest, and selling in the dearest market. Scarcely one of the principles maintained by the free-traders, but what they had admitted ; and the only objection they now seemed to fall back upon was that of the Socialists. The only answer they seemed to bring forward as an an swer to their principles, was the evils of machinery—this was the staple commodity in which the monopolists now dealt. He moved that the petition be signed by •the Chairman, on behalf of the Conference. Mr. l s fooliE seconded the petition ; he skid its object was to get up a discussion that evening, which should interrupt or delay the granting of the supplies. It would be brought forward on the motion that the Speaker. leaverthe..Chair ' ,:ILW- that-. the--tionse-- go-into Committee. He stated that the distress hactgene,on.; , ist‘eadi,bleretwoiltv 27 ,*Toiithe last4iireeti or fieur years ; in: ' A , Dt!Kies. rjtiboll, gone on inernaki4ftir fti. yearqind the condition of the operatives there was destitute in the extreme, particularly the poor Irish, who had no ,legal title to paroeitial.relief, ,`lie law Ina& their bread dear, and prevented them. from -getting employment, but it would not allow them tip be" ;t nor give them relief.'' He, had visited the fainilies'of 'file poor, and he fohed, from inquiries, that the) had ' 610 subsisted thr a long period by pawning and selling' urthey had;' and PurCh;iSing soup tickets, which were( sold at litt each,' and: by means of which, 1,300 gallons of soup were 'distributed daily, and yet it was not enough for ; t one-half, or one third of the applicants for it. The people would: have. been dead if it had not been for this,.assistanee from private charity. The Government had done nothing for them—the law had done nothing for them. They might have starved in their garrets and cellars for • what the law or the Government had done for theiii . He hid had 51. worth of soup tickets, which he had diStribtited:to t 135 people. That was not one-twentieth part of 'the people who asked for them ; they cause day after day to :'him for' them. They had, in many instances, only one quart of soup for a whole family for a day. Day after day they were without food and without work, although they were willing to work. Typhus was becoming very prevalent among them. He would mention the case of Joseph Purfleet, who had a wife and five children. Two of his children and his wife had died within two days. Ile had seen the certificate sent by the medical officer of the infirmary where one of the children had died, and which stated that the child had died from fever brought on through want of clothing and want of food. The poor man himself was so weak as to be scarcely able to walk. He had already related the case of a poor man who had been found lying on a lock of shavings on a clay floor. That man, it had been said, had died of phthisis, but what had occasioned the phthisis ? The man had been without clothing, he had been thirty-six hours without food—he had had no fire—and were not these privations sufficient to produce phthisis?The lion.and Learned Gentleman alluded to the case of a man named Dooley, who had died of inflammation of the brain, brought on by want and suffering. There was a poor man, named Richard Conner, who was ill of consump tion, who resided in Mount-street, Manchester ; that man had applied for parochial relief ; he said his settle ment was in Manchester ; that he had been burn in Manchester, but could not prove it. The officer neg lected to relieve him—he had forgotten him—and when he was ultimately taken into the workhouse he was past all hope of recovery. But the most painful thing was to see the little children, at an age when they ought to know nothing but enjoyment—there they were with wan and wasted looks, their faces stamped with the cares of old age, and themselves piteously asking every one they saw for food ; they were naked, they were cold, they were diseased, they had scarcely food suffici e nt t o keep soul and body together. Timings were growing worse. If a mill were shut up but for one day, the people were asking for soup-tickets. They were barely able by constantly working to earn sufficient to live—they were even then obliged to pawn their clothes, and the weavers had almost all pawncti_ their shuttles. If a weaver got work, he was generally obliged to beg money to get his shuttle out of pawn, and then to beg food to give him strength to throw his shuttle. He knew that in many of their houses which he had visited, there was not one morsel of food. Dr. Howard, the Physician to time Man chester Infirmary, had given it as his opinion that many of these persons were so reduced by starvation, that if they were suddenly called upon to do full work, they would die. He had urged the Board of Guardians to consider this, when they were testing men in the stone yard. He had represented to them that the men had het n suffering from hunger, from mental agony, from privation s of . - all sort., and that thv effect of setting them to work might be to kill them. Then they were told that the markets of the world were glutted. Yes—not because people did not wart the goods, but • because we would not take payment for them in the only way in which they could pay us.—(Cheers.) if a shop . keeper had been in the habit of supplying a baker with goods, and of taking payment in loaves, and he were sud . ::n o l: to to trielefubs_aekte: until take li t: b e lo ic e az3, ll i t , the his e l :IL:h . i'l h c n laasFl , ,r had to give 'lin!. he might continue to send t it h i e s . them would be 0 ver-productiou • nos booboo the baker , . , d i :d apt 90 Abe go'o'd because the 4pillipekr.; .l rsB to aosurd as to refus,e.,payntent in the only inani ter in n hich payment could he - made ni him.. The pcfn)le in general' were . not-half clothed. ;Alley had not the: clot fiinc they wanted ; 'they were desiroes 'of having meet-v.-how then would there be zirer-produetioh? The reason was the people could not" earn money sufficient to Pay - ft:sr them. There ti/e.relaiOt - tocr many goods in the world ;' hitt. it'was our 'own 'feilai. in - ref Using to take payment (or Them in the only yoty iin which purchasers -- could "IYav for them that caused 9ver-Ooduction. s 4. (Cho rs) There was over-pro,inction; .beeattae. parties . mild: ;not pay for goods, and ne't hecatise:, too . much • good s 4a i e r e manufactured. The i i e ktioners itated,that there was a threatened disruption of the' elements of society.- -Now he was himself an advo c ate fe'r `Peliet' - tinder all eirenna stances ; but he could not 'halt hiook fortankkto the pogsi . bility of the people being driv‘..ett b::y 'famine In thbldegre , rate resource o f r i s ki ng their And liberties for the purpose of endeavouring to O htani\ breadfarlthemeeki'es their wi v e s , an d t h e i r c hild ren ;ar ia under such circum stances it was th e d u ty o f ever y h one ; , t nazi tree, his best exerti ons to obtain - that justice ter i'he ) people.which called upon the House of Commons • - .:el, eat ofahe world avert the threatened calamity:: '1:"c petitioners ~orn•laws, as a remedy for the prevailifigdislt crsc't to. try a 1 • • sk trial was ;all they r equ i re d ; an d if i t - did . not: That eeed they. would at once consent to a re-imposition ef 'Pie burden. The petitioners concluded by "recording. iikir solemn warning that the consequences of re,lectmg - 'time application of the proposed remedy would lid at the doors' of the House." There could be no doubt but _that lhe consequences which might result from the suffmings of the people, would be attributable - to the authors of , tho system in which those eufferirige Originated. These were the paltry arguments that were brought forward h r Sir li. Peel ; and he admitted the . Other night, that "irthe distress continued it would be necessary' to have an , early revision of the Corn-laws—another revision of the Witt'. One would think. that the simplest, revision of the tiiT iit on_carth would be for the Government to le:' it alone— to leave those who were in trade to trade in their own way ; to leave those who earned their living ey the sweat of their brow to earn it in their own way. It had often occurred to him that trade was like the sensitive plant.. If they brought their hands near it its leaves drooped, and withered, and hung down, and irthey kept their hands there the plant fell prostrate. 5,.; it was with trade. Whenever Government brought is hot hand near it it drooped ; and if they kept their ho2ads there it .died at last. They ought to leave trade , alone, and leave God to govern it. 11c did not like speaking to the Government in petie tious, that because there was distress and suffering there must be something done. The distress and suffer ing were good reasons why something should be done at once. That distress, and difficulty, and danger, did not make their cause any stronger ; they were only so many proofs of the strength of their arguments. If this year snould be a year of plenty, greater 'than had ever occurred before, the Corn-laws would still be unjnet. They would still represent man holding up his strength against God—man making laws in contempt of the laws of God. Ile (Mr. Moore) liked that free trade question front its beim , a peace question, for free trade made every country have an interest in the other countries of the earth, and of making all prosperous together. They would then want no taxation for the army, they would want no ships of war-every ship of war would become a merchant vessel. The people were now taxed beyond what they could bear to keep up a readiness for shedding human blood. Change that system and they would have increasing plenty. It was hard that between them and that change there should stand in this country one man. One who was powerful, and dared to defy not only the people. but to defy God. No effort was too great to he made in that cause. Nothing was too great to be done to accomplish ic. It could be accomplished. Mr. Thompson had told them how it could be accomplished. It was in the power of the people. By self-dental the people could preclude the possibility of continuing their tyranny. Their whole strength depended on the people. The resolution was then put and carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN said he had mentioned in an early put of the meeting that a letter had been received from the Potteries, which he would then read to them:— Fenton, Staffordshire Potteries, July 14, 1F42. My Dear Sir,—All this day large bodies of colliers have been passing this way to Langton and Cheadle, with the intention of turning out all the colliers in the district, the great body in quiet order, but followedby straggling parties, demanding bread and alms as they pass along. In the last three or four Sundays, persons have been preaching to the people in this district, be ginning with a verse front the Bible, and then branching out and asking their hearers if they have money to purchase guns, lir not pistols ; and, as a last resource, ft they have not a penny, to btrylucifer matches. Pray, excuse me for not writing more particulars, but this moment, the Magistrates of the county' have passed by my manufactory, backed by three companies of the 12th Foot, .and three companies of yeomanry cavalry. God knows what will be the result. To• morrow, it may be my unhappy task to give returns of killed and wounded. So much for the horrid bread-tax. When will our class-legislators have mercy and wisdom?—Yours truly, CHARLES MASON. \!r. 0 Wt;ti, of Manchester, next addressed the meeting. He said, that alter the very eloquent speeches which they had heard in support of the petition, he would not detain the meeting long. Suffice it to say, he concurred in what had fallen from the previous speakers. He did not hesitate .to say that he was one of a deputation from the shop keepers of Manchester. They had waited on Sir Robert Peel, but he had refused to hear them. He (Mr. Owen) supposed they had heard what passed from Air. Birch. He (Mr. Owen) had heard some remarks re specting the evils inflicted on hand-loom weavers, and that a great deal had been said about machinery being the cause. This was the cause assigned by the Premier himself. Now he (Mr. Owen) happened to be intimately connected with that branch of the business. His opinion of the Corn-laws was that they were subversive of the best interests of the country.—(Hear. hear.) If a poor man was obliged to give 2s. Bd. a dozen lb. for his flour, when the price ought to be is. Bd. a dozen, and the fa mify.used three dozen lb. a-week, there would be 3s. a week taken from that family by this legitima tized robbery. Machinery was blamed its the cause. whenever saiges were reduced ; but be uelieved they were blamed wrongly. Ile believed wages of the Manchester weavers had just been reduced Id. in every 9d. Gingbants, fur which the operatives were paid 15s. a cut a few years ago, were only paid for at the rate of I Is. a cut now, although the cut was now 58 yards long, instead of 52, as it was when the price was 15s. The number of men employed as silk handlomn weavers in , 1 Manchester,was not less than 20,000, and the reduction of , Id. in every 9d• on their wages must amount to an immense sum. He hoped Sir R. Peel would not blame machinery for that reduction; neither could it be said that the article had given way to others which had become more popular; that was not the case, fur the re duction in the price of ginghams had not taken place till-such- years-after-the duty- •was.takem Ad -calico.. pail te- IN Iltd,,,hr should hear i.OO, t wee,. silarut inachiary ' tieing the cause of all this. In reference to the State of the people , he shbbld 'say, „that, he knew . whole finnihei *lid Were enable ' to obtain • foodftir :eh einSeiVe.s by • then- own exertions. Those were •not;-;dritnkeit'petiple, buyer ' suable hard "vrAtking pe0p1e.,..; - ,theritgs : they3fiore were ,elean-- : -it . was quite. surprtsiog to Wilneia•their cleanlinesS in the midst of their,' poverty ; they - were:peo ple that would be a credit -tu ,uny, nation: . I.l,e, A t a ily heard tales of starvation—the people • lived 'On li - tithing but potatoes, eaten witleselt .; the children cried-for bread, and, with' teirsiin; their:eye* asked: their?heitirt-broken I parents," Why there, was no bread neve."—(llear, hear.) Things, avere dally;gettiug worse injatneashire. ~ In Stoitkport, bad as they 'were, they were • poSitively get ting worse.. One firm,'Whieh was Said, to be rich, stop ' ped• -200 narrow looms the 'ether day, by witieh means between .60 ' and, 79 , hands would be thrown out of employment. •.' •'. • . The CHAIRMAN interrupted the 'speaker to state, as DelenteS Were leaving the room, that on Monday, - after the Conference,-there would he a r dinner at foot o'elecle at thiitholiSe, at which it was hoped that as hinny De- Putie' woold give their attendance .as , possible'.', The cost would, be very moderate,.. and , the object 'was that they mighthi`kve a general 'converSatiiin after dinner:,,' ' ,:iir...OIVEN continued.---AnOthei fact, ,whieh , winenot generally k now n.to' a stranger, was,' that though -am-en gine might go mud- and ;appear to be working All time, the, men were; not doing so; in many: eases worPig one ~- or two loom.`, : 4 %%hen' , they, . could . 41.1f011d to four if , -they - had All . work. —,(Hear,' bear.) It had lieen been etatcd that in Mancheater aJiand•lown weaver had been obliged to' borrow money to release his shuttles from pawn. A speaker ,had also saidthat he knew some weavers Who were in' receipt of Verv,good wages. But that was-u hard battle in which _every man was killed. In a population ,of ' upwards of 300,000, it was impossible. there should not be' some good -workmen and some good employment,—Oear, hear.) • A -gentle man had recommended that .the confereneb she mid Wait. Why they ought not to wait for an hour.—(Hear, hear.) Even amongst the Tories, about Manchester, thereWe e many who wished to be rid of, the ; party; and certainly they would not vote for a Tory now,. A DELEGATE asked whether it "had been 'ascertained what was the number of the work 'peeple' in :the. Whole of the North? The CHAIRMAN said it was impossible —to -answerthe question, but the number was increasing Tory rapidly ; and he thought it would be advisable to take_ measareei for ascertaining the number unemployed at 'this mombnt, and the progress of the increase in the numbet.—( Hear.) After a short and desultory conversation, The . Meeting adjourned till Monday, at eleven o'c.ock. UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE Ciimr : o“.7. Annual General Meeting of Proprietors.—This A yeting-ytas held in the Office of the Company, No. 8, Waterloo-piace; on the Bth July, James Stuart, F4q., Chairman of the Board of Directors, in the Chair. The Report of Receipts and-Dis bursements of the Company, and of the amount of their Funds, required by their Deed of Settlement. having been laid be:ore the Meeting, the Chairman called their attention to the co n _ firmed progressive success of the Company, e inch was ' , sta.. increase blished by the fact, that their boo ks shooed an of 3,3781. 7e. 3d. of Premiums, received for the year from IA July, 1841, when the First. General Meeting of Proprietors and Division of Profits took place, to Ist July, 11142, over the Amount of Premiums of the preceding year, to Ist July, 1841 . This fact was the more worth y of notice, beea u . e it had been publicly stated by the Chairman of the Scot tish Widows Fund Assurance company , o ne 01 the greatest in t h e empire, and is one-halt in 1841, as compared with 10140, and that their business had, during the s ame time, not di minished r L e i t f ir e ir o de ffi d ec in s in in gene ra lly, hail diminished 1842, that th e B us i ness o f rt of Nlarch much more than ° l ie- The thanks of fourth. t h e meeting Were, en the motion of M D. Lingo, Esq., seconded by John Connell, Esq., unanimously voted to the Directors, and especially to the Resident. Director, Edward Boyd, Esq., for his unremitting exertions to promote the interest of the Company. DEATH WHILST BATIIING II THE SERPENTINE -. lAA night an inquest was held before Mr..fliggs and a most respectable Jury, at the Barlow-mow, Mount.street, Gros venor-square, on view of th e body of William Sears , aged 00 , Appientire to 41r, S'apwell, the plumber. 4.4 Chapel -street, who v, as .drovveed in. the Serpentine whilst' bathing on Thursdav eve-ning last. The deceased was foetid about 30 rest (rem the shore in about 11 fee,t, of vet.l, And three an fOliti'ftef o± mud ~ ThP,Jtqy ret9004.11 l'eltiict of o' Accidentally Divvied, w hilst aitking," . .... .