The Sun. — London, England, 1840-03-19 00:00:00

EVEN IN is ED IT lON . M.P., Granville Vernon, Joseph Robinson, Quin- / tos, Thomas Cape Broadwood, William Sp ai g ht, Lowther, M. P., Corles , Has tie, Henry Porter, Grantley Berkeley, Brocklehurst, George Bracher, Mas ters, William Pollard, John V . Stewart, J. Bernelot Morns. W. H. Fenn, Charles Ta ker, Henry H. Wilton, John Gay, Forbes Mackenzie, M. P., Codrington, M.P., Thomas Charles Smith, B. J. Tuck, G. H. Dashwood, M.P., Grit Stirs JOO2B, Longden, E. J. Armstrong, Ed mund Lialswell, James Thomas White, Plumptro, M P., tlirrilton Story, Laurance, Hougtoun, M. P., Philip Miles, M.P., Richard Franklin, Henry. Watson. F. B. Beamish, M.P., Lowther, De Horsey, Edward Forster, Maunsell, M.P., Hobhouse, Edward Hobhouse, Jones, Falkner, Vesey Dawson, Fleming, M. P., Broadley, David Salmons, Robinson, Lynch, M. P., Wells, Egerton, Elsley, Surrage, Bulkeley Huebe., M. P., Fez- Patrick, George Selson, Colquhoun, M.P., Houstoun, liramston, M.P., T. Wardle. J. Powell Swanwick, David Newton, J. May, Richard Balchin, Duckworth, Disney, Battle Wrightson, Rundle, Grimsditch, A. Smith, Glad , awn, M.P. ADMIRALS—Site Samuel Pym, Sir E. Owen, Sir D. 1 Milne, Brown, Sir C. Ogle, Lord A. Beauclerk. ! CAPTAINS—BosweII, g. Radford, R. H. King, A'Court, 1 Sir E. Chetham, Grace, Hos. G. Grey, Sir H. Hart, W. P. Stanley, S. Mildmay, C. Graham, Trotter, Hon. W. Gordon, Howard, Sharpe, Sir J. Marshall, E. Lloyd, Idawkins, M. Fowler, Strong, Pechell. ) CONIMANDERSHOn. S. T. Carnegie, Byron, N. Fowell, J. Alexander, C. Eden. LIEUTENANTS—.C. Y. Campbell, N. Tucker , D. 0. i Casey. GENERALS—DaIIas, Thackeray, Sir T. Montresor, Sir ) F. Trench, Sir F. Mulcaster, Evatt, Sir J. D oveton, Sir I P. Carrol, D'Oyley, Sir J. Douglas, SirW. Eustace, Hon. 1 H. Murray, Sleigh, Sir R. Darling, A. Brooke , S ir G. Anson, Sir M. Disney, Hon. Sir C. W. Colville, Hon. H. ' Gardner. CoLopieLs—Dunilas, Jones, Sir C. Hopkinson, Cus . %nee, Loftus, Bradford, P. Davison, Peebles, Hon. J. C. Westenra, H. Roberts, C. 8., Sir W. Warre, Williamson, Clearcland, Drake, Eden , Upton, 'l'. Wood, Walton, Wright, Sir J. S. Lillie. MA roas—G. Macpherson, Bonneycastle, Bruce, H. Irving. CAPTAINS—Sir Thos. Troubridge, Ainslie, H. Wilson, R. Burnaby, Marryat t, F. A. Robinson, Foulkes, K. Beann, Newton, A. Gordon, K. Young, R. Lowe, Trevor, Liddell, Macdonald, J. Mayne, Lugard, M. White, Northey, Fulcher. LIEVTENA N TS—H. Bates, C. L. Cocks, G. W. Cong don, E. St. John Mild ma y , C. Pollen, Brooke, F. A. Yorke, H. Ruston, Nedham, J. W. Fraser, S. W. Brown, J. Wigram, Freshfield, J. P. Mayers, C. Long e'en, F. Dawson, H. Kennedy, Fulcher, Drake. CueNErs—D. Gray, G. Lloyd. 2 NSlGNS—Haygarth, J. Dickson, Loftus, S. Clements, E. Hardinge, Hawkins, B. Holme. The following noblemen and gentlemen had the honour of hci,,g presented to her Majesty : , Lord Tullamore, on going abroad, by the Earl cf Char . 1 .leviile IThe lion. and Rev. Francis Grey, by Viscount Morpeth Mr. John Nightingale, on his appointment as one of her l Majcaty's Hoe. Corp.; of Gentlemen at Arms, by Lord Fo!oy Ito.. P. J. Honywood, by Mr. Garden Rebow. Mr. Alderman Harmer, by the Lord Mayor. Mr. Whitworth Russell, by his brother, Sir Henry Rus sel:, Bart. Mr. Augustus William Gadsden, on his appointment as Hanoverian Consul for Hull, by Sir Walter James, Bart. The Hon. Henry Spencer Law, by Lord Ellenhorough Ensign John Dickson, by his lather, Major-General Sir Alexand , ..r Dickson ;Sir. Thomas Charles Smith, by Lord Carrington Mr. D. Newton, by Mr. 'rattan Egerton, M. P. R.-w. John Flotnerdew Coils, B. D., by the Marquis of LaForiow-ne James Peard Ley, Captain, North Devon Yeomanry by Mr. Rundle tiarour, (of Pelrig,) by Sir Charles Adam, K. C. B. ILomas Capel Broadwood, by the Marquis of West- rursth kwenard James Wigram, Coldstream Guards on ap p6i:;;lmect. by Colonel Walton L'ourenunt Freshfield, let Regiment Madras Light C vaity„ on his return from India, by his father, Mr. Fresh. Littdentot J. P. Mayers, ss.h Regiment, on return frcm reign Service, by General Maitland Dr. William Rae, R.N., on appointment, by Sir William Burnett, K. C. H.. Physician-General of the Navy Mr. Lama, by Sir Charles Brook Vere, K. C. B. Corimal Legh, by Viscount Cole Lieutenant John Winifidd Fraser, Coldstream Guards, on poihtment, by Colonel Walton Charirs Lacy, on his appointment, by her Ma dy, to the Rectory of Allhallows, London Wall, by vcount Melbourne Curtain Naitrrya-t, C. 8., by the Earl of ?Tinto Mr. Butt, by Lord Cole Mr. .1. May, by Mr. Tattoo Egerton, M.P. John ;Liisnls;.m, by Lord Morpeth Rey. T. S. Hughes, Prebendary of Petetborough, to prc scot a copy of his History of England, to her Majesty, by Viscount Palmerston. Mr. Beate, by Lord Morpeth Harman ViAger, by Lord Seagrove Mr. .it,hia Hare,by Load Seagrove 1 Mr. nines Ga•keil, M.P., by the Duke of Buckingham Tne ilinds, by the Marquis of Lanadosana Sir Henry St. John Mildmay, B-trt., by Lord Stewart de 11.rxheFay Sergea:t.-Wr .ngl , a.n, by the Lord Chancellor, on his appuirrtmt ut Dr. William Nl:a-seen, Founde. - of the Royal Free Hos pital, by the Marquis of Normanby. The Lord Mayor of Dublin, by the Lori Mayor The Lord Mayor of York, by Mr. Lowther, M. P. ally. T. Wardle. Mayor of Macclesfield, by Mr. Tatton Er t!rten, M.P. Mr. Jahn Brocklelturst, M. P., by the Hon. E.. 1. Stanley *r:enel Ptrey Davidson, sth West India Regiment, by Lord Prudhoe Lieut.-Colonel Bradford, cn his return from India, by Sir Richard Jenkins, G. C. B. Mr. Henry Porter, by the Earl de la Warr Mr. William Spaight, bv Lord Fitzgerald and Vesci ta'antaiu John Mayrie, Royal Regiment, on return from Caeada, by Gra , eral Lord Lynedoch Colonel Upton, Coldstr4ram Guards, by Colonel viialttn Colc;nai Walton, Coldstream Guards, by Ws Royal High neas ho Duke et Cambridge L'eu.-Colonel Eden, Scots Fusilier Guards, on appoint met,,, by Colonel Scott, Sc:ts Fusilier Guards Ersign E. It.rdinge, 3911 Regiment, by Licut.-General Sic Arthur Brooke, K C. B. Lient nant Charks Lygon Cocks, by Colonel Walton 4 itut, 'rant Charles Pollen, by Colonel Sir William 11. tries ile En3I,;;TI Loft 04, by Lieut.-ColOnel Lortu3 Li;:•uttnant G. \V. Congdon, Royal Marines, on return trota Spain, by Colonel Owen, C.B.K. H. Llcutenant Sydney W. Brown, Bombay Army, by his R Brown Lic...terart Hay Rtxtcn, Kirg's own Regiment, by Ge r2r; liagwo • Eov. It L. F tajbbt n, B. D , Rector of K.llcagh, Ire !oat'', by the Marquis of Ncrroauby 1 iYe. her. Dr. Day, by Dr. Field 'll,, lion. Captain Cary, R. N , on return from foreign nice, by the Earl of Errol `,Atna:andcr. lios. S. T. Carnegie, by Viscount St. Vin- Lunt Mr.lion - ,a5 James Tl:orp.son„on going abroad, by Major. Gel era] Wright !..eut. C. Y, Ike Campbell, R.N , on his appointment to her Majest)'s shi? Inconstant, by the Earl of Charleville Ca? . a n NlGrr:ok Fowler, R. N , on return from abroad, by lb," Rail ot . Miuto Nicholas Tucker, R. N , by Admiral the Hon. C. Dl;hiii4one Fleerning I;u.t. David O'Brien Casey, R. N., by Admiral Hon. C. E. FlecraiGg Co)tain W. V. Stanley, R. N., by Admiral the Hon. C. L. Fleernin o `..i.,1;0r General Sleigh on his appointment to the 9th Royal - • Lancers, by Lord Hill - 703j0r General Sir Parker Carrot, by Lord Hill 2eAr-Ar+miral S:r Samuel Pyw, on being appointed K. C.B. M:. Edward Chetham, by his father, Sir Edward Chet- ta, R. N , C. B. K. C. H. IV4rzazi J. P. S 1 anwiek, by the Honourable E. J. Stauloy, M. P. Mr. Thomas Jackson, by M. General Wright, Royal iiingineers Mr. Powys, Lieutenant R.N., by Lord Holland. na1,,•.• Bonneyeastle; Royal Engineers, by Lord John ,- V.ossell. ttrigadier-General Dallas, late Governor of St. Helena, Ly cloneral Lord Hill, G.C. B Mr. Lisley, Recorder of York, by Lord Morpeth Mr. Grirnstliteh, M. P., by Mr. 'Fatten Egerton, M.P. • Mr.. Wells, First Life Guards,by Colonel Cavendish Vti. !Jarman Visgt-r, by Lord Seagrave Lirort. F. R. M. Danson, on promotion, by Licut.-Ge n SirA. Brooke, K. C B • ( Lieut.. H. Kednedy, on return from Spain, by Colonel 1 Orran, C. B. Kll k Lieut. Drake, by his father, Lieut.-Colonel Drake ; Mr. siohn V. Stewart, by Viscount Castlereagh ! Mr. I;riffith Jones, on his return from the Mauritius, by Li•zut.- General Sir Arthur Brooke, K.C.B Mr. Lowrance, Surgeon Royal Military, Asylum, Chelsea, 1 by Lieut.-General Sir Willoughby Gordon, Bart. Ensign Hawkins, on appointment to the s`4d Light In fantry, by his father, Capta in Hawkins, R.N. , ' Ensign Bryan tiolme, by the Hon. Lieut.-Colonel J. C. i. Westeura, M.P. Mr. W. H. Fenn, by the Marquis of Normanby - Mr. Sheriff Falkner, of Dublin, by the Lord Mayor Mr. David Salomons, by the Lord Mayor ' Ensinin St. John Clements, by Lieut.-Colonel Bush Ent•lgn Haygarth, on appointment to the 46th Regiment, cabilyt atS. Raco Major-Generalard Sharpe, D ' Oy l ey on return from service; R. Ti. King, on promotion ; Commanders Chae. Eden, on . return from service, and N. Fowell, on promotion and ocb aeprtt asi, Captains Canada, C s erDundas, on beingappointed (..u43* Lougdon, by Sir H. Vivian Captain Howard, R. N., on promotion Captain Newton by Colonel Watson Lowe and Keith Young, Inspector of Lieut. Henry Bates, Aide-dc-camp to, and presented Gordon,on, and Lieut. _ Colonel i,i r eA e u t rt u rt.iinlceifiroryio. ,om;RnCaptains Trevort ains Lord ßa n 4 .4 1i n A t o . • by Sir I: Hobhouse . ~ . 'tl ; • G 11 h b'the Ad jutant-General ~ a j ot . . acp erson, y Captain F. •A. Robinson, on promotion, by Sir C. Colville Sir Samford Whittingham. by, The following Noblemen and Gentlemen presented ad dresses to her Majesty : The Solicitor-General, M.P., and Mr. W. E. Glad- Istone, M. P.—Of congratulation from the Mayor, Alder. men, and Burgesses of the ancient borough of Newark. Thy Duke of Sutherland—Of congratulation from the ?,4;,y,;-, A;dermen, and Council of Stafford ; from Clergy, Burgesses, and other inhabitants of Stafford; from the Royal Burgh cf Domock ; from Landowners, Justices e the Peace, and Commissioners of Supply comity of Caith r me; from the Heritors, Commissioners of Supply. and Justices of the Peace of the county of Sutherland ; and with a Deputation from the Scottish Hospital Corporation. The Dike of Somerset—Of congratulation, from the London University College. f The Duke of Boceleueh—of congratulation, f ro m the Nobl men, Gentlemen, Commissioner s of Supply and Justices of the Peace of the Couaty of E dinbur g h ; from the President and Members of the Royal Caledonian Hor ticultural Society ; and from the Inhabitants of the Town of Dalkeith. The Hon. E. J. Stanley and Mr. Brocklehurst—of Congratulation, from the Independent Protestant Dissen ters at Macclesfield. Lord Kenyon--,From the Society of Patrons of the An t - niversary of the Charity Sc hools of London, with felt congratulations on the happy occasion of her Majesty's marriage with his Royal Highness Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg and Gotha. At the same time recalling to mind gratefully ber Majesty's gracious presence at the r.tnniver sary at St. Paul's Cathedral in 1836, and praying Al_ mighty God to bless her lajestyN with a long and prospe rous reign. Earl De Groy—of Congratulation, from the Institute of British Architects. The Bishop of Hereford—of Congratulation, from the Bishops, and Dean, and Chapter of the Cathedral Church of Hereford. The Marquis of Headfort—of Congratulation, from the inhabitants of the town of Kells, and its neighbourhood, county Meath, Ireland. Sir John Herschel, Bart., K. H. President of the Royal Astronomical Society of London—From the President, Council, and Fellows of that Society. The Earl Da la Warr, High Steward of the borough of Stratford-upon-Avon—of Cougratulation from the borough of Stratford-upon-Avon. Viscount Cantilupe—of Congratulation from the Mayor, Aldermen, Burgesses, and Inhabitants of the borough cf Helston. Lord Prudhoe—Of respect and congratulation from the Master Pilots and Seamen of the Corporation of the Trinity House of Newcastle upon Tyne. The Hon. Charles George Noel, M. P.—of congratu lation from the Bailiffs and Burgesses of the ancient Bo rough of Chipping Campdcn, Gloucestershire. General Sir George Anson, and Lord Alfred Paget— of congratulation from the Mayor, Aldermen, and Bur gesses of the City and County of Lichfield, in Common Hall assembled. Mr. Freshfield, M.P., and Mr. Hutchens, M.P.—of congratulation from the Corporation and inhabitants of Penryn, and Falmouth. Vice Admiral Sir David Milne, K.C.B.,—from the Knights Tempters of Scotland. The Dean of Bristol—of congratulation from the Dean and Chapter of Bristol. Sir E. Knatchbull and Mr. Plumptre—From the inha bitants of Margate. Major-General Douglas, K. C. 8., Lieutenant- Governor of Guernsey—From Guernsey and Alderney Major-General Sir F. Trench—From the Conservative Association of Scarborough Captain Boswell, R.N.—From the Supreme Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Freemasons of Scotland. IMr. William Pollard, High Sheriff of Westmeath — presented by the Marquis of Westmeath, from the county of Westmeath. Sir Charles Williams, Mayor, the Recorder, Aldermen Long and May, and the Town Clerk of Ipswich, pre sented by Lord Normanby—From Ipswich. Lieut.-Col. Hon. J. C. Westenra, M.P.—From the Grand Jury of the Kine's County. Mr. French and the O'Connor Don—From the county of Roscommon. Mr. Townshend Mainwaring, presented by Lord Nor manby, accompanied by the Honourables W. Begot and H. Cholmondeley—From the county of Denbigh. Mr. Hodgson, M.P., and Mr. Chichester, M.P.—Two Addresses from Barnstaple. Mr. Thomas Abbott Green, Mayor, presented by Earl de Grey—From the Town Council, and also from the in habitants of Bedford. Mr. Richard Thursfield, Mayor, presented by the Hon. Cecil Forester—From Wenlock. Mr. Walford, Recorder—From Malden. Mr. Sheppard, M.P.—From the borough of Frome. Mr. Ceorge William Wood, M.P.—From the Corpora tion of Kendal, of Congratulation on her Majesty's marriage. Mr. Charles Kemeys Tynte, by the Earl of Errol— From the Burgess Protector Society of Bridgwater. Mr. Hodges, M. P.—From toe Corporation of Graves end ; also from the inhabitants of Tonbridge. A Deputation from the French and Dutch Protestant Churches in the City of London, established by Royal Charter of Edward tlse Sixth, consisting of the Rev. ',Aeries Baup, the Rev. Dr. Goble, the Rev. Francis Martin, Messrs. Henry Wm. Masters, John Nlattley, John Berndor Nhens, and Nicholas Theodosius Schermer —On her Majesty's marriage. Mr. Richard Franklin, Mayor of Limerick, and Mr. Henry-Watson, Senior Magistrate, City of Limerick—Of Congratulation from the Mayor, Sheriff; and Corporation of the City of Limerick. The deputation presented by Viscount Gurt. The Mayor and Town Clerk of Tenterdee—Of Con. gratulation front Tenterden. The Deputation presented by Mr. Hodges, M. P. Mr. Richard Balchin, Mayer of Gedalming, accom pa.nied by Mr. Alderman Marshall, Mr. Henry Marshall, and Mr. Alderman Keen—of Cong,ratulAti3n. The De. potation was presented by the Earl of Uxbridge. Sir Nlichael Hicks Beach, Bart., Mgt: Sheriff of Glou eostershirc— From that county. Mr. David Mowbray Walter, Mayor of the city o Gloucester, s.ccornpanied by Mr. Charles Taker, Sheriff of the city of Gloucester; and Mr. Henry H. Wilton, Town Clerk—of Congratulation. The Deputation was presented by Lord Segraee. Mr. John Hudson, Mayor of East Retford—on her Ma jest ':i Marriage, from the Mayor, Aldermen, and Coun cillors of the borough of East Retford. The Mayor was presented by Ihe Hon. Captain Duncombe, R.N., M.P. Mr. T. Wardle, Mayor; Mr. J Powell Swanwick, Alderman : 11 r. David Newlin, Councillor; arid Mr. J. May, Deputy Town Clerk, of Macelestistd—of congratu tion, from the Town Council cf the Borough of Maccles field. The Hon. E. J. Stanley and Mr. Brocklehurst—of Con gratulation, from the Trustees and Managers of the Sunday School at Macclesfield. Mr. Robert Heywood, Mayor of Bolton, accompanied by Mr. Brotherton, M.P., Mr. Alderman Cullen, and Mr. Councillor Dean—of congratulation, from the Mayor, Al. dermen, and Councillors of the Borough of Bolton. The Deputation presented by the Marquis of Normanby. Mr. Ewart, M.P,, and Mr. Standish—of congratulation, from the Mayor, Aldermen, and Councillors of the ancient and loyal Borough of Wigan. Mr. Ewart was presented by the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere. Mr. Standish—From the Mayor, Aldermen, and Coun cillors of the ancient and loyal Borough of Wigan, en treating her Majesty to continue her confidence in her Mal;sty's present Ministers. Mr. B. J. Tuck, Mayor of Chipping-Wycombe, ac companied by Mr. George Robert Smith, and Mr. George Henry Dashwood, M. P.'s fur the Borough—of congratu lation, from the Mayor and Corporation of Chipping, Wycombe. Mr. Tuck was presented by Lord Carrington. Mr. Christopher Thomas Tower, High Sheriff of Essex ; Mr. Thomas Morgan Gepp, Under Sheriff ; Mr. Disney, Seconder ; M.- General Sir William Eustace, Mr. John Gordon Rebow, Mr. Bramston, M. P., and the Rev. John Page Wood—of congratulation, from the County of Essex. The High Sheriff and Under Sheriff were presented by L. , rd Li'ford. The Rev. Mr. Wood, by his father Sir Matthew Wood, Bart. Mr.:Blewitt, M. P.—from the inhabitants in public meeting assembled, of Newport, in Monmouthshire. Mr. G. B. Beamish, M.P.—from the citizens cf Cork. Mr. Bulkeley Hughes, M.P.—from the inhabitants of Caernarvon. Mr. Craven Berkeley and Lord Sograve—from Chet- tenham. Rev. .1. Surtees, Prebendary, by the Dean of Bristol, —from Bristol. Mr. Fitz Patrick, M. P.—from the parish of Castlotown, Queen's County. Mr. Wa)moutb, from the Deputies of the Protestant Dissenters of the Three Denominations. Hon. W. Bagot—from the Corporation of Ruthin. Mr. Surracre, Town Clerk, by Sir Thomas Trowbridge —from the Corporation of Sandwich. Mr. G. Byng and Colonel T. Wood—from Old Brentford. The Lord Mayor and Sheriff of York, and Mr. Low- ther, M. P.—from the City of York. Mr. Ashley, M. P., and Mr. R. Williams, M.P.—from the Borough of Dorchester. Lieut.-Col. J. Scott Lillie, Mr. Graham (presented by Lord Nornaanby), Mr. Tulke and Sir J. Hansler —from the Magistrates of the City and Liberty of Westminster. Mr. Houston, M.P., and Mr. Colquhoun, M.P.—from the County of Renfrew. Mr. Arthur Putt, High Sheriff, Sir E. Filrner, and Mr. Plumptre, M. P.—from the County of Kent. Mr. Thomas Chalk, Mayor, Mr. Sheriff Cones, High Alderman Evans, and Alderman Lilly, by Lord Lyttelton —From the Corporation of Worcester. Th e H on . and Rev. William Law, Chancellor, and the Venerable W. T. P. Brymer, Archdeacon, by Lord Ellen. borough —From the Bishop, 'Chancellor, Archdeacons, and ClergyNi of the Diocese of Bath and Wells. The following Gilbert, Edward Forster, Rev. Messrs. Thomas Jones, P. P. and William F. Vances, by Lord Lansdowne — From the Corporation ofthe Refuge for the Destitute A Petition was Edmund Haisw g e. _Gentlemen came with Addresses—. James (by Sir A. Cooper). Destitute. and mr li, Dr. Boisragon, Dr. Forbes (by Sir A. the Order in Council Cooper), of the Queen, and deliver ar d After the Levee th the Order cf the Thistle w e resented from Stokesley respecting r e elting to National Education. of Mansfield bad an audience worn o b her Majesty the Insignia of r his L. l o a f t et the bloat Her Majesty held an Investiture t Ancient Order of the Thistle in the Royal The Duke of Roxburghe and the Closet. introduced by Sir William Woods (Garterarl of Rosebery were Deputy Secretary of the Order, and er knightedl(ing of Arms), Queen with the Sword of State. His ra by the Noble Earl were afterwards invested by her Majesty and the the Ensigns of the Most Ancient and Noble Orderjesty with Thistle. of the The Queen wore the Robes and the Collar of the Or. der. His Roy al Hi g hness Prince Albert, the Minister s of State, the Principal Offi cers of the Household, the Du! chess of Sutherland, and the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, were present at the ceremony. The Earl of Erroll, Knight of the Most Ancient Order, was also present. The Sword of State was borne by Sir Frederick Smith. Her Majesty gave audiences to Viscount Melbourne, Viscount Palmerston, the Earl of Uxbridge, the Field Officer in Waiting, and the Captain of the Guard. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, a', tended by the Royal Suit, ',urned to Buckingham Palace. C, reti Th e Duke of Cleveland is still suffering from indi.Tosition at Cleveland House. We aro glad to state tilt) account yesterday was, much better. :REPEAL OF THE CORN-LAWS A General Meeting of the Members of the Chamber of Commerce and Manufactures took place at eleven o'clock on Thursday, to consider the propriety of peti tioning the Legislature for the repeal of the Corn-laws. Mr. J. B. SMITH, the President, took the Chair. He had yesterday taken occasion to look at the effects of the Corn-laws upon the particular branch of industry in which they were chiefly engaged, the cotton trade, and the results were rather curious. In 1820, the chief and the best customer they had for their cotton goods was Germany ; the export of white and printed cotton goods to that country, in 1820; was 2,912,0001. ster ling ; in 1838, the het return published, it had fallen to 887,0001. To Russia, in 1820, our exports of ma nufactured cotton goods amounted to 683,0001. ; by the last return they had fallen off to 59,0001. To Hol lend and Belgium our exports in 1820 were 881,0001.; in 1838, 661,000/. Nevertheless, the total exports of cotton goods had not been diminished, but they had been driven from those markets, and obliged to seek others ; and, in all those countries whose produce we did not exclude, from whom we took either luxuries or the raw materials of our manufacture, we had no difficulty in exchan g ing our manufactures with them. Our trade to the East Indies, China, and the Indian Islands, which in 1820 amounted to 817,0001. had increased, in 1838, to 2,660,0001. ; with Mexico, Colombia, Guate mala, Rio Plata, Chili, and Peru, it was. in 1820, 412,055/. ; in 1838, 1,273,070/. ; with the Brazils it increased from 924,0001. in IS2O, to 1,600,000/. in 1838. Now to the United States our trade had in creased from 1,158,000/. in 1820, to 2,518,0001. in 1831, having more than doubled itself. But in 1832 the tariff was passed ; we had refused to take the corn of the United States, and they determined to exclude our manufactures, and a great bounty was placed upon their manufactures. The consequence was that, although in 1831 we exported two and a half millions of manu factured cotton goods, in 1838 our exports had fallen off to 1,206,0001.—(Hear.) Now it was remarkable that, notwithstanding our exports of cotton goods to the Continent had fallen off greatly, our exports of cotton twist had increased in value to about the same extent as the exports of cotton goods had fallen off. To Russia, in 1820, we exported 1,094,0001. worth of cotton twist ; in 1838, it had increased to 1,236,0001. To Germany we exported in 1820, in cotton twist, 1,411,000/. ; in 1838, 2,265,000/. To Holland and Belgium, in 1820, 550,0001. which was in creased, in 1838, to 1,876,0001. This confirmed the statement which he had had the honour to lay before them when that question was lust discussed by the Chamber of the great increase in the exportation of raw materials instead of manufactured articles, to all those places which could supply us no thing but corn, and the great diminution in the ex ports of manufactured goods. The effect of our exclusion of their corn had been to raise up manufac turing rivals in those countries ; they had begun to manufacture for themselves, and they needed only the raw material to furnish employment for their own popu lation. The export of the raw material of other arti cles besides cotton twist was much on the increase. Of woollen yarn, our exports in 1820 were 3,000 pounds ; in 1838. 3,085 lbs. ; of linen yarn, in 1820, we exported not a pound ; but in 1838 cur exports were 14,923,000 lbe. The same process was going on with iron ; and the average increase in the five years from 1834 to 1838, over those from 1821 to 1825, was as follows : Increase in the export of manufactured hardwares and cutlery, 63 per cent. in that period ; irt bar-iron and pig-iron, 300 per cent ; unwrought steel, 400 per cent. In coals there was an increase from 261,000 tons to 1,330,000 tons, being an increase of 350 per cent. Oa the raw material of pig-iron there was an increase of 600 per cent.; whilst manufactured articles had only increased el 5 per cent. Our hand-loom weavers were deprived of employment, so were the stocking weavers, and others, and the rate of their wages was approximating to the money ate of wages on the Continent.—( Hear.) But what was the difference between them ? While the English labourer only got the same money-rate of wages as the seen on the Continent, he had to pay two or three times as high a price for his food ; the con sequence was, that while the foreign labourer lived in comparative comfort, our labourers must live on the coarsest food, and support a miserable existence. That the fate of our hand-labourers would shortly be the fate of our skilled labourers, appeared to him certain. He had been very much struck with the great increase in the exportation of machinery, expensive machines, nuil wheels, &c., which had increased from 52,0001. in value in 1832, to 627,0001. in 1838. If our machinery were planted in countries where food and labour were cheap, then the wages of our skilled labourers must, like the wages of our hand labourers, approximate to the conti nental price of wages ; and the fate of our skilled la boureri would shortly be the same as that of our band labourers. NV hy sbou.d not Germany send us corn and cattle, as well as wine and wool? Our trade at present was confined to the import of luxu ries and of raw materials ; in fact, everything but what t.bc people could eat--ever thing but food was allowed to be imported. Our trade with the United States, and with the countries of northern and central Europe, might have been doubled had we taken the corn of those countries in exchange for our manufactures. There could be no doubt at all that the increase of our trade with Germany would be very considerable, if our Government would listen to the proposition made them by the German States. The Slates of the German League were willing now to enter into a treaty with us to receive our manufactures on more favourable term-s than at present, provided we took in exchange their corn, cattle, and timber. He would not detain them by any fur(her observation, but would read the petition to Parliament which had been proposed by the Board, and which it would be for the Chamber to adopt, or make such alterations in it as they saw fit. The Chairman then read the following petition : To the Honourable the Commons of the United King dom of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled. The humble Petition of the President, Vice-President, and Me:obers of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce. Showeth—That the cotton manufacture of this country, in which the capital and skill of your petitioners are chiefly embarked, affords employment for a numerous and indus trious population, and furnishes nearly one half of the amount of all our exports to foreign countries. That your petitioners beg to call the attention of your Honourable House to the relative circumstances of the manufacturing and agrieultural interests of the country at the rresent time, as compared with former periods. That, down to, the latter part of the eighteenth cen tury, our agriculturists were under the necessity of resort ing to foreign markets for the sale of a portion of their produce. But about this period the great extension of our trade and manufactures, and the consequent increase of population and wealth, reversed the condition of the agriculturists, and caused a greater demand for food in the home market than they were able to supply. The en viable position to which the British landowners were thus raised by the sudden possession of advantages unparalleled in the history of nations, was mainly owing to the rapid growth of the cotton manufacture, which owes its exist tence to foreign trade, the raw material being wholly de rived from abroad. That your petitioners especially intreat the attention of your Honourable House to the fact that, whilst chiefly owing to the extension of our cotton manufactures, a greater amount of food has been consumed than could be produced at home, one-fourth only of the weight of cotton imported into Great Britain is consumed at home, the spinner and manufacturer being left to seek customers for the remaining three-fourths in foreign and distant markets. That, from these facts, it must be apparent that we have long passed that point up to which the prosperity of a nation is based upon its land. Our trade has outgrown our agriculture, because it has led to ar increase of popu lation which the land can neither profitably employ nor plentifully feed. Any increase of our number?, therefore, must derive their food from abroad, through the propor tionate increase of our foreign trade. That, so far from deploring as an evil this state of de pendence upon other countries, your petitioners believe that Divine Providence has given to different nations di versities of climate, soil, and capacities, that, by means of the exchange of the productions of one country for the productions of another, happiness may be increased, and peace and good-will promoted among all the nations of the earth. That the Corn-laws, by interposing a barrier to the free exchange of the products of our labour for the food of other countries, directly opposes the obvious designs of a munificent Providence, subjecting the great mass of our industrious community to extreme suffering, exposing them to the evils of disease, demoralization, and even premature death. That your petitioners submit to your Honourable House that the late derangement of the currency, from which all classes of her Majesty's subjects have suffered so severely, the present depressed state and the gloomy prospects of our trade, and the consequent de terioration of the moral and physical condition of the labouring classes, are mainly attributable to the Corn law; and that, in their opinion, those evils are increasing. That it is the duty of every Government noe to permit any obstruction to an abundant supply of food for the people; and so long as an unjust law it maintained for making food scarce and dear, it must continue to be a source of legiti mate discontent to the great body of the people. e a o Y se m , o p d e e t i r t i a o n n y e r e s i , r e fo o r m t s h t e an r e e e a s s , o n a s ta a a b o n v p e on b stated rea , d a i n s d i nd b e e : ene Corn-laws sih le, nd because e w c a o u n s l e d they conducelee l i e t v o e t h that be e t s h t e i e n n t t e i r r e e s r t s e p e o a f l aol Dull h classes of the community, humbly pray your Honour able House that the Corn-law may be forthwith repealed. The CHAIRMAN said that was the petition which had been prepared by the Board ; and it was eligible for any gentleman to move that it should, be adopted or amended. Mr. B. PEARSON moved—That the petition for the repeal of the Corn-laws be forwarded for presentation to the House of Commons, and that the draft now read be adopted as the petition of this Chamber." He re joiced t o see , by this petition, that the Chamber by no means shrunk from the responsibility that rested u so po m n n i e t i T:( as Ha t e he r y )— ba tt a ha done in l s a t s ed of confiningtayear,tothe injuryh temwsehlee which had been done to their manufactures and commerce, the question op o n the t was nowri sof t taken up upon the princi;le of jus tice, poor, and the suffering of the working community.—( Applause.) That was the only ground upon which they could expect their po sition to be firmly maintained ; unless this was made a moral question it was scarce likely that the whole coun try would be so united as to enable them to overcome the powerful resistance which they knew would be offered. But if they advocated it, as was done in that petition, upon the ground of justice and right, rind the iniquity of taxing the bread of the poor, he had no doubt whatever thnt they must prevail. The principle as sumed in the petition left them no option as to the course they should pursue ; they could not denounce the Corn-law, or any law which raised the price of food, as indefensible under any circumstances, and pe tition for any thing less than its entire repeal. From information which they had received yesterday, it was stated that the price was 48s. abroad, and that the freight, with any other expenses, would be 6s. a quar ter, but it was generally understood that the freight might perhaps be 10s. It was well known that in 1838, when our duty fell to a shilling a quarter, the price of wheat on the Continent rose 50 per cent., and the price of freights rose 100 per cent. It was evi dent from all the information they had, that the stores upon the Continent, by the very large importations of 1838 and 1839, were very much exhausted, and that an immediate repeal of the Corn-laws would cause such a demand for grain from abroad as would materially affect the price, and that freights would rise in the same way. Mr. Porter, of the Board of Trade, had shown that the average importation of several years was equal to two million quarters ; these would require 400,000 tons of shipping ; they therefore could not wonder when 4,500,000 quarters were imported in fifteen months, at the extraordinary rise in the price of freights. Some persons imagined that a large portion of the land of this kingdom would be thrown out of cultivation by the instant repeal of the Corn-laws.---(No, no.) It had been well observed that, taking the cost of bringing foreign grain to this country at 10s. a quarter, and esti mating the production of an acre of wheat at three quarters, which he supposed was the lowest, the landed interest would have a protection against foreign com petition equal to the whole rent of the land,—that the farmer, with respect to the foreigner, as far as rent was concerned, stood in the same condition as if he were rent-free. They would therefore see from the amount of shipping which would be required, from the extraordinary rise which would take place, both in the rate of freights and the price of wheat, that no large quantity could possibly be imported but at a very high price ; that the present price being 545. at the lowest estireate that could be made, it was not likely that wheat could, for a year or two, be imported at less than 60s. a quarter. They were told by Mr. Porter that two million quarters required 400,000 tons of shipping ; therefore they might suppose that in the first year 800,000 tons would be required, But he had put it lower, and estimated that four miilion quarters would take 700 vessels, of 500 tons burden each, to make five voyages in the year. If they estimated the import in the second year to be six million quarters, which was not in the least degree improbable, they should want an increase of 350 ships for that trade solely. In 1843, if the import were seven millions, 525 additional ships would be required ; and in 1844, if it increased to twelve millions, which was possible, and not in the least degree improbable, 1,400 additional vessels would be required in that short period for that trade alone. But how was it possible that we could pay for this corn ? 'raking it at 50s. a quarter, the value of twelve million quarters of imported grain wound be thirty millions. Supposing that in the first year we parted with all our gold—ten millions, it was perfectly clear we should have no ten millions to give in the next year ; there was an end of paying for corn in gold, and we must begin to pay in manufactures ; the increased demand for manu factures would necessarily have the effect of raising wages. An increase of exports would also raise the price of wool amazingly in this country ; it would cause a most unprecedented demand for cotton. It would also cause an increased demand for shipping, all the expenses attending it would be increased, and our manufactures could not be afforded at anything like their present price. It was obvious that this of itself would be a material obstacle in the way of a large import of foreign corn ; and considering that the value of our cotton manufactures was thirty-four millions, it was almost ph, sicelly impossible that in the course of four years they could be increased thirty-one millions in addition to their present amount. This would show that the landed interest had nothing to fear from the sudden repeal of the Corn-laws. But, in addition to all this, he certainly thought the demand for shipping and for shipwrights, for builders, machine-mak era, spinners, and weavers, would be greater than could possibly be sup plied —( Hear, hear.) A demand of this kind improved the condition of the farmer ; it acted in a double way ; it relieved him from the pressure of Poor -rates, and gave him wealthy customers instead of poor ones, for the produce of his land.—(Hear, hear.) With respect to its ultimate effects, which they must certainly took to, it would, no doubt, have the effect of making us dependant upon foreign countries. The petition said that was not a matter to be deplored ; and he thought it was just the contrary. However selfish our motives might be in spreading our commerce throughout the earth, we were merely instruments in tho divine hand for diffusing the knowledge of Chris tianity. Whilst they must not overlook the possibility of our being so far dependant upon foreign countries, that we might be starved into submission, he thought our security would be increased with the extension of our commerce ; the more sources that were open to us for the supply of grain, the more certain should we be not to be in want. But if it were ot h erw i se , we had but two alternatives ; we must elsewhere. nd e it t ee h el people,ar id b y could 08 If u u n fmifauds (tas) tafit l l s luvia r mr l i i tsetna c ,aet e nai pons.esq, them_rt auohi period, dsA . w ht,wdipa a loelopn s envidm n ia,sbo o u:. eos w ostteutowf g .l g)de o s Geeo i nset ig aid; ybb, o ,ooe r rid , lonac e ogttf x :ml expatriate tb a rsa t et rtt r hrh, , i: e i keaam t dnes e y t i n o l o t t e t o e ;u t o t h r u o r a e t i; a i a n t n i Mr. HOLLAND 3100 LE—With in his own memory very considerable quantities of manufactured goods, of the highest possible finish, were sent to the continent of Europe ; that fell away, until yarn was sent, dyed, it was true, the most expensive colours, and got ready for the weavers in the most costly manner. By and-bye, this fell off, not only in Germany, but also in Russia, till at last nothing was wanted but the bare yarn. It then fell off from being hank yarn to a very large quantity of cop yarn ; Russia began to spin her own yarn, and then we begen to send them cotton. That morning he had heard that a very large exportation of power-looms to Germany awas going on ; • and then we should send them cotton. It might be true that there was a very great increase in the exports last year ; he was glad that the question had been put, as it offered him the means of giving an explanation to it. Large manufacturing establishments could not be sus pended all at once for want of a demand ; gentlemen who expended 20,0001. a year in wages, would not stop their wooks suddenly, and throw out all their hands at once. What was the consequence ? If they were driven front the home market their stocks were sent out to the foreign markets, to seek markets, not to supply them ; it did not follow that these exports were paid for ; it did not follow that they were sold at all. It was a positive fact, which he could demonstrate personally, that exports might be years and years without being sold till they were eaten up by interest and absorbed by charges. A man might appear to be carrying on a prosperous busi ness in this way while he was sapping it, and exposing himself to ruin. —{Hear.) He cared not that the exports were two or three millions more than last year ; they were exports at a loss, exports at ruin. —(Hear, hear.) Let them look about and see the vast establishments supported by almost incalculable capital ; and let them read the very interesting letter which was written bs. Mr. Thomasson (who was then in the room), in the Sun of last week, which did credit to his hand and heart, and deserved to be printed in a separate form and sent to every town in the kingdom. If they could not obtain a remunerating trade, to ruin he firmly believed they must go.—( Cries of" Hear, hear.") They wished to hurt no o ne—God forbid ; the land lords would be no worse off.. They wished merely to advance the truth, and to settle this important ques tion of the supply of food to the operatives, many of .:hem bt.gge were, dto se second d that o reso moment, loti 0 for want. He resolution, —(Applause.) in the Mr. Ross suggested that ncowlac in h was some morepn petition that one-fourth only of the cotton yarn of this country was retained for home consumption, they should say about one-third , fo r Burn's Glance gave it 2 trade w as i n a very depressed state , ou r y arns having been for ce d out i n su ch quantities tha t the y had rt s th an of Europe,one-fo one-fourth. spi l n t n w g s in a well per known w ennt that sup planted the foreign article, notwithstanding all the ad vantage of cheap bread. But a very different process was goin g on i n ot h er parts. He had it from one of the largest engrivers to calico printers that, during the last spring upwards of 200 patterns had been given out to be engraved for one Prussian house. (The Chairmain : In this country ?) Yes ; they could not engrave yet in their own country, and they came here and got them engraved at very hi g h Prices ; eighty patterns had been given out to one engraver ; and the engravers bad been so much engaged that their regular customers had to wait. But it might be said, then the engravers were going on very well, if the calico-printers were not so very well off. Why, the engravers complained that their best hands were being seduced away to the continent, and he knew for a fact that many clever hands, machine printers and pattern engravers, were gone. He knew of one man who had violated his engagement by reason of the high premium held out to him ; fourteen machine printers had gone away ; and they knew how difficult it was to get skilful hands in that department. In Austria cotton spinning was in a prosperous state ; a circular from Trieste, dated the 16th of January, 1840, from a house of the name of Boren, some years established there, said " The consumption (speak ing of cotton) may be assumed as tending to in crease the profits on spinning and dying cotton in this neighbourhood are here represented as being great, and new works are in progress for that purpose." Th reimeoe. constnnetion of wheat in manufactures was point which _ he never r e membered to . have, hear e THE SUN. LONDON, TiIURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1840. MA.INCHESTER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. EVENING E UNIT lON brought forward. He did not rely on the statements 0 was one that was peculiarly applicable to the land— given in Macculloch's Dictionary, but had been at great namely, the property tax. That tax was reduced. Then pains by correspondence and other means, to ascertain what was the condition of the country in reference to the fact ; and he found that the consumption could not grain in the interval ? The price of grain (beginning be less than 220,000 quarters annually, not of inferior ten years before 1811), for ten years before 1831, was at flour, but of the best, for that answered the purpose least 15 or 20 per cent. increased in the latter period. best. In 1835, wheat was 395. 4d. the quarter ; it They had, therefore, not only the advantage of a was now 70s. ; the difference being 30s. Bd. left an an- diminished expense in producing, and also the advan nual loss of 336,60 0 /. One manufacturer had s howed tage of diminished taxation, but they bad further him by his hooks that he was losing 700/. a-year in the the advantage of a greater increase in the money price of flour ; a great many houses consum ed from price of their produce. But the matter did not rest 1,500/. to 2,0001. worth of flour in a year. The total even there, so far as the agriculturists were concerned. amount of yarn manufactured for home consumption What was the price of all the commodities which the in 1839, was 8,750,721/. ; adding to this 20 per cent. agriculturist had to consume, except that which he for the better quality of the home goods (Macculloch's produced himself? He spoke in the presence of those proportion of 30 per cent. being too much), gave a who were much better acquainted with those things total of 10,502,0641. for the home trade. At least one- than he was ; but he believed that with regard to all third of these were consumed by their own people ; and manufactures—and he believed there was not one single the protection which was so much talked of, the 10 per exception—there was a difference of at least 20, 30, cent. on cotton goods, was only on two-thirds of this 40, 50, 60, or 70 per cent., putting the landowner in amount. What was this tax, of which the landowners this position, that he can now buy with 50 o r 60 complained so much, when placed beside the enormous bushels of wheat—produce that he obtains cheaper than corn tax?—(Applause.) in 1811—he can now do as much with 50 or 60 bushels Mr. G. SANDARS was sorry that he could not go of wheat as required the expenditure of 100 bushels at along with this petition. Though he objected mainly that time. This then was a peculiar advantage to the to the petition from the sweeping nature of the change, agriculturist. There was one other allusion which he from its doing away with all protection to agriculture, would make, and that was in reference to the figure of a and sweeping away the corn trade at once, there were wedge. Their opponents were, they might depend upon several other portions of the petition in which he would it, a body that would require not a small wedge to split. not agree. It had been ettempted to show that they or drive away, but a body that would require a large had fallen off mainly in those articles into which labour wedge indeed ; and that would be driven home—as he most largely entered. Now, he found that, for the trusted the country would drive it home, with all the year ending sth January, 1839, the total amount of ex- might, and force, and energy, which was founded upon ports was 43,344,631/. ; for the year ending sth Ja- a claim for justice as well as a claim for food.—(Loud nuary, 1840, it was 45,281,2541., showing an increase applause.) of nearly two millions. Referring to cotton manufac- Mr. W. NIELD for one thought there ought to be a tures, he found that the exports in 1839 were repeal of the Corn-laws ; but there was one word in 16,715,857/. ; and in 1840, 17,694,3031., being nearly an that petition with which he could not coincide—and it increase of a million. Of yarn, in which the Chamber was that one word, and that alone, which prevented had been given to understand there was a great compa- him from joining the gentlemen who were engaged in ritive increase, the exports were, in 1839, 7,431,8691. ; this important question—and that was the word " forth in 1840, 6,857,8261. ; showing a falling off, instead of an with."—( Hear, hear.) Now, having had for all those increase of something like 600,000/. Take the next, years these Corn-laws, and people having become some earthenware : exports, 1839, 651,344/w 1840,768,496/., what used to their effects, he thought it was rather too showing an increase of 100,000/. ; hardware and cutlery, hard to compel the advocates of these laws to give up 1839, 1,498,000/. ; 1840, 1,819,0001., being upwards of all their opinions respecting them at a moment's notice, 300,000/. increase in that branch of our industry, on and submit to an immediate repeal. He could not, which all would admit a great deal of labour was be- therefore, as a question of justice, and in obedience to stowed ; linen, 1839, 2,730,000/. ; 1840, 3,422,0001., the conviction of his own mind from that which he be showing another remarkable increase in that branch of lieved to be right—he could not adopt that word industry ; linen yarn, another article where little labour " forthwith," and for that reason he could not hold up was bestowed, 1839, 836,163/. ; 1840, 814,607/., show- his hand for the petition in its present shape—a docu: ing a small decrease ; silk manufacturers, 1839, ment which, under other circumstances, he should have 777,280/. ; 1840, 865,768/. ; sheep's wool and lamb's been glad to have supported with his vote.—(Hear.) wool, 1839, 434,000/. ; 1840, 361,0001., another raw Mr. COBDEN—They had heard opinions differing production in which there was a falling off ; woollen as widely as possible on this subject ; and it was not manufactures, 1839, 5,795,000/. ; 1840, 6,278,009/., less remarkable that the parties who were most deeply being an increase of about half a million ; and making interested, differed just as much as they (the mer altogether an increase of about two millions. But when chants) did who had one common interest. On the they also took into calculation the depreciation in the one hand there was Earl Fitzwilliam, who urged that value of these articles, the increase in amount must have if we had to bring our corn from the Continent, it been very considerable when the increase in value could not be produced for a number of years in suffi amounted to so much. He objected to another asser- cient quantity to serve this country at all. On the tion in the petition, which attributed all their evils to other hand, they had the evidence of many practical the Corn-laws. He did not stand there as an advocate men, who told us that in three years, or even two of the Corn-laws ;he had all along stated that there Years, we should be completely mutilated with corn. were great evils in them, and he was as anxious as any Now, what did all this prove ? Why, simply that we member of the Chamber to see them rectified—(Hear, wanted this question placed upon a totally different hear). But when it was stated that the evils under footing to that of mere conjecture, and he begged leave which all admitted they were labouring, were owing to to call their attention to the aspect of the question them, he must entirely protest against it. Were he to as a matter of right and justice. He thought that give an opinion as to the evils under which the commer- if they went upon that principle alone—the principle cial and manufacturing interests were suffering, he of what was right and wrong, their moral in should state it to be a cause over which human power stincts would he certain to carry them right. had no control—the elements, unpropitious seasons, and —(Hear, hear, hear.) Would they have bread taxed in defective harvests. It had deranged the foreign a country where property was untaxed ? He asked exchanges ; it had deranged all the money trans- them again as a question of justice, and he hoped that actions of the country—( Hear, hear, hear.) He hail upon that alone they would give an answer—he asked another objection to the petition ; it seemed to speak them whether their consciences did not tell them that to very slightly of our being dependent upon foreigners tax bread, where property was untaxed, and where the for a supply of food. He rather coincided with the land paid only a nominal tax levied 150 years ago, was opinima of M. Van Buren, the American president, a thing founded in the greatest injustice ?—(Hear, hear.) who said—" Nothing can compensate a nation for If it were so, the only fair way to levy their taxes was making itself dependent upon foreigners for a supply of to put an excise uraon bread. Let every miller be a re the food they cat ;" he might have added, " for it un- gistered trader ; let our bakers be put under an excise poverishes that country, but it enriches its neighbours." surveillance, and let the proceeds of the tax go to the Mr. Pearson had stated that the transit of foreign corn exigencies of the State.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. Sanders would be about 103. per quarter. One fact was worth had told them that 10s. per quarter would only be a dozen assertions : he himself had imported wheat about one penny per quartern loaf. What should we from the Continental ports to Hull at a rate of freight think if Government ware to levy a poll tax of 30s. per varying to 3s. or 4s. per quarter, which was, in fact, head in every family, to which this duty would be less than the cost of conveying grain from the east to about equal ?—(Hear, hear.) The average of families the west coast, and the freights from Ireland to Lona in this country was between four and five persons, but don were greater than the cost of conveyance from the he would take it at four. They consumed the same continental ports. He concluded by denouncing the quantity of bread ; and supposing this 10s. to be levied repeal of the Corn-laws as one of the wildest, and mad- as an excise tax, it would be equal to 30s. upon the dest schemes that ever entered the mind of man.— head of every family in the kingdom, making a poll tax (Applause.) withoew regard to family or to circumstances. He asked Mr. CHADWICK had it strongly fixed in his mind that them again if they would consider that as a just tax? it certain duty was necessary to place the agriculturists —( He ar, hear.) Now we had the Corn-laws, which of this country in the same position as the manutactu- atter all was a tax of greater magnitude than be had rers. How could they go and ask Parliament to repeal supposed ; and what had become of this tax ? It was this law, while they asked them for high protecting du- paid ; and although we imported only a smell num ties ? (Hear, hear, and " No, no, no," and "We ber of quarters of wheat, the tax was paid upon the don't ask them for high protecting duties.") But we wheat grown at home ; for after we had eaten all our enjoy protecting duties ; we both enjoy them and need - corn which had been grown at home, it was then and ed them—(Hear, hear) ; and could they with any pro- then only that the landlord would make any conces prtety ask the legislature to take away all protection alone ; and now what became of this tax levied upon from agriculture. it could not be done. The anti- corn? The revenue got this ten shillings per quarter ales upon which we now enjoyed a great protection were upon the six or seven thousand quarters of wheat those of French manufacture, and a variety of others, brought from abroad ; hut who got the tax which was laces, silks, ribbons, and en endless variety. levied at home ? Not the farmer, certainly. There He thought that before that petition was allowed to go svas no agreement made with the steward when there before Parliament, they should take into their serious was an arrear of rent, and so much allowed for the Corn consideration whether they should not couple with it law. But who got the tax ? The labourer certainly got some recommendation to Parliament to give us that no advantage from the Corn-law ; nay, the very contrary stability in the currency that we could depend upon.— of that, for they all knew that the labourer was not so (Hear, hear.) The Bank of England could not, at well paid in the agricultural districts as the manufactur present, pay above half-a-crown per pound in gold, and ing, the wages in the manufacturing districts amounting when she was at her best she could not pay more than to about fourteen shillings per week, while the average six shillings and eightpence ; and such being the fact, of those in the agricultural districts was not more than he considered the present paper currency a decidedly eight shillings ; and therefore all this extra profit was bnd one.—( Hear.) paid to the landowner, and the landowner became meta- Mr. SHUTTLEWORTH said there was o ne s t r iking f e a- morphosed all at once into the agriculturist in order that ture in the whole of this discussion, not merely as re- under that name he might have a better claim to pro garded that Chamber but elsewhere, and it was this--- tection. Why the landowner was no more the agri that those who were advocates for the continuance of culturist, on whose behalf they heard such earnest the Corn-law in some shape or other, either as they pleadings, than the shipowner was a sailor. The land now are or in some modified form, took it for granted owner was living in splendour at Paris, or tinting in —for hitherto they had not heard one single statement luxury at home, while the farmers or agriculturists were to show that the assumption on which alone their ar- only the parties requisite to cultivate the soil. The guments in favour of the Corn-laws were founded, had landlord then derived the whole profit which was any existence at all as a fact—there had not been one realised from this tax upon corn. We paid two-thirds single argument to show that the agriculturist needed of all the extra price of wheat in diverting capital to the protection. The pro Corn-law advocates had now cultivation of rabbit-warrens, spreading soil for the abandoned any detailed arguments to show that the purpose of growing wheat upon the chalk hills that English agriculturists upon any plea of justice had any would be valuable and profitable as sheep tracks ; but claim to protection. According to the very highest that was not the way to make it profitable, to spread it agricultural authority, he alluded to Lord Western— over with soil at the amount it must cost.—( Hear.) we produce corn in this country cheaper than it is pro- Then, admitting that a tax upon bread was unjust, it duced in any other country of Europe ; and conse- could not be defended. It never had been in any quently we must, out of the price of our coon—say country ; and, for this reason, that had a bread tax 70s. per quarter, be making a most enormous rental ever been directly levied, the natural, and instinctive, as to the landowners. He believed that in England we could well as moral powers. would have rebelled against grow corn cheaper than in any other country in it ; and, therefore, there never had been an ex the world.—(Hear, hear.) If we had land here vise put upon bread. But they had here an for nothing, with our skill, our science, and our excise, under a fictitious name, under the spe industry and capital, we could produce more corn cious disguise of protection to the agriculturists. at the same cost per acre than could be produced in —(Hear, hear.) Some people argued that if the any other country in the world. Let them look at our Corn-laws were repealed, it would ruin the landowners, draining, and all the means by which our agricultural He (Mr. Cobden) did not ask whether it would ruin the produce is increased, and he would say that in no coun- landowners or not. If we left it to our moral instincts, try in the world, save a small portion of the Nether- they would determine that an unrighteous tax ought not lands, was there such an appearance of complete and to exist—and then came the question, not what the con productive husbandry. Although he was disposed to sequences would be to the landowner, but whether it look with great jealousy upon statistics, yet looking at ought to be totally and immediately repealed—(Hear, all the statements that bad yet been made, he main- hear, and applause)—or whether it should be partially tained that the proposition was as clear as anything repealed—whether it should be done now or twenty years could be, that in the agricultural districts the condi- hence? And now he would only refer to the instincts tion of the labourer and his family was entirely dis- we all have in reference to an unjust impost, and he regarded, both with respect to his physical and moral would call upon those gentlemen to admit that it was an condition, compared with what it was in the manufac- unjust tax ; that if it was an unjust tax it was wrong turing districts. There could therefore be no peculiar that it should exist ; that, therefore, it should be re claim on the part of any one class to say that, on ac- pealed ; and if it were right that it should be repealed, it count of the existence of the Poor-laws, they would de- was right, also, that it should be totally and imrne mend a protection—(Hear, hear) —they would have diately repealed—(Loud applause)—because, if they something or other that would indemnity there against could show a good reason for continuing it for a week, this charge. And from whom had they even this? they might show an equally good reason for continu- They took it from the poor themselves.—(Hear.) They ing it for twenty years—(Hear)—and therefore, re took it from the labourer, because the labourer, from krring this question to justice,humanity,and religion, they his position in society, was always the weakest and the all made out a clear case for the repeal of these laws.— feeblest, and possessed the least influence.—a Hear.) (Cheers.) Although he was far a total and immediate They had the least power to protect themselves. Other repeal of the Corn-laws, he did not expect to obtain it this classes did protect themselves ; but the agriculturist Session. Nevertheless, he must protest against the doc must, forsooth, be protected against the Poor-laws, and trine with which Mr. Sanders set out, that because the against every other impost.—(Hear, hear.) Now the House of Commons had refused to grant it last session, foreign corn grower paid one-fourth of the produce of we should not ask for it this, and that we had clone the land as a direct tax, besides paying his full propor- wrong in asking for what was but justice. No ;he tion of all indirect tax stion.—( Hear, hear.) Go to any hoped they would go again for the very same thing. country in the world where there exists a government They had already converted many who were opposed to excepting this, and the land is considered the almost them, and why? Because the conviction of their injus only legitimate object of taxation. His decided opinion Lice was irresistible i and, therefore, many who before was, that all such protection of that kind was the pro- had opposed them were now with them. But he did not tection which the vulture gave to the lamb—it was de- think the House of Commons wouh3 be ready to givethe struction and not protection. He believed that in no repeal of these laws this session. He (Mr. C.) did not instance whatever could protection be given, but so far expect it this year—nor next year ; but he thought if he as it was given it would be a public injury. In addition were to expend what leisure time he could afford from to being unju s t to some party, it diverted capital from his business for five, or ten, years, in getting this mea its natural, an d therefore its most profitable employ- sure repealed, and was successful, he should have done ment. And still he contended that there was no basis well. He contended that, under such circumstances, for this prot e ction on the part of the agriculturist. neither that Chamber, nor the Anti-Corn-law League, By the pop u lation returns of :811 they would see nor any other party opposed to such an unrighteous that the agr i cu ltural population, as compared with the principle could be held responsible ; but the responsibi total p o pul a ti o n of the country, was 31 per cer.t. At lity must be laid at the doors of those who had an inte the last census the agricultural population, notwithstand- rest in resisting, as well as the power to resist, their ap ing the most a mazing increase of agriculture throughout peals for justice.—( Loud applause.) the country, w a s r educed to 28 per cent., showing, b e y on d Th e petition was carried, Mr. Sanders and Mr. Wil all question, th a t which he had before stated, that in this Liam Nicol only voting against it. country the application of skill and science and capital Mr. Tuomessow rose to move a vote of thanks to had economised the production of wheat and all other the C h a ir man , for his services on the occasion. lie growth of a similar kind ; for this reduction showed that would just suggest that, in his opinion the Chamber they had learned a more economical mode of applying ought to take some steps to bring before the public the the necessary labour, skill, and capital to the produce. state of the manufacturing districts. There was a gen- A greater breadth of soil was c ultivated ; and to supply tlernan present, from Stockport, which, be believed, the co nsum pti on o f a greatly-increased population the was in a worse condition than even Bolton, and, in his agricultur a l l a bourers throughout the kingdom were opinion, if a detailed account of the condition of the diminished. Well, then, what is the difference in the labouring population of that district were published, it price of grain between the two periods? The produce of would excite some attention, and it was essentially re grain for 1831 was about equal to the produce of 1811, quisite that this should he done before Mr. Villiers's and yet wh a t was the difference of the agriculturists with I motion came on, because the distress of the manufactur regard to their circumstances? From 1811 to 1831 taxa- I ing districts was in souse cases & T eited ei , min others it , tuns had been reducad something Ilk,: ttoin 20 to ..:. ;!.!- -, , ..ks r.,1 iy -, ) , vn. lions, .and one of the taxes existing at the former as,: o e ". Mr, SkiIiTTLLWORTH seconded :lie rioting. s rved that he was glad that the s übject mentioned by Mr.Thomasson was exciting the attention of the Factory • Inspectors In their last report, whiith was dated in June, reverence was made to the conchtimi of the cotton trade, '! and it was then stated that, out of 4, 4 2.18 cot ton factories. 245 were wholly stopped—besides line woollen and silk trades being considerably affected. Since that time, which was now nine months ago, he had no doubt that that the number of establishments that had suspended their operatim;s were il,ubled, and that we might now reckon on 500 mills which were not working at all. Some time ago he was conversing- with one of the most intelligent men amongst machine-makers, who in formed him that he could snake out a list of 1,000.00 0 spindle,;, used for cotton-spinning, and that, in.all pro bability would never he osed again. , Mr. CALLENDER said the discussion had been long and interesting. There wias, however, one part ofthe argument that he regretted had not been gone further into. He alluded to our duty, .as Christian men, in re ference to this measure. Whenever he tool: a view of this subject, he felt deeply convioccd that unless they endea voured to remove those obnoxious laws, they were not discharging their duty, as Chiiitian-•men, towards their fellow-men. When he saw that the very dogs and horses that passed along the strt: eta' had a protection granted to them by the law, which, by the Corn-laws, was denied to our fellow-men, hl did not forget the lan guage that bad once been used—that 'when God cursed the earth for the sin of mani,:nd, hte,nan legislation added to that curse an amount of mviery that our munificent Creator never intended we should bear and if ghat view of the case were only taker, up by those who had the talent for speaking, and puet before the public, he thought the objections to the word " imme diate" could no longer have any place in the mind- The motion was carried unanimously, and the meet ing then separated. CORN AVERAGE*. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN . For the Weak ended March 1: 1 , 1840 . made up from th e Returns cu the luspectori ui the different Cities and Towns in Englati4 and NV,les. per Imperial Quarter. Wheat 6.is. 2d I Oats B•rley 3Bs. 111 Rye 363 tid. Pease ..... ....40s. sd. IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE .!lIC WEEKS PRECEDING. Wheat 66s. 3d. Oats I f3arlcy DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. Wheat 2os. M. Oats d I I Bae" 4s. 10d. Rye THE MARKETS. COAL AI :ARK ET. d Adair's Buddies' West Harty l9 t Louth Hartley P. :3 Tantield M00r...... 22 9 Tanfied Moor Butes IS 0 k anS r . nd Heaton ....'1 Walls End Hotspur Walls End Killingworth 20 3 WaUsEnd Haswell Walls End Iletton Wes End ...... 3 Ii Walls End Pemberton Walls End Russell's H ett n Id Ships arrived since 1 s. 4. Walls End Stewart's 2.1 a Walls End Hartlepool 23 9 l'ennant'slHartlepool 23 6 W..1'..i End Adehnle Walls End Brown's Deanery .t.O 9 i Walls End Barrett 2l 3. Walls End:Tees Hetton Walk End Te nc Walls End Wetton Park Anthracite 3O II Llangennech Coal ...... 25 0 Walls End Scott .... 18 lb tst market-day, J 2. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. Wheat. Barley._'' Oats. 1 Beans. I l'easc. Per Quarter. Is.to a. s. to ~.j a. to s. s. to a. ato a. 13 iStOll Braintice 63 79 36 48 28 34 38 44 40 44 B ighton is 76 44 47 26 29 44 46 40 Cambridge — 66 45 26 35 40 Chiche,ter 65 '72 33 44 28 29 43 44 41 4 Dunmow Grantham Grimsby 53 70 35 30 22 26 42 44 ---,, Hailsham 6O 72 26 32 22 29 46 — 4!" Ilitchin OA 70 34 46 24 32 25 3(1 -- Ipswich 62 70 36 32 124 28 33 40 38 42 LCIV4S 6B 30 43 22 29 34 40 -- Lynn 160 68 38 46 25 31 33 41 , —•-• Maidstone i 1 , 9 76 1 30 39 26 32 40 50 -- --• Norwich re; woith - Rom ford 64 78 38 48 24 32 34 42 33 45 Sandwich 56 77 34 43 27 34 33 45 38 40 Thetford 67 69 39 42 24 30 40 42 38 40 Wisbech Witham 67 78 34 47 28 34 28 46 44 46 Yarmouth 62 70 133 35 28 32 34 40 40 44 LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET.—March 17. WHEAT, English, White, per 701 b. ----a-- lied ---- Scotch, Welch, and Manx ' ----- Irish, White 8 0 9 6 .------ Red -- Foreign OATS, English, Welsh, and Scotch, per 451 b 8 5 4 0 ---- Irish Foreign ... 34 42 33 45 40 42 44 45 28 46 34 40 , .March 17. .. 104 9.1. to 121. 01 10 6 ii 0 9 0 s 9 9 8 0 6 60 7 ' Forci( 10 0 I'2 6 OATS, I.'nglisil, 3 5 4 0 ---- Irish ....., 3 9 311 Foreign GAttLEY, English, Malting, per Imp. quarter 43 0 46 .• ---- Scotch and Irish, per 60Ibs Feeding 4 0 46• English, per Imperial quarter 46 0 52 0 Irish, &c. Foreign , English, per Imperial quarter 44 0 45 e -- Foreign rlourt, English, per' 8033. 56 0 fa ----- Irish OATmEst., English and Irish, per 24ttlhs 33 6 25 6 Imrtax Coats, per .18011 ..... 42 0 44 0 ltii - c, per Imperial quarter MALT, per Imperial quarter HULL CORN MARKET. White (per Quarter) Ms. 70s 745. lied s3s. tic's. 685. Foreign s4s. 60s. 681. Maleing '2s. 31s. 355. Grinding Oats, British . Foreign (in bond) Beans 4os 445. st.s. Pease, Grey........ • • Blue and White s. --s. —s. Linseed... . Flour (per sack). Rapeseed (per 10 quarters) 22/. 211. 23/. CHELTEN HA 51 MARKETS. 3EANS, PEASE, Wheat, Barley, Per Bushel. s. d. to s. (1.1 Wheat tiarley 4 0 7 0 1 Oats 3 6 5 6 Beans . ?ease 5 0 9 0 ,11 d. to a Beef 6 , Mutton - 6 Vzsal Pork Lain!) I'ei lb. Hay 3/.los. to 5/. Os. 3d. per ton. CANTERBURY 31ARKET. Wheat, white--- 61s. to 7 i's. ...„... Old--....„.„ —s. to --s.• red-.....-- 5! es. to (.Bs. --.„ Old---......... 650. to —s Barley, Halting 355. to 455. —. Grinding.. —s. to --s. Oats - 23 s. to 305........ Old--- —s. to ---c. Beans ----- 428 to 445....... Old.---, „ 435. to —.- Pease ..------ 3Bs. to —5....... Groy-,... 408. to 41:$ CHELMSFORD MARKET. I Wheat, White 76 to 8.. .: Oats ... ....... 6 53 wy 41 Red B ar l e y Chevalier 42 45 I Beans, Tick .... ..... - ..... ” 7,4 G r inding - PRIZE CUPS —New and Second-hand .SILVO PRIZE CUPS are offered at very REDUCED PRJCES , an d a seleltiat may be made from a great variety, both of BIZ" an Patterns ) at T. COX SAVORY'S, Goldsmith and Watchmaker, 47, Cornhill (Seven Do ors from Gracechurch-street), London. Drawings of Cups will be forwarded in answer to a pot' paid application. It is desirable Letters for Drawings should mention either,. the size or about the price or the Cup or Cups that ttlaY '- required SILVER PLATE of LONDON MANUFAP"' TURE.—A. B. SAVORY and SONS, Working G°L'ii. smiths, 14, Cornhill, London, opposite the Bank of Eng l . o , o The best wrought SILVER SPOONS and FORKS , rid ,„: Pattern, 7s. 2d. per ounce; the King's Pattern, 7s. 4a- fi e . ounce. The following are the weights recommended, bat artcles may be hadlighter or heavier at the same price per ou'Dce. oz. s. d. X• r`'., 4 12 Fickle Pattern Silver Table Spoons 30 at 7 2... 1 0 ll `. " 12 ditto D..ssert ditto 20 7 2 7 .. a I_' dtt o 'table Forks go 7 2... 10 P a 2 ditto Dessert ditto 20 7 2... ! ~."1 0 2 ditto Gravy Spoons lO 7 2... * 0 1 ditto Soup L a dle 10 7 2... 311 t . 3 4 dtto ' Sauce ditto lO 7 P... 1: 0 - 4 ditto Salt Spoons (gilt strong) 1 ditto Fish Slice • 1 2 12 ditto Tea Spoons - 0 0 1 1 pair ditto Sugar Tongs (strong) A 4 12 King's Patter s Silver Table Spoons... 4O at 7 4... 14 I— 0 12 ditto Dessert ditto 26 7 4... 91 :: 1 12 ditto Tab c Forks .. 4O 7 4... 14 I 0 12 d:tto Dessert ditto 26 1 4.. 01 : 0 2 ditto Gravy Spoons ' 2 7 4 ... 4 .. 0 1 ditto Soup Ladle ... 12 '7 4... 4 * a 4 ditto Sau'e ditto... 4 ditto Salt Spoons (strong gilt) 1 ditto Fish Slice 5 ' 12 ditto Tea Spoons 1 pair ditto Sugar Tongs 1 5 , N.B. 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