The Sun.
London, England, 1852-10-09 00:00:00

THE LEAGUE BANQUET.

The council of the Anti-Corn-Law League have com-
menced the issue of their circulars of invitation to the
great banquet to be held shortly before the meeting of
Parliament in the Free Trade Hall, Manchester, and
already nearly thirty Members of the Legislature have
signified their acceptance of the honour, in addition to
about 160 gentlemen who have consented to act as vice-
presidents. Among die former are Mr. Richard Cobden,
M.P. for the West Riding; Mr. Wm. Brown, Mr. Jas.
Heywood, and Mr. John Cheetbam, M.P.'s for Lanca-
shire; Mr. John Bright and the Right Hon. T. Milner
Gibson, M.P.'s for Manchester; Mr. Thos. Barnes and
Mr. Joseph Crook, M.P.'s for Bolton; Mr. F. Crossley,
M.P. for Halifax; Mr. G. Hadfield, M.P. for Sheffield;
Mr. J. Kershaw, M.P. for Stockport; Mr. R. Milligan,
M.P. for Bradford; Mr. Sergeant Murphy, M.P. for
Cork; MrlW.:Scholefield, M.P. for Birmingham; Mr. R.
A. Thichnesse, M.P. for Wigan; Mr. B.Oliveira, M.P. for
Pontefract; Viscount Goderich and Mr. J. Clay, M.P. 'o
for Hunt:Mr. C. Geacb, M.P. for Coventry; Mr. J. Wil.
son, M.P. for Westbury; Mr. J. L. Ricardo, M.P. for
Stoke-upon-Trent; Mr. C. G. Duffey, M.P. for Now
Ross; Mr. T. Alcock, M.P. for East Surrey; Mr. I'.
Bass, M.P. for Darby; Hon. A. Kinnaird, M.P. for
Perth; and Mr, F. E. Headlam, M.P. for Newcastle.
The gentlemen who have accepted office as vice-
presidents reside in various parts of the country, and
among them are Sir E. Armitage, Mr. T. Baxley, Mr.
Salis Schwabe, Mr. A. Henry, and Mr. Nicholas Heald,
Manchester; Mr. W. Alcard, Warrington; Mr. John
Biggs and Mr. W. Biggs, Leicester; Mr. S. Bean, Not-
tingham ; Mr. James Crossley, Mr. J. R. Jeffrey, Mr.
Charles Hollond, Mr. J. Mather, Mr. R blather, Mr.
C. E. Rawlins, Liverpool ; Mr. T. Ashton, Mr. R.
'Wiwi], Mr. James Ashton, Mr. B. Goodfel-
low, of Hyde ; Mr. John Armstrong, Mr. W.
Jackson, Lancaster ; Mr. W. Ackroyd, Mr. S.
Courtal, Mr. A. Newton, of London ; Mr. Abel
Buckley, Mr. W. Bailey, Stalev bridge ; Mr.
John Collett, Cheltenham; Mr. John Chadwick, Eccles;
Mr. Peter Dixon, Carlisle; Mr. John Dewhurat, Skip.
ton; Mr. James Eccles, Preston; Mr. R. Platt, Staley.
bridge; Mr. John Platte, Oldham; Mr. T. Proutt,
Wandsworth; Mr. W. P. Paton, Glasgow; Mr. John
Petre, Rochdale; Mr. R. N. Philipps, Broome-house,
near Sheffield; Mr. R. N. Philips, the Park, near Man-
chester; Mr. J. H. Rawlins, Wrexham; Mr. Alderman
G. Rawlins. Sheffield; Mr. John Marshall and Mr.
near' Chorle
John Rhodes, Leeds; Mr. F. Schwannar, Huddersfield;
Mr. R. Smethurst, Duxbury-park• Sheffield y;
Titus Salt, Bradford; Mr. R. Solly, .; Mr. C.
Stanton, Stroud; Mr. J. Schofield, Littleborough ;
man J. B. Turton, Sheffield; Mr. T. Taylor, Wigan;
J. Strutt, Belper; Mr. A. R. Strutt, Derby; mi.. Alder.
Mr. G. Thomas, Bristol; Mr. T. Thomasson, Bolton;
Mr. J. Thompson, Manchester; Mr. J. Beaver, Tod-
morden ; Mr. J. Wilkinson, Leeds; Mr. A. H. Wylie,
Liverpool; Mr. J. Whittaker, Hurst; Mr. Peter White-
head, Routenstall; Mr. Alderman W• B. Watkins, Man-
chester; Mr. J. Hawkins, Preston; Mr. Alderman
Higginbottom, Ashton; Mr. H. Holroyd, Burnley; Mr.
H. Helan, Padiham; Mr. H. M. Jones, Hampstead; Mr.
James Knowles, Eagley Bank; Mr. H. W. M. King,
Liverpool; Mr. F. C. Kell, Bradford; Mr. John Ker-
shaw, Glossop; Mr. Nathan Lees and Mr. Jos. Lees,
Dukinfield; Mr. Thomas Mather; Mr. Holywell; Mr.
Robert Leader, Jun., Sheffield; Rev. Dr. M•Kerrow; Mr.
Robert M'Clure, Stockport; Mr. J. H. M'Crae, Liver-
pool; Rev. Hugh Mason and Mr. Thomas Mason, Ash-
ton; Mr. Arthur Morse, Swaffham; Mr. Robert Mann,
Stockstead, Waterfoot; Mr. Theodore Schunky; Mr.
Robert Stewart; Mr. W. Rawson; Mr. Joseph Simp-
son; Mr. Thomas Bright and Mr. John Mayson,
Manchester; and Mr. John Goodair, Moore-park,
Preston.

VAGRANCY IN SCOTLAND.—At the Forfar county
meeting on Tuesday, at which Lord Panmure presided, a
proposal was made that measures be taken to procure an as-
similation in the laws of Scotland and England in the case of
vagrants. In the course of the discussion Mr. Sheriff Dick-
son stated that in Scotland, according to some old statutes,
vagrants could be scourged and their ears bored, and ulti-
mately even hanged as thieves. Lord Panmure said vagrancy
was increasing in Scotland, and they should api. rove of the
attempt to remedy the evil. But he was decidedly opposed
to any alteration of the Scotch poor-law, so as to entitle the
able-bodied to relief. The subject was reserved for further
consideration.

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liam-street, ama - heldtr g
SEAMEN'S lIOSPITAL.—A general quarterly court
w i
a
, conformityuesiterd
was merely a formal one, and occupied only a few minutes.
ls e e yesterday
THE MANCHESTER WELLINGTON MEMORIAL.--
The sums contributed to this fund, when added up yesterday
ay
a t
offices
wi t theet the in
y i
morning, amounted to within a few pounds of 5,4001., a
little more than half what the projectors hope to secure for an
equestrian statue of the late chief.
THE OPEN SEWERS OF BROMPTON.—It is discre-
ditable that in such a neighbourhood as Kensington and
Brompton open sewers should still be allowed to spread their
injurious gases and bad odours in the few green lanes which
connect the two quarters.—Builder.
The head mastership of the Free Grammar
School, at Newchurch, in Rossendale, Lancashire, has been
Conferred upon the Rev. William Greenwood, M.A., of St.
Catherine Hall, Cambridge.
FATAL SCAFFOLD ACCIDENT.-011 Thursday, Mr.
Langham held an inquiry at the Feathers, Dean-street, on
the body of Timothy Connell, aged twenty-eight. Deceased
was at work at some buildings in Cambridge-street,
crashVaux-
hall-bridge-road,
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andthe
paurte
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a beneath.shutr
bleeding
was
got
hall-bridge-road, and while bracing a ladder, missed his
fell
speedilywlth a
as
possible,
profusely from the head, but when the persons arrived with
step,
up and n
asd
bird at the Westminster Hospital, he was quite dead. The
jury returned a verdict of accidental death.