The Sun.
London, England, 1839-01-12 00:00:00

Nottingham, told them at the Chamber of Commerce that the
Corn-laws found him out very soon. He had not gained a
single farthing for the last two years from his investment in
manufactures, which was entirely owing to the operation of
the Corn-law. Though he would only give 501. now he
would give half he possessed in the world for the agitation of
this question, if it should be necessary.
Mr. Asnwort-rn, of the firm of H. Ashworth and Co., ex-
tensive calico-printers said, was there a cotton-spinner in that
room who, allowing for depreciation of his property, would say
that he had in that time made a profit ?—( Hear, hear ) The
cotton-spinners had made no profit fur eighteen months, and
if they were in Parliament, and the landowners were to coma
to them and say they had bad three rent-days and not got a
farthing, would they not be considered inhuman if they re-
fused them assistance ? When he saw men there who had
each of them 100,0001. or 200,0001. invested in manufactures
which yielded no profit, he was convinced that they would
make the subscription amount to 20,0001. if necessary.
The CHAIRMAN said the association had taken a room ira
Newall's.buildings, Market-street, which would be open every
day, and they would have a museum, with samples of intriotss
articles, and the tax upon them, for the inspection of tkes
public.

Mr. BURGESS said he had heard the spinners complain ; he
himself was a calico-printer, and could inform them that for-the
last eighteen months he had realised nothing at all by his busi-
ness. He had a thousand pieces at Leghorn, where they
would not fetch cost prices. He begged that his name might
be put down for 501.

Mr. AIderrWanKERSIJAW said this was not only a spinners'
question, and a printers' question, but a national question. It
was a question for the patriot—a question for the philan-
thropist. If they carried their views a little further, they had
a dreadful prospect of what would be the condition of this
country in seven short years, if these laws were not repealed.
Contemplate for a moment the manufacturers leaving the
country and taking their capital along with them. What was
to become of the unemployed poor? If the Legislature did
not place the manufacturers in such a position that they could
compete with any other country in the world, our merchants,
manufacturers, and landowners, were all on the road to ruin.

Mr. J. C. DYER said we had a representative principle
established here, and why was it that with that principle we
should be behind despotic countries in the protection of our
people? In this country we had a free people sitting tamely
under insolent Lords, who lived like vampires upon the people.
Mr. J. B. SMITH said he would mention one fact which had
been stated to him yesterday by one of the first machine
makers in the town, who told him he had received a letter last
week from the Continent, with a large order for flax and cot-
ton machinery, and they said, " If you can't smuggle this
out of the country, you must send us tools and workmen,
which will enable us to make it ourselves."—( Hear, hear. )
In less than ten minutes the gentlemen present subscribed,
amidst loud cheering, to the amount of 1,820/.—(we believe
it has since reached 2,0001. )--and announced their determi-
ination to make the sum 5,0001. before Saturday.
A vote of thanks to the Chairman, and the meeting separated.

TOTAL REPEAL of the CORN LAWS.

The Glasgow Argus, in calling attention to the proceed-
ings of an anti-corn-law meeting, held in that City on Wed-
nesday, has the following remarks :—" It was there resolved
that, in so far as Glasgow is concerned, an attempt shall be
made to have the case of those who are suffering from the
operation of the Corn-laws stated at the bar of the House of
Commons, and made good by witnesses.
" From the determined spirit manifested at the meeting,
and from the growing keenness on the question throughout
the city, we feel assured thas Glasgow will do its part. The
other great manufacturing and commercial depots, however,
must move along with us, or we can do nothing. A petition
to be heard by counsel at the bar of the House, and allowed
to adduce evidence in support of his allegations, emanating
from Glasgow alone, will not be listened to. But simultane-
ous petitions to the same effect pouring in from London,
Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, Sheffield, Hull, Not-
tingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Dundee, Aberdeen, Belfast,
&.c., the House will not dare to refuse. And if the prayer of
these petitions be granted, the success of the similar move-
ment against the Orders in Council entitles us to say that
the business will be done. All that Glasgow can do is by
getting its petition weightily signed, and by getting a gua-
rantee fund subscribed to show that it is in earnest, and this
will be done. We are now entitled to turn to our trading
brethren in every town of the empire, and call upon them to
join us, and we do call upon them most urgently.
" We are not without hopes that they will respond to our call.
The case in point, as the lawyers would say, the Repeal of
the Orders in Council, is encouraging. The approbation of
the plan expressed by the Spectator, among the Londott
Journals, and by a whole host of Provincial Journals (see an
extract elsewhere from the Manchester Times) is still more
encouraging. But most of encouraging of all is the vehement
and hysterical protest against it which we this day quote from
the Morning Herald. The wailing and shrinking of our ad-
versary is the best invitation to repeat the blow which has made
him wail and shrink.

" The Sun has curiously misapprehended onr plan :—" We
do not agree with the Glasgow Argus in deprecating public
meetings to procure the abolition of the Corn-laws, which wo
think cannot be too uumerous, nor can Anti-Corn-law Asso.
ciations be too soon formed. The lectures already delivered
have been too advantageous not to make us wish to see them
extended.' The Sun's dissent from the Argus consists in
making the identical recommendation which the Argus made_
In the citation from our columns in The Sun there stands ex-
actly sixteen lines above the passage we have quoted, these
words:—' Around this central attack (the pleading and exa-
mination of witnesses at the bar of the House)—converging to
it as a centre—public meetings to discuss the subject, petitions
from all and any classes against the Corn-laws, itinerant lec-
tures upon these laws, will work with tenfold effect.' We
never for a moment contemplated relinquishing or intermitting
these means of working upon the public mind. We only said that
while the cloud of tirailleurs was thrown out in advance, and
upon the flanks, we must, at the same time, have a compact
central body advancing to the charge. The only means of
consolidating such a central body that has yet been proposed,
is the plan which we suggested, and which the Glasgow Anti-
Corn-law Association has made its own. We do not say that
it is the best—it is the only plan that has yet been proposed.
We reiterate the words of The Sun, ' Anti- Corn-law Socie-

ties cannot be too soon formed,' for, if the plan in question is
to have a fair trial, it is mainly by their instrumentality that
it must be put in motion.

" Again• do we recommend the proceedings of the Glasgow
Anti-Corn-law Association to the serious attention and
emulation of the manufacturing districts. Their plan, if
simultaneously adopted, gives fair promise of making an
impression on the House of Commons. It divides the
labour, and divides the expense of the struggle fairly. One
counsel will do for all the petitioning districts : that ex-
pense will be in common. Each district can select its own
witnesses, and defray the expense of sending them to London
when needed. An excellent opportunity for a meeting of
delegates from all such districts as may agree to petitions
to the same effect as that about to be sent from Glasgow, is
afforded by the great Anti-Corn-law dinner at Manchester,
on the 23d instant. Merchants from all parts of Lancashire,
Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Gloucestershire, and Scotland,
can meet there to adjust the parts to be played in the great
combined assault on the Corn-laws by their respective dis-
tricts. The signs of the times invite us. The monopoly
colonial interest is in the descending—the demi-free trade of
India in the ascending scale. Even the monopoly traders
are becoming sceptical as to the benefit of restrictions and
protections. The free traders feel every day more keenly
the disadvantage at which they, tied hand and foot by our
commercial restrictions, struggle with the young and grow-
ing strength of Continental and American competition. The
landlords, themselves, are wavering. Now, if ever, is the
moment for action ; and we have only the time between this
and the meeting of Parliament for ripening our plans. We be-
lieve we arc warranted in saying that members of the Glas-
gow Anti-Corn-Law Association will be at Manchester on
the 23,1 instant ; and we advise friends of free trade, from
every district of the united empire, to make a point of meet-
ing them there. The requisite arrangements can nowhere
be more appropriately discussed and settled than among the
gallant spirits of that Chamber of Commerce, with whose late
noble assault on the Corn-laws the whole country is ringing."

MARYLEBONE LITERARY AND SCI-

ENTIFIC INSTITUTION.

An excellent Concert of the music class at this Institution
took place last evening; and a most crowded audience re-
ceived with deserved applause the musical treat—of no com-
mon order—with which they were regaled. Mori, jun., elicited
from the violin sounds the most beautiful and varied we re-
member for some time. Harper, on the trumpet, played a .solo as
lie only could. In the vocal department Ransford was splen-
did ; nor must we omit the prima donna of the evening—Miss
Cooper—who, in an aria of Rossini's, and in the charming
" Happy land" of Rimbault, sang with a clearness and richness
of tone which greatly delighted us, and in the latter two pieces
we have mentioned drew down a rapturous encore. The glee
singing was good; and the orchestra played some few overtures
admirably.

RATING OF THE GREAT WESTERN RAIL-
WAY.-At a meeting of the parishioners of St. Mary Ab-
bott's, Kensington, held yesterday, a long discussion took
place relative to the rating of that portion of the Great
Western Railway that passes through the parish. The
distance is seven-eighths of a mile, and the parish surveyor
had assessed it at 750/. The Company, taking the recent
case of the Southampton Railway as their guide, offered
first 300/., and ultimately 350/., until the line should be
opened throughout, when it was understood the assess-
ment would be increased. Ultimately it was agreed that
the parish surveyor, and Mr. Saunders, the Company's
Secretary, should discuss the matter between them, with
power to call in a third party, whose decision should be
binding.

An inquest was held yesterday afternoon in Great
Portland-street, Marylebone, on the body of a ginger-beer
maker, named Messenger, who cut his throat in a most
desperate manner, while labouring under the two-fold in-
fluence of intoxication and of lowness
of spirits, consequent
upon certain fits to which lie was subject. Verdict—Tem-
porary derangement.
The Police Gazelle of yesterday states that, on the
previous morning, a horse and cab were stolen from the rank
in Charles-street, Covent-garden, during the temporary ab-
sence of the driver (S. Ernes). A young man had to pay
nearly 41. at Bow-street, for taking another horse and cab
off the stand at Temple. bar, by way of a " lark."