The Sun.
London, England, 1839-02-21 00:00:00

ANTI CORN-LAW DELEGATES.

The Delegates met as usual yesterday at Brown's
Hotel. J. B. SMITII, Esq., in the Chair.
Among the Members of Parliament present we observed
Mr. Tancred, Mr. Horsman, Mr. Thornely, Sir G.
Strickland, Mr. Scholefield, Mr. Ainsworth, Mr; Villiers,
Mr. Ward, Mr. Hume, Mr. Brotherton, Mr. Woolryche
Whitmore, Mr. Dennistoun, Mr. Raikes Curry, Mr. Baines.
Earl Fitzwilliam came in at the close of the proceedings.
The Chairman directed that the names of the Delegates
should be called over, when the following Gentlemen
answered to their names: —l.e,rd Nugent, and Messrs.
Smith, Walker, Walmsley, Johnson, Weir, Baines,
Stansfield, Wilson, T. Wilson, Parker, Sturge, Taylor,
Young, Millage, Garnet, the Mayor of Birmingham,
Langdon, Johnlton, Wotter, Wyn, Cobden, Bear, Biggs,
Boultbee, Evvart, Ainsworth; and Kynaston.
The Hon. Mr. Murray was also present, loJt not as a
Delegate.
The CHAIRM4N did root consider it desirable to enter
hastily into any discussioc on the important subject which
had brought them together, and, therefore, after a vote of
thanks had been proposed to Mr. Villiers, for his able con-
duct last night in the House of Coinmons, they would
proceed to move an adimrnment until to-morrow. He
would, however, mention that a letter had been received
from Manchester, stating that thirty-four of the mu-
owners of that place had come to a resolution to work
only four days a-week, in consequence of the present de-
pressed state of the manufacturing interest. A letter had
also been received, stating that seven mills had commenced
working short time (eight hours daily) at Preston, and
that five had commenced working short time at Oldham
last week.

Lord NUGENT said that although it was at
all times disagreeable to trouble a meeting like
the present with matters which had merely a per-
sonal application to himself; yet he .felt called upon
to advert to what had taken place at a former
meeting of the Delegates. He had seen a report of that
meeting only yesterday. Ha was detained at home yes-
terday, but he had come here to-day. In consequence of
havir', read that report, from which he gathered that allu-
sions had been made to him (Lord Nugent) ; in reply to
which, his friends Mr. Young, Sir Benjamin Hall, and Mr.
Boultbee, were kind enough to say what they were con-
vinced were his ( Lord Nugent's) intentions in reference to
the motion of which he had given notice—in consequence
of what those gentlemen bad' felt themselves called upon
to say on the subject, he felt convinced that certain insinua-
tions must have been thrown out, reflecting upon his sin-
cerity.—( Cries of " No, no.") He would not speak to
this meeting of the sincerity with which he had always
advocated the cause of the repeal of the Corn-laws.—
( Hear.) He would not speak on a subject so ungracious for
him to allude to as his own sincerity—( Hear, hear) in
the cause of Corn-law repeal, neither would he appeal to
the sacrifices he had all his life made as an earnest of that
sincerity.—(Loud cheers.) He did not consider that such
insinuations should have been indulged in in his absence, it
was neither fair nor manly to indulge in such insinuations.
He rose merely to ask if any gentleman thought it ne-
cessary to ask him any qnestions relative to the motion of
which he had given notice for to- morrow. He did not
believe that any gentleman in 'his presence would accuse
him of insincerity, and he would not make use of the lan-
guage he should feel himself called on to use in character-
ising such proceedings in his absence while the ease re-
mained a hypothetical one.—( Loud cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN said that he thought the Noble Lord
must labour under some misapprehension as to what had
taken place on the occasion alluded to.—(Hear, hear.)
Lord NUGENT observed that what he had said arose
from his having read in the report of the proceedings of
the Delegates in The Sun, what had fallen, from his
friends, Mr. Young, Sir B. Hall, and Mr. Boultbee, who
all bore testimony to his (Lord Nugent's) sincerity, which
testimony would have been uncalled for, had not some
doubt as to his sincerity been insinuated by some preceding
speaker.
The CHAIRMAN said that he never recollected any such
insinuations having been thrown out.
Mr. G. A. YOUNG said that he had spoken on that
occasion rather from an anxiety to prevent the application
of anything which might have been said, to the proceed
ings of his Noble Friend, than from any well-grounded
reason for imagining that any observations which might
have been made had been intended to apply to his Noble
Friend. He trusted the Delegates would attribute what
had fallen from him on that occasion to the extreme anx-
iety under which he laboured that those who sent them
there should be satisfied with their conduct. He had heard
reports out of doors which, coupled with what had fallen
from certain gentleman here, had induced him to make the
observations he had made. He had now no doubt, from
what he had since heard, that those observations
had never been intended to apply in the man-
ner which had seemed to him to call for ex-
planation. It was not his wish to excite dissension in
the body of the Delegates, and his only Teethe for acting
in the way he had done was to prevent misapprehension.
The CHAIRMAN regretted that the Noble Lord should
have laboured under this misapprehension. He bu.gged to
assure the Noble Lord that nothing had ever passed in his
(the Chairman's) presence which seemed to afford just
grounds for the misapprehension under abich he ( Lord
Nugent) seemed to labour. He thought it was hardly fair
of Mr. Young to make use of statements out of doors in
this manner ; and he was 'quite sure, if any such insinua-
tion had been thrown out, from what he had seen of the
Noble Lord, that nothing could be more unjust o- un-
founded.—( Cheers.)
Lord NUGENT said, that after what had passed, be would
no longer detain the meeting with matters personal to
himself, but would merely state, that in giving the notice
of motion which he had given for to-morrow, he had been
actuated by a desire to forward the important object in
which they all felt so great a concern.—( Cheers. )
Mr. BOULTREE then rose amid loud cries of " Order,"
and was about to enter into some explanation, when, at
the suggestion of the Chairman and some DeleOtes, he
sat down, and the ordinary business of the meeting- was
proceeded with as usual.
Mr. COBDEN wished to move a vote of thanks to Mr.
Villiers for his very able and eloquent speech.—( Hear,
hear.) He was sati-fied that every member of the Delega-
tion felt most grateful, for the ability with which Mr. Vila
Hers stated their case to the House of Commons on Tues-
day evening.—( Hear, hear.)
Mr. JOHNSTONE seconded the motion, which was carried
with acclamation.

Mr. JOHNSON, of Derby, said that considering the im-
portance of the case, and the assistance which their cause
had received in the House, he thought they were bound to
pass a vote of thanks, which he accordingly moved, to Mr.
Strutt, the seconder of the motion, and the 171 gentlemen
who voted in the minority.---(Cheers.)
Mr. STUMM then moved an adjournment of the Dele-
gates until 11 o'clock to-morrow, because he thought they
ought not to enter upon any discussion hastily.--( Hear,
hear ) The Delegates could meet to-morrow at 11, and
have a free discussion among themselves previous to their
meeting at 3 o'clock. He would also move that the fol-
lowing gentlemen be appointed to prepare a report of the
past proceedings of the Delegates, naming Mr. Cobden,
Mr. Weir, Mr. Walmsley, and Dr. Bowling. The mo-
tion having been seconded by Mr. Biggs, it was agreed to,
and the Committee adjourned.

Colonel Gore Langton paired off with
mr. Byng, M. F, for Middlesex, in favour of Mr. Villiers's motion
on the Corn-laws.
A PARSON AT FAULT.--A worthy clergyman
in the neighbouring parish of Bushbury, on Sunday last, after the Ant
part of the service was gone through, ascended the pulpit to deliver
his sermon, when he found, to his dismay, that, though he pos-
sessed the case, his sermon had, by some accident, been left at
home, at such a distance as rende. ed getting it impossible. The
cozgrtv4on Syrs5 t herefore, dismissed in the usual form.—Staffbrd-
shire Examiner.