The Sun.
London, England, 1839-03-09 00:00:00

NORTH DEVON ELECTION.
THE DAYS of POLLING are FRIDAY
and SATURDAY next.

Mr. BULLER'AL6l4iiiii\iCOMiiiifTEE sit daily at
No. 3, Cleveland Row, Westminster, whete arrangements for
conveyance to the Poll will be made, and any information given
and received.

EDWARD DIVETT, Chairman.

AT a MEETING of the MANCHESTER
ANTI-CORN-LAW ASSOCIATION, held on the
Sth inst., in the Corn Exchange, and attended by upwards of
3,000 persols, t• receive the Report of the Delegates on their
return from London, the following resolutions were unanimously
agreed to, viz.:—

That this meeting offers its cordial thanks to the gentle-
men of the delegation for their exertions in London, and highly
approves of their resolution not to remain there after both
Houses of Parliament had refused to hear evidence of the inju-
rious effects of the Corn-laws ; and this meeting welcomes them
back, with the assurance of their determination to renew, with
increased zeal, their labours for the total destruction of the
monopoly of the landowners."
" That this meeting, having •learned with mingled feelings
of surprise and indignation the fate of the petition pre-
sented by the manufacturers and traders to the Houses of
Lords and Commons, praying to be allowed to prove at their
bars the ruinous tendency of the Corn and Provision Laws
upon the commerce of the country, declares as its deliberate
opinion that the refusal even to listen to the complaints of
the victims of those laws is an example of unreasoning op-
pression unsurpassed in this or any other civilised country.
Being thus repul,ed in the attempt to expose to Parliament
and to the world their own individual wrongs, this meeting re-
com mends to the manufacturing and commercial bodies to agi-
tate the question of the Corn-laws henceforth, not as a sec-
tional but as a national question, to extend the right hand of
fellowship to the suffering agricultural labourer and cultivator,
to make common cause with all the town-populations of the
empire, and to rouse the best enei-gies of the whole people to
throw off, by a united effoi t, the most baneful and destructive
laws ever• devised by a Legislature."

THE GERMAN and ENGLISH STEAM
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Capital 150,000!., in 5,000 Shares, of 301. each.
Deposit, 2/. per Share.
TRUSTEES.
George Pry me. Esq., M.P.
Joseph L. Heathorn, Esq.
John Castendieck,
( With a Provisional Committee of Twelve Members).
BANKERS.
London—Messrs. Wright and Co., Henrietta-street, Covent-
garden.
Harwich—Messrs. Cox, Cobbold, and Co.
This Company has been established for the purpose of open-
ing a direct and cheap communication between the ports of
London and Cologne, and thence to the whole of Western and
Southern Germany. In order to carry out this international
undertaking, a Committee, consisting of 17 influen'ial Noble-
men and Merchants has been formed in Cologne, and half the
capital subscribed.
Applications for the Shares appropriated to this Country to
be made (if by letter, post-paid), to Mr. Bernard S. Lloyd, at
the Company's Office, 22, Birchin-lane Cornhill, from eleven
sill four ; or to Messrs. King and Whittaker, 5, Gray's Inn-
tquare ; at either of which places Prospectuses may be obtained.

CIREAT SUPPLIES OF NEW BOOKS
In consequence of the recent issue of so many inte-
resting and valuable NEW WORKS, Mr. BULL the Libra-
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these important additions. His New Library System is also
annexed, for supplying Book Societies, Literary Circles of
Neighbouring Families, or Families singly, throughout Lug-
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Reviews regularly for perusal, in any quantity, upon the most
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To be had gratis, and sent by post as a single letter, on ap-
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GREAT MEETING OF THE LICENSED
VICTUALLERS.

WTITH the " ERA " of next SUNDAY
will be presented gratuitously a SUPPLEMENT of
sixteen columns, containing a comlilete Report of the Great
Meeting of the Licensed Victuallers, at the Crown and An-
chor Tavern, last Thursday ; and also the fullest details of the
Parliamentary proceedings of the week relative to the Beer
Bill. It is hoped the trade will duly appreciate the anxiety
thus manifested on the part of the proprietors to supply every-
thing of interest or importance to them, as Licensed Victual--
lersi, and at the same time, retain untouched the general and
national character of the Journal.
Office, No. 20, Catherine-street, Strand.

HIS
HisiNlaje
lifasje%tie
tlheEEiVI OMPPEERROR.R!o A f f tSTRIA,
RUSSIA, l
And His Majesty the KING of PRUSSIA,

having AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED several Dis-
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LARGE FORTUNES,
HEINE BROTHERS at HAMBURGH, and
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NINE POUNDS TO TiVENTi( THOUSAND POUNDS
and upviards. Persons desirous to purchase may receive PRE-
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upon addressing, IVITHOUT DELAY, a line is
HEINE BROTHERS at HAMBURGH.

P. S. THE NEXT AUSTRIAN DISTRIBUTION
CONTAINS PORTIONS OF 4,0001., 7,5001., and 30,0001.

THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN.
THIS EVENING, MARCH 9,
Will Ist performed the New Play, in Five Acts, called.;
RICHELIEU, OR THE CONSPIRACY,
Written by Sir E. Lytton Bulwer, Bart.
The Characters by
Mr. Elton, Mr. Diddear, Mr. Macready, Mr. Warde, Mr. An-
dersen, Mr. Vining, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Phelps, Mr. G. Ben-
nett, Mr. Howe, Miss E. Phillips, Mr. Tilbury, Mr. Yar-
nold, Mr. W. H. Payne, Mr. C. J. Smith, Mr. Bender,
Mr. Paulo, Mr. Gough, Mr. Thorne, Mr. Brady, Mr. Bur-
det, Mr. Smith, Mr. Kirke, Mr. Hollingsworth, Mr. Wal-
dron, Mr. Ayliffe, Mr. Andrews, Mr. T. Matthews,
Helen Faucit, Miss Charles, Mesdames Reed, Corder, Lee,
Valanduke, Mathews, Mew, and Morgan.
After which,
HIGH LIFE BELOW STAIRS.
On Monday, Richelieu, with the Marriage of Figaro.
On Tuesday, Richelieu, with the Invincibles.

LONDON :
SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 1539

The House of Lords met last night at the usual
hour.

Lord ELLENBOROUGH inquired whether the Colonial
Secretary had not some further information to lay before
their Lordships relative to Canada, particularly in rela-
tion to Crown lands and emigration. The Marquis o
NORMANBY bad no other reports, but he understood
there were two-one on the state of the Clergy, the
other on education—which he expected to receive, and
which would be laid on the table. The Earl of Dust-
HAM here said he had a report from the Bishop of
MONTREAL on the state of the Clergy. That on edu-
cation bad not arrived. He had drawn up a Bill for a
general registry, and for the commutation of feudal
tenures ; and all the materials in his possession should
be placed in the hands of the Government.
The Earl of RADNOR, at the request of Earl Fitz-
WILLIAM, fixed the 14th for the discussion on the Corn-
laws, but intimated that it might not take place on
that day. _ _

Lord BROUGHAM moved for some returns to show
the working of the Bankrupts y Court, to the efficacy
of which the LORD CHANCELLOR bore his testimony.

Lord LYNDHURST again adverted to the insult
offered by Prince de JOINVILLE to the British flag, and
made a statement on the subject that will be read with
painful interest. Unhappily the explanation given by
the Earl of MINTo was not calculated to put
an end to that painful interest, and if it were
quite clear that there had been sufficient time for
the present Government to have received information
on the subject, we should be prone to form an un-
pleasant conclusion. Both at the Admiralty and at
Vera Cruz our authorities appear not to have formed
the same opinion of this important subject as has been
formed by the people of England, and have not, there.
fore, been so prompt and decisive as they probably
ought to have been. At the same time no haste should
be used ; and the statements of Lord MINTo, that he
is not in a condition to demand satisfaction, because he is
not officially acquainted with all the circumstances of the
case deserves to be considered. When this conversa-
tion was at an end the Lords adjourned.
In the Commons Sir JOHN HoauousE laid on the
table the treaties connected with India. He took the
opportunity of pointing out an inaccuracy in a state-
ment of the Duke of WELLINGTON relative to the
military force in India, which Sir JoHN said was greater
than it had been for some preceding years. Sir JOHN
also stated, in answer to Mr. HUME, that the Deccan
prize-money, except 7,0001,, had all been distributed,
and that the Burmese prize-money had been distributed
by the Bengal Government to the claimants in India
in 1836.

Lord PALMERSTON stated in reply to Sir ROBERT
INGus, that Portugal had not ratified the treaty for
suppressing the slave trade, and that it was his inten-
tion to propose a Legislative measure to give our
cruisers the same authority on the south side of the
Line as they had on the north.
Mr. JAMES, referring to atrocities committed in
Canada, asked if the Government had any information
on the subject, and was answered that all which
the Government had was on the table of the House.

In reply to Lord SANDON Lord PALMERSTON
stated that the Commission appointed to inquire into
the claims of British subjects lately in the service of
Portugal had suspended its labours, but he hoped it
would soon resume its duties.

Mr. go oNNELl:ii;qurreTwhether the Government
had n y information of the outrage said to have been
committed by Col. PRINCE in Canada; and the answer
was, that the information was not yet received.
Mr. THOMAS DUNCOMBE gave notice that he will
on the first Supply
day, move a resolution against Mi-
nisters for interfering to direct the Lord Chamberlain
to restrict theatrical performances in Westminster con-
trary to a resolution of that House.
The House-of Commons, which cannot inquire into
the effects of the Corn-laws, which wasted the whole
of Thursday night listening to the tirades of Messrs.