The Sun.
London, England, 1839-02-22 00:00:00

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facturing and commercial classes, to be heard by evidence at
the bar of the House of Commons, in proof of the injury inflicted
upon themby. the Corn-laws; but that having the fullest convict
tion of the injustice and inexpediency of those laws, and of the t
impossibility of long maintaining them, the Delegates call upon
the nation to persevere is demanding tilt, abolition of the Corn-
laws—to- keep up the Anti-Corn-law Association in constant
activity—to form associations where they have not yet been "
formed—to disseminate soundinformation on the subject among t
■ the great body of the people—and by every legal and constitu-
tional means, to direct the influence of the people upon the Le-
gislature for the accomplishment of the total and immediate re-
peal of.tlse Coe"-laws.
i 'he CHAIRMAN said be would refer to the speech
of Sir Robert Peel the other night on Mr. Villiers's
motion. He (the Chairman) had heard the Right lion.
Baronet make that speech ; and although it is diffi-
cult to understand statistical details, unless the facts are
before you, yet he at once detected the fallacy in the
statements and arguments of the Right Hon. Baronet.
Sir R. Peel had stated that an increase had taken
place in the average exports of cotton-twist and yarn to
all parts of the world—this was completely begging the
question ; the period he bad chosen was also unfair ; the
year 1837 had been a period of great commercial distress,
and the exports had consequently been much less than
they otherwise would have been, and the exports of the
following year had, of course, been much larger than they
would have been, had no deficiency in the former year
existed. Yet, notwithstanding his unfair statements,
he (the Chairman) would meet him on his own ground,
and show that he completely made out the case of the
Delegates. He (Sir R. Peel) admitted that the ex-
port of manufactured articles bad not increased
in the same ratio as the export of the raw material.
In 1837 the export of cotton manufactured goods
amounted to twenty millions, and in 1838 to twenty_
four millions ; the increase in the export of manufac-
tured goods amounted only to twelve and a-half per
cent., while the increase in the exportation of yarn
amounted to forty per cent. Again, he assumes that
there must be an increased consumption of cotton, judg-
ing from the increased importation which had taken
place in 1837, as compared with 1838 ; but when
it is known that the stock on hand in the one
year ex '2eeds the stock on hand in the other
by one hundred thousand bags, all this falls to
the ground ; and, although our exports may have
increased to the United States, and to those countries
whose ray produce we take in exchange, yet they have
diminished to Saxony, and to all those countries whos,,
corn and timber we refuse to take in return.

Mr. JOHNSON said that Sir R. Peel had denied they
were distressed ; had they been prosperous, they would
not have heal here to complain. Mr. Johnson then
read the. Mowing
TABLE showing the QUANTITY and DECLAL ED VALUE of
COTTON CLOTH EXeORTED in 1110,
And for the following Years.

Number
of
Yards.

Prices Value
of of
Cotton. Materials.

218,31W3 I 13%
33:%4G6,,,93 13%
441,L98,493 6,4 !
r 37,•q7,t3-27 1O
1.537... 531,373,64.3 61A
I g... 615,78'2,150 6%

1.C2,509,1100
:',793,050
2,547,900
5,451,000
2,8 I 5,940
3,700,000

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