The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-29 00:00:00

WHITECHAPEL

A motion was made, and carried unanimously, to me-
morialise the Queen to continue the sitting of Parlia-
ment till the Corn-laws had been discussed.
It was then announced that there would be frequent
future meetings, to adopt measures to obtain the repeal
of the Corn-laws.

FENTON (S"rAFFORDSII I RE)POTTERFES.
A memorial to the Queen, entitled "The humble me•
morial of the freeholders, landowners, manufacturers,
tradesmen, and others, inhabitants of the township of
Fenton, in Staffordshire Potteries, praying her Majesty
to continue the present Session of Parliament until a full
and impartial inquiry has been made into the effects of
all those laws which have a tendency to enhance the
price of corn and other necessaries of life," wits yester-
day forwarded to the office of the Metropolitan Anti-
Corn-law Association. Amongst the reasons assigned
by the memorialists as urging them to approach the
Throne on the subject of the Corn-laws is the following :
" Wo.further beg dutifully to state that (as we con-
ceive) the high price of corn has caused great adultera-
tion of the flour, as is evidenced by the proceedings held
at Newcastle, in North Staffordshire, by your Majesty's
Justices of the Peace, in the case. of the 'Tilden Mill
Company of that town, large quantities of gypsum hav-
ing been mixed up with the flour, holding, out a profit of
301. a ton, causing very great apprehension in the minds
of all classes, and loss (in very many instances) of health,
thereby causing a fear of eating the main staff of life."
The memorial is signed by John King Knight, chief
bailiff of Fenton, and several hundreds of the principal
inhabitants.

WAREHAM (DORSETSHIRE).
A memorial to the Queen haS been agreed upon by
the inhabitants of Wareham, praying her Majesty to
take measures to continue the deliberations of Parliament
without intermission until these laws (the Corn-laws)
shall be settleA. The memorial, which has been for-
warded to Mr. Sidney Smith, is signed by Robert Car-
ruthers, M.D., and four hundred of the inhabitants of
Wareham.

KIRKCALDY.
A.public meeting of the inhabitants of Kirkcaldy and
its vicinity was held on the 24th instant, at which it was
unanimously agreed to memorialise the Queen ttl continue
the sitting of Parliament till the Corn laws had been
taken into consideration. The memorial is signed by G.
Anderson, Esq., the chairman, on behalf of the meeting.
A memorial to the Queen, to the same effect, has been
forwarded to London from the Kirkcaldy Anti-Corn-law
Association.

LIRICES OF FOOD AT HOME AND
ABROAD.
The highest quotation of white wheat at Paris on
Saturday last was 35f. for the If hectolitre, which
equals 535. sd. per quarter. The highest quotation at
Mark-lane on Monday was 80s. per quarter : wheat,
therefore, is 49 2-3ds per cent. dearer in London than
in Paris; or a man can buy in London only one bushel
of wheat for ten shillings, while in Paris he can buy a
bushel and a half for the same money,
The highest quotation at Hamburgh, on the 23d
instant, for the best Polish wheat, was 158 rix-dollars
the last, which corresponds with 48s. 6d. the quarter;
wheat, therefore, is 64 per cent, dearer in London than
in Hamburgh, and a man in London can buy for 11.
only two bushels of wheat, whereas. in Hamburgh, ho
can buy about 3 1-3 d bushels for the same money.
Cured India beef of the first quality may be bought
at Hamburgh for 5 15s. the tierce of 3361b5; for the
same quality 8/. is charged in London. The best cured
beef is, therefore, 39 per cent. dearer in London than in
Hamburgh, and a merchant victualling a ship in Ilan-
burgh may buy 5,8431b5, of the finest cured beef for 1001.
whereas in London lie can only buy 4,20011:s, for the
same money. Mess beef; a secondary quality, but much
more generally used for victualling ships, costs 41 7s. GI
the tierce in Hamburgh, and Cl. 7s. 6d. in London.
India pork costs 5/. 6s. the tierce in Ilamburgh, and
7/. 17s. 6d. in London. Mess pork costs 2.1. Bs. the
barrel in Hamburgh, and 4/. ss. in London. The fixed
importation duty on cured meat is 128. per cwt.
The best fresh beef is retailed in Hamburg!) at 41d.
per pound, in London at 9d. The best fresh mutton is
retailed in Hamburgh at 4d., and in London at Bd., but
it must not be forgotten that the mutton is of an in-
ferior quality in Hamburgh, which is not the case with
beef. The best fresh pork is retailed in Hamburgh at
41d. a pound, and in London at 9d. The importation
of fresh meat into England is totally prohibited.
In New York the prices of fresh meat, though in ge-
neral somewhat higher than in Hamburgh, are consider-
ably lower than in London. The best beef at New York
costs 12 cents or Gd, per pound, and the best mutton sd.
Pork is retailed in New York at 6 cents, or 3d. per
pound, which is less than is charged for it either in Lon-
don or in Hamburgh.
An ox in London, fit for making into India beef, and
weighing about 7001bs. without the offal, will cost about
251 ; the same description of ox, fattened in Holstein,
would cost in llamburgh about 12/. in autumn, and
about It/. in spring. The people of England, however,
can derive no advantage from the comparative cheapness of
cattle in Hamburgh ; for let the price in England be
ever so high, the importation of live cock is, at all times
and under all circumstances, positively prohibited.
Salt meat from Buenos Ayres might be imported in
millions of pounds, and sold at lid. per pound, a price
that would afford 100 per cent. on capital invested i
such trade.

PRICES OF BREAD AND MEAT AT FRANK-
FORT, &c.
(Correspondent of a Morning Paper.)
The middle classes may fancy that they have little or
no interest in the abolition of the corn and provision
monopoly. But all heads of families should consider
the following facts
In Frankfort-on-the-Maine bread is just one-half of
what it is here.
For meat of the finest quality you pay :—Beef 3d.,
mutton 21d., butter 6d. per lb., potatoes is., apples Is.
per bushel, hares is. 4d. to is. Gd. each, fine white sugar
Gil. per lb. These are the prices generally in all the towns
along tl.:e whole course of the Rhine.
Even at Brussels poultry is just one-half the price it
is in Leadenhall Market ; a fine large fowl of the best
quality costs Is. 6d. For a pair of fowls of similar qua-
lity you are asked in.Leadenhall Market Bs. Gd.
Let all the families of the middling classes judge
whether they would benefit by an open trade in provi.
Sions. There can be no doubt but that their means
would go just twice as far as at present—and how strait-
ened is almost every family I It behoves them all to give
their best energies to assist in freeing our country from
these iniquitous laws. •

EXTRAORDINARY CASE.—Tuesday night an
inquest was held before Mr. Baker, Coroner, and a Jury,
at the residence of Wm. Clark' Boyd, Esq., Upper
Homerton, near Hackney Church, on the body of Wm.
Boyd, aged 13 years. • It appeared in evidence that the
deceased was the son of a widow lady, who resided with
her family in the mansion where the inquest was held.
On Saturday afternoon,
.between the hours of three and
four o'clock, the deceased visited his brothers and sisters
in the nursery, and about an hour afterwards he was
discovered in his bed-room hanging by the neck to a
leather strap, made fast to one of the window-shut-
ters. His younger brother, who first saw hith, gave
an alarm,, and his inGther and a female servant im-
mediately cut him down—he was quite. dead. The
strap belonged to the deceased, and he had used it for
some time to fasten his school-books, and it was
buckled round his neck. His feet were off the ground,
and from the examination of the room, made by the Co-
roner and Jury, it was apparent that the boy must have
raised himself to the level of the handle of the window-
shutter, which was considerably above his head, by
standing upon the, washing-stand. Several witnesses
were examined as to the boy's state of mind, and it was
stated that he was very lively and cheerful. He was in
the habit of amusing himself and school-fellows by draw-
ing sketches of persons hanging. and drowning, and writ-
ing upon them " save me. yo-o-u-yo," and several of
those sketches were exhibited by a gentleman, one of the
Jury, who said they were presented to his son by the
deceased. The Jury returned a verdict, "'That William
Boyd was found dead and suspended by a strap buckled
round his neck—that his death was caused by himself
apparently, and it is the strong impression of the minds
of the Jurors that his death was caused by himself acci-
dentally."

THE POTATOE CROP.—The disea3e in this
very valuable and important crop, which we mentioned last
week, is quite general in the South of Lancashire, and in
consequence of it the price of potatoes is becoming very high
both at Manchester and Liverpool. In many of the finest
looking ctops, two-thirds of the tubers are rotting, and the
rest are very watery and bad. In open and well-drained lands
the damage is much leis than in heavy soils. We have ascer-
tained that the disease exists in the neighbourhood of Liver-
po. Manchester, Warrington, and Ormskirk, and also in the
county of Carlow, Ireland. We tear that it will soon prove to
be universal.—Liverpool Times.
PARIS, SEPT. 2G.--The Moniteur says, " A
letter from Bey, out announces that the English troops have
d'
completely evacuated the fortress of St. Jean Acre." p

A public meeting of the inhabitants of Whitechapel
was held on Monday evening, at the Temperance Hall,
late the Standard Theatre, to consider the propriety of
adopting a memorial to the Queen, praying her Majesty
nut to prorogue Parliament till they had taken the Oorn-
laws into consideration, and to hear a Lecture from Mr.
Sidney Smith. At eight o'clock, the hour appointed for
the commencement of the proceedings, notwithstanding
the heavy rain, not only the theatre but all its approaches
were crowded to suffocation.