The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-27 00:00:00

BET HNAL-Gl-tF'EN.

A public meeting of the members of the Bethnal-green
Anti-Corn-law Association was held on Thursday evening, at
the Adelaide Tavern, Hackney-road. 'the large room was
full to overflowing, and a memorial was agreed to be adopted,
copies of which should be left at the principal shops in the parish
for signature.

ST. LUKE, MIDDLESEX.
The churchwardens of the parish of St. Luke, Middlesex, in
pursuance of a requisition most numerously and respectably
signed, have consented to call a meeting of the Vestrymen of
the parish, to be held to-night, for the purpose of memorializing
the Queen, &e.

MEETING AT LEICESTER.
(From the Leicester Chronicle.)
A crowded and highly respectable meeting was held in the
New Hall, Wellington-street, on Thursday evening, to consi-
der the propriety of addressing her Majesty, and praying her
not to prorogue Parliament till some steps had been taken
towards alleviating the distresses of the country, or, at least,
till there had been some consideration of what steps should be
adopted fur that purpose. The meeting was tailed by the
Mayor, in compliance with a requisition to that effect, which
had been presented to him, signed by 150 inhabitants of Lei-
cester. The platform was filled with the most active of the
Liberals, among whom we noticed Messrs. Paget, Brewin,
Stokes, Hutchinson, Harris, &c., and the lievs. C. Berry, J.
P. Alursell, and Mr. Bloodworth ; anti between Mr. Paget
and Mr. Brewin sat Messrs. Cooper and Smart (Chartists),
who, on making their appearance, were received with min-
gled cheers and hisses.
The MAYOR. opened the meeting as Chairman.
THOS. PAGET, Esq. proposed the first resolution, which was
seconded by T. Stoke., Esq., after which, at the do e of an
able speech, R. Brewin, Esq. proposed a second resolution,
which was seconded by the Rev. Mr. Bloodworth. Both reso-
lutions were in unison with the objects of the meeting.
The Chartists offered some interruption, but wire soon
silenced.

After a third resolution had passed, urging the immediate
con,ideration of Parliament,

Mr. ISIDDLE moved a petition to be presented to her Ma-
jesty, praying her not to prorogue the two Houses of Parliament
before a tub discus;on of these laws has taken place, and that
it be forwarded to Sir John Easthope to put it in the best than •
nel for presentation.
11. 11A RRI Esq. seconded its adoption ; but neither he nor
the mover could be heard for the noisy knot in the centre, who
commenced singing " Long live John Frost," to the air of the
National Anthem : there were not more than a hundred of the
Chartists apparently in the room.
The Ma von read the memorial amid the same disgraceful
confusion, and it was agreed to unanimously, and with tremen-
dous applause.

BIRMINGHAM AN T 1 CORN-LAW AS
SOCIAT lON.

On Thursday evening, the above association held a numerous
meeting in Chapel-street, fur the purpose of considering the
propriety of sending a memorial to the Queen, praying her
not to prorogue Parliament until they took into consideration
the distress of the country. Mr. Alderman William Schole-
field, President of the as,ociation, was in the chair, and (pen-
ed the business in a powerful speech.
Mr. Councillor 1-lAzi-Ewoon S3IITH moved a resolution
expres,ive of the evil of the Corn-laws, and their determina-
tion to persist in seeking their removal.

Mr. Alderman WE':STON seconded the resolution. He
said he was aware that an opposition had been got up in
Birmingham against the Anti-Corn-law agitation, and
it had been successful ; but he felt thoroughly convinced
that so rapid and so extraordinary had been the change of
events, that a piotest against the Corn-laws would be carried,
at the next tow n meeting, without a dissentient voice. —( Hear,
hear.) The conduct of the rew Government had aroused all
parties. The folly of the controversy was unaccountable, and
fully equalled by that of the nobles of a country no; far distant,
who; a few years ago, were swept away by an outraged and in-
furiated peop'e.
NVILLIA M lIOLTBEE, Esq., said it was a melancholy fact,
that a week had not passed without persona dying from want of
food, and that want was occasioned by the Corn-laws. With
respect to Sir R Peel's declamtion, he (Mr. Boltbee) must
say he considered it the most cold-blooded, the most cold-
hearted, and the most murderous he had ever heard. Human
beings actually perishing for want of food, which they could
get an abundunce of if they were only allowed to exchange the
produce of their labour fog it, and yet the Premier of England
had told the people they must starve on for six months longer.
Mr. SANSUM, house-agent and collector of rents, gave an
appalling picture of the distress in the town. He said he
weekly visited the dwellings of between six and sewn hundred
families, and be could declare in the most solemn manner that
anything equal to the wretchedness he daily beheld could not
be conceived.—( Hear, bear. )
On the motion of Mr. DOUGLAS, seconded by Mr.
WART, American merchant, a Alernorial to the Queen was
adopted, and directed to be forwarded to the Members of the
borough for presentation.