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London, England, 1841-05-18 00:00:00

MORNING EDIT tON

the, opportunity of announcing that Mr. Tooke, before
leaving the room, had left a handsome donation to the
Socleiy.

The resolution was then put and carried unanimously.
Mr. BELL, in proposing the next resolution, expressed
a hope that the next meeting of the Society wouid be in
• the large room. It should never be forgotten that all
the accounts from the colonies proceeded from persons
who had class interests opposed to the interests of the
aborigines, who were entirely without protection, ex-
cept what they derived from the Society. It was essen-
: • • tial that the question of compensation to the aborigines
for their grounds should be probed and thoroughly un-
▪ derstood. and that the bargain made with them should be
regulated by the circumstances of the natives themselves.
Air. Bell then entered into the details of the injustice
• committed by Sir Francis Head upon certain Canadian
tribes whose lands were now possessed by the Canada
Land Company ; and after alluding to the state of the
aborigines in New South Wales and New Zealand,
expressed a hope that the Government would eventu-
ally adopt some plan for the more efficient protection
of the natives. He concluded by proposing a resolution
of thanks to the Auxiliary Societies, and to those cor-
respondents who had contributed their assistance.
The Rev. Mr. GURNEY, an American gentleman, se-
conded the resolution, and expressed his belief that if the
Society were known in America, he doubted not but that
it would receive support from many of his countrymen,
and he pledged himself that on his return to the
United States he would lose no opportunity of urging
the claims of ene Society upon his fellow-countrymen.
In their name he thanked the Society for the compli-
ment paid them in the resolution. The resolution was
then put and carried unanimously.
Thanks were then voted to Mr. C. Hind and Dr.
130 wring, for their conduct in the Chair, and the corn-
Pliment having been acknowledged by Dr. BOWRING, in
a very neat and eloquent address, the meeting separated.
STURGE, a gentleman wi) has resided a consider-
able time in 13' mail, and devoted much time to the ci-
vilization of the Indians, distributed at the close of the
Meeting several neatly executed medals, representing
oerane, an Indian, who had been reclaimed from a sa-
. l'age state in that country.

THE CORN-LAWS.
UEETINT OF THE WARD OF FARRINGDON
WITHIN.
YeSterdaka respectable and numerous meeting of the
inhabitants of this Ward took place at the late College
of Physicians, Warwick-lane, 'for the puryose of taking
into consideration the propriety of petitioning Parlia
anent for the repeal of the Corn-laws.
Mr. Deputy' WESTWOOD took the Chair.
tMr. TAYLOR said he had the pleasure of moving the
'llowing resolution :--".That this meeting is of opinion
that laws which prevent the free and regular importation
of foreign corn and provisions into this populous island,
are highly injurious to the industrious classes, detrimen-
tal to commerce, and Calculated to sap the foundation
l)f our national prosperity." It was, he said, imagined
sonicportion of the working classes that the abolition
°1 the Corn-laws would be unattended by any advantage
to
them and the country. It was said by them that a
rduction in the price of corn and other articles of food
would he neutralized by an equal reduction of their
:ges• This was a most erroneous view of these ques-
:en; as he should nowshow.—(Hear, hear.) In 1835
t'L'e average price of wheat was 395. 4d. per quarter, and
he,838 it was 795. Bd. per quarter. Now he would ask
.11ouldwbeorking men, who thought that their wages
affected by the price of corn, whether their
Uwages Were lower in 1835, when the price of corn was
nder 405., than they were 'in
1839, when the price of
orn was nearly 80s., almost double.—(Hear, hear, and
cheers.) In 1835, when corn was less than 40s. per
quarter, it took twenty-five millions less to supply the
• . people of England with food than in the year 1839.
(Rear, hear.) And what became of these twenty-five
millions which in 1839 were all absorbed by the landed
roprietors ?—(Hear, hear.) Did these twenty-five mil-
:ns not go to purchase the manufactures of this count-
ir?, ! At the former period agricultural labourers were
„Ie to spend considerable money, comparatively speak-
ll, upon the manufacturing productions of the country.
'rale had not been so prosperous for years as in 1835,
the price of wheat was low, whereas, if the ideas
entertained by many working men were correct, it should
have been a year of distress.—(Hear, hear.) But as it
was seen, the very contrary was the case. What con-
Netion, he would inquire, was there between food and
akea ? 'Wages depended not upon the demand for la-
but upon the price of food.
M. LEAF seconded the resolution, and, in doing so,
said he felt that it was the imperative duty of every man
to put his shoulder to the wheel on the present occasion.
However weak his voice—however small his influence-
-110 should exert them in endeavouring to get rid of the
orttel and oppressive Corn-laws. If they were true to
• themselves In carrying out this.great work of reform, the
Government had expressed its willingness to assist
them.—(Hear, hear.) They had all felt the depression
of trade of late years, and the evils arising from it
Might he traced to the working of the Corn-laws.—
(Hear, hear.) He did not hesitate to say that he was
for a total repeal of these obnoxious imposts, but he
would be grateful for a modification of them.—(Hear.)
The resolution was then put and carried.
Mr. ASHURST, in a good speech, moved that this
meeting, without admitting that justice will be done to
•the people of England by any plan short of the total and
'trig unconditional repeal of the Corn-laws, considers the
• lirTosal of her Majesty's Government to place a fixed
isT7
Y on foreign corn as a great improvement on the ex-
n.,,l laws, and as calculated to confer a great benefit
is country.
4r. WARWICK seconded the motion, and some excel-
lent speeches were made on the occasion, for which, we
vetrret, we cannot find room.
the resolutions were carried by acclamation ; after
„f !,;11 it was agreed to forward
petitions to both Houses
arliament—that to the Lords to be presented by
Fitzwilliam, and that to the Commons by the City
THE WARD OF CRIPPLEGATE WITHIN.
Yesterday forenoon, at 11 o'clock, a most numerous
tithri:,l highly respectable wardmote of the inhabitants of
rWard of Cripplegate Within, at which Sir M. Wood,
piaot• 11.1). Alderman, presided, was held at the Crip-
m-teirte Within Charity Schools, Phillip-street, London-
wall, to take into consideration the propriety of peti-
lZs, g Parliament for an immediate alteration of the
eii2lent Corn-laws." There were present Messrs. Smith,
e, Brown, Beeton, Last, and Brass, Common Coun-
ehau'en of the ward ; Messrs. Sturt, Morley, &c. mer-
Tr and manufacturers, Mr. Payne the Coroner, &c.
that ,! CRAlttistAN having read the requisition, remarked
Ike
was
always advocated the principles of free trade, and
"' Of th",ready to support the utmost extent of the repeal
duties upon corn.—(Hear.) It was believed' by
to ai'l,,the farmer and agricultural proprietor were averse
ease ;1' alterations of those laws • but that was not the
tho4,lllßeng the more rational class of them, and who
• were's, t that those laws were as injurious to them as they
11151,0 V the country at large.—(Hear.) They ought to
glad t,'"vii their opinions to Parliament, and he was
thus tiu:l that the ward of Ctipplegate was the first
mr",'lY to come forward in support of the Government.
Oita ', 40iii.Ey moved the first resolution, and observed
• tati,,,'etre was no doubt that the law against the impor-
4no
tv:'corn was working to the injury of the country,
they Y °tight not to cease agitating the question till
llr obtained a total repeal of themtion ..—(Applause.)
ROOLE seconded the resolu
th'4l'• SHAW moved the second resolution, remarking
aa,t the difficulty the Government had to contend against
•', that they liad three large monopolizing interests to
01:110§e The Ministers, however, still are willing to leave
but they are not satisfied with that, and they, the
171' nonolists argue that such a course would give encou-
, Jigement to slavery. But the real-fact was, that the mo-
splolists did not care at all respecting the interest of the
ave Population of Brazil and Cuba, and all they wanted
Was to keep the trade in their own hands and have large
Profits, at the same time keeping John Bull enslaved.-- -(Cliwprse) He hoped to see the tax completely oblite-
' 'tted.--(applause,)
it Various other speakers addressed the meeting, when
wa.s further moved, that a petition, embodying the re-
solutions, be presented to the Houses of Lords and Com-
mons, and that Sir M. Wood be requested to present
the same to the House of Commons.
The petition and the resolutions were agreed to unani-
wooly, when
ettAIMIAN observed he should be extremely
happy to present the petition and support its object, and
he should not forget to state that the meeting was most
numerous, and that the feeling was unanimous in the ob-
ject they were concerned upon.
• Three cheers were then given in support of the mea-
-44-11,e the Government, and the meeting was dissolved.
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INSBURY REFORM CLLB.
A, : , . .
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...1,) This'Cldb held a meeting last night at the Belvedere
3'„TVt;rii,' which was numerously and respectably . at-
Onded.
.14., Mr. NicuoLsoN having taken the chair,
11.11 r. 13A1NAnn,`the Secretary, read the following reso-
, tietenes:w_Lhich had:'heen 'previously prepared by a Com-
sr, 1. That the Corn-laws are highly, detrimental to. the
,rwell-beinn• of this country, and press heavily upon. the
ii.Abouring'portion of the community, depriving the poor
.lApaii of the
IT means of comfort to which he is
,entitled,
~,litig p.4rin the hem a industry the abode of penury
lac., lt privailoo
~That this meeting views, with satisfaction and gra-
,f, tification, the exertion of her Majesty's 'Minister§ to re-
hteve the *obstructions to 'the prosperity of the nation to
abolish monopoly, and encourage free trade,, and can-
tit emit expressing its indignation at the , attempt of
tilt; ilt-51:
t`-' the mill thvir• obits to continue the present; loans
aegraridisement of the landowners and other
Teenopolists, regardless ' of the misery of their fellow-
breatures.
44 of Ittformrs in this borough, and those who have
• .I)et already enrolled themselves in the Finsbury Reform
. ulub,,are invited to do so withoit delay, as an early dis-
solution of Parliament is expected.
Mr.‘.tib TlEwir in a short sp praisedeech, in which he
,)se who supported the wise plans of the' Government,
ilhiN 'tit the foregoing resolutions
2 itwi..,tin,o ' ' -.
' be adopted by the
, Mr'. iiTCHARD TAYLOR cordiallysupported the motion,
ii,'lr.eatise be thought that the Ministerial plan em-
.:".,,ck11.4 all that was gratifying to the country ;
.til: hoped. all clasSes of Reformers would throw
~, li V thei:r particular plans to support the one
k•ratLukeasiate ; and he thought that the repeal of
!f.i,i ,eh'egreat monopolies once obtained, all the rest would
'''l,'", easy, as the aristocracy only bribed at elections, to
~ • bnabled to continue these gross abuses, and de-
bauched the morals of the people in order to keep up
4';,:eit°l)(AY. lie thought that the Chancellor of the
Ir444er had gone upon a right footing to increase
e:revenne by lightening the people's burdens, and was
:j,tlni
tv,4ll.re,the people would see through, and apprecia,
)Tderisy of those men who had raised the opposi-