The Sun.
London, England, 1841-08-18 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST lB, 1841.

of bribery could be resorted to in all small constitu-
encies —(Cheers.) lam not opposed to the Ballot, but
I wish to see the suffrage extended with it. Mr. Vin-
cent then enforced the necessity of knowledge and vir-
tue amongst the people. He hoped the middle classes
would join the working men for the attainment of their
rights. He said he felt nothing but a kindly feeling to-
wards all classes of the community. lie wished to see
his fellow-creatures in the enjoyment of the highest
amount of happiness. He prophesied serious events—
to Peel and the aristocracy—and made a vigorous
and eloquent appeal to the assembly to unite in
defence of their rights. He made a beautiful allusion
to the confidence intelligent men have in the onward
march, and concluded a very powerful speech, of which
the above is a mere outline, with the following appeal.
" Who are they who despair !—the ignorant ? liaise
them. then. Brighten their minds, you who have caught
a spark of the divine light. Intelligence never despairs ;
it believes in the progression of humanity—it places a
firm reliance upon the decrees of Providence—it bears
with fortitude the sneer of folly and the chill of apathy
—it penetrates through the gloom of the age it which it
lives, and beholds the future arranged in the full blaze
of triumphant glory."—(Loud cheering.)
After a few observations from Mr. Cleave, cheers were
given for the Chairman and Mr. Vincent, and the As-
sembly dispersed, -
The above is the first of a series of meetings intended
to be held in the various parishes of Bath.

STATE of TR ADE• and COMMERCE.
The following melancholy accounts of the state of
trade and the prospects of the harvest are taken from the
L'vetpuel Times of yesterday, and we fear contain too
mull truth :
Nothing has occurred since our last to arrest the
downward course of prices in the raw material of the
staple manufacture of Lancashire, or to check the ad-
vance of prices in grain. The improvement in the wea-
ther, until Sunday, was very slight. The close, cloudy
weal her, accompanied by frequent rain, which prevailed
during the last week, did little to ripen the corn ; whilst
the CI ntinued pressure of pecuniary difficulties, and
the unparalleled dulness of the demand for goods in
the manufacturing districts, has still further forced
down the price of cotton. The decline last week
was a farthing a pound on some descriptions of
cotton, and an eighth on all. A respectable house
holding a considerable quantity of cotton, stopped pay-
ment here on Friday, it is said, rather than sacrifice its
stock at the present prices.. We are sorry to say that
there is nothing in the state of the manufacturing dis-
tricts, or of the country generally, to encourage the hope
of higher prices for some time. It is painful to have to
give, week after week, such unfavourable accounts of
the state of trade,
_ but nothing else can be said of it with
truth, and it is absolutely necessary that the real state of
things should be known, especially now that Parliament
is about to assemble for the purpose of discussing several
must important questions connected with the industry
Lnd prosperity of the country.
'Since our last, the average price of wheat for the whole
kingdom has risen to 70s. sd. for the week, and 665. 4d.
for the six weeks which regulate duty. These, however,
are the prices of the week before last. The average price
of the wheat sold in London last week, was 765. 9d., in
Wakefield, 745. 6P., and in Liverpool, 735. As all the
other markets throughout the kingdom are also rising,
the average of Friday next will probably be at least 735. ;
but a lower average than that will release all the Cana-
dian wheat and flour in bond on Friday next, at the
lowest rate, namely, 6d. per quarter, and 3d. per barrel.
as the average price of the six weeks is already within Bd.
of 675. a quarter, at which the liberation takes place, and
the week's duty which ceases to be computed, is
only 635., whilst that which begins to be com-
puted must be nearer 735. than 70s. The total quantity
of Canadian wheat and flour, &c. imported into Liver-
pool up to the 13th inst. and of which a good deal has
already been liberated, is 12,078 quarters of wheat,
72,045 barrels of flour, 3,584 quarters of peas, and 358
barrels of oatmeal, which is only a few days' consump-
tion for the 28 millions of persons who are now depend-
ing on the scanty supplies of free grain and flour.
The speculators in foreign grain will make a rich har-
vest this year, and in addition to the ordinary profits
arising out of a rise in price, they confidently expect to
pocket seven out of the eight shillings duty which they
would have had to pay the Government, if the mea-
sure of last session had passed. The expectation of the
shilling duty on foreign grain becomes more con-
fident every week as the supplies of free grain
disappear, the harvest is retarded by the weather, and
the accounts from the Continent become less favourable.
Much uncertainty exists as to the amount of the sup-
plies which we are likely to receive from America and
the continent of Europe, but the general belief is, that
nothing but extravagantly high prices can produce any
considerible supply from the Continent.
The prospects in the United States and Canada are
more favourable, though it will be seen by the accounts
broUght by the Caledonia, that flour was rising in the
New York market. From private letters from respect-
able houses in America, as well as from the accounts in
the public papers, we believe that the wheat crop in the
western part of the State of New York and in Virginia
and Maryland will be found deficient, that it will be very
good in Michigan and some other parts of the Union,
and that the crop, as a whole, will be an average one.
Amongst the causes which have reduced our supplies
of. grain, and especially of wheat, to so low a point, a
very principal one is the extraordinary decrease of the
supply from Ireland. In 1832, this country received
not less than 790,293 quarters of wheat and flour from
Ireland ; in 1833, not less than 244,211 quarters ; and
in 1834, not less than 779,505 quarters ; whilst in 1839,
the whole quantity furnished by Ireland was 258,131
quarters ; and in 1840, not more than 93,633 quarters.
These figures show a decline of nearly seven hundred
thousand quarters per annum in the supply of free
wheat, during a period in which the population of Eng-
land and Scotland has increased from two to three
millions. Supposing that there has been an increase
in the production of wheat in England and Scotland,
during the last eight years, equal to the increase in the
population, still it would require a regular importation
of nearly a million of quarters of foreign wheat to place
us in a favourable position, with regard to the chief ar-
ticle of food, as we were when Ireland supplied us with
800,000 quarters of wheat, more especially as the quan-
tity imported into Ireland is now much greater than the
quantity exported from it.
Great anxiety is beginning to be felt lest the specula-
tion in foreign wheat should again create a serious de-
mand for bullion from the Bank of England. The only
security against this is the smallness of the supplies in
the European markets, and which will probably occasion
a still greater rise of prices on the Continent, and thus
turn the attention of speculators to the American and
Canadian markets, where all the wheat and flour that
can be spared may be purchased without producing any
derangement of monetary matters. For some time, how-
ever, it is probable that there will be a severe pull on the
Bank.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
HUNTINGDON RACES.—MoNDA,Y.
Match, 501.; the last three-quarters of a mile.—Hon.
G. S. Byng's Garry Owen, 4 yrs. Bst 71b (Nat) beat Earl
of Sandwich's Normanby, aged, 7st, cleverly.
The Huntingdonshire Stakes of 20 sovs. each, h ft, and 5
only if declared, with 100 sovs. added. Two miles.
36 subs. 15 declared.
Mr. Pettit's E. 0., 3 yrs, ist 21b. (Pettit, jun.) 1
Mr. Meiklam's Droadwath, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b.
Col. Peel's I-am-not-Aware, 6 yrs, 7st. 101 b 3
Mr. Fellowes nd Portsoken, 3 yrs, Est 71b.
Mr. Gsrdnor's Monops, 4 yrs, Bst.
Captain Daintree's Zephyr, 5 yrs, 6st 101 b.
Mr. Daintree nd Tormentor, aged, 7st.
Won cleverly -by three parts of a length. I-am-not-
Aware was a good third.
The Hinchinbrook Plate of 501., for three yrs old, &c.
The winner to be sold for 1501., &c. Heats, once
round.
General Grosvenor's Alice (late Miss Ann), 3 yrs,
6st Illb (Bartholomew) 1 1
Duke of Portland's Ramadan, 4 yrs, Bst 61b 3 2
Mr. Booth's Russell Frost, 4 yrs, Bst 31b 2 3
Alice won in a canter, and was claimed.
Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, with 20 added, for three
yrs old and upwards. The winner to be sold for 3001.,
&c. Mile heats. (4 Subs.)
Colonel Peel's Hawk's-eye, 3 yrs, Bst 81b...(Nat) ' 1 1
Mr. G. Thornhill na Humility, 3 yrs, Bst 51b 2 2
Mr. Tomlinson's Miss Twickenham, 3 yrs, Bst 21b 3 3
Won in a canter.

OXFORD
RACES-YESTERDAY.

The Oxfordshire Stakes of 25 sovs. each, h ft, and only
5 if declared ; the second horse to save his stake, and
the winner to pay 10 sovs. towards the expenses, &c.
Two miles. (33 Subs., of whom 29 declared.)
Mr. Mciklam's Wee Willie, 6 yrs, Bst 21b 1
Mr. Rawlinson's Chilson, 5 yrs, Bst 31b ............... 2
5t02 on Chilson. Won easy.
Sweepstakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 30 added, for
2 and 3 yrs old. Three quarters of a mile. (Four
Subs.)
Mr. Day's Executrix, 3 yrs
Mr. Rawlinson's Coral, sister to Coronation, 2 yr 5..... 2
A good race.
The County Plate of 30/. Heats, two miles. Winner

to be sold for 200/., &c.
Mr. Holmes's Vulcan, 4 yrs..
Captain Pettat's Caliph, aged
Lord Huntingtower's fby Langar, 4 yrs
Mr. Rawlinson's Chilson, 5 yrs 2 dr
Mr. Day's Mulciber, 4 yrs
Not finished when the coach left.

1 2
4 1

TILE CUP.
The following are expected to start :—Coronation, Ca-
ravan, Vulcan, Executrix, and either Isaac or Lady
Liverpool.

FIRST VESSEL DIRECT PROM EGYPT TO
BELFAST.—The Saucy Jack, from Alexandria to Bel-
fast, has arrived at Milford, and been put under quaran-
tine, She will, we understand, be the first vessel which
has ever been consigned to this port direct
increasing._
There are now from eight to ten of our largest vessels
engaged in the East India trade, out of Liverpool and
London, and our foreign trade is steadily
Northern Whig.
A rather singular letter was last week received
from the West Indies by Mrs. Munr
con-
veying the melancholy intelligence of the death there of
her son, George Munro. The greater portion of the
letter was written by her son himssei
at different periods, and -bearing different dateaotehgbhy,netthlsise`e
and
was
left unfinished at his death ; and,
letter was concluded with an account of his decns
surgeon who attended him, and whose name was also
George Munro.—Dower Chronicle.As Thtlefalnatrgest chimney in
A LONG CHIMNEY.--.
4fiassctory of James
the world is at the Soda
tfheeetednioarnmieottetrs
Muspratt, Esq., near Liverpool.
height of 406 feet above the groundl,tl
inside at the base, 9 feet ditto at the top, and contains
nearly 4,000,000 of bricks,
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