The Sun.
London, England, 1840-02-25 00:00:00

THE MARKETS.-(TIIIIII DAT.

HUNGERFORD.
Supplies fair, and prices stationary. Beef 7d. to Sid[
Mutton 7itd. to Bid. Veal Bd. to 9d. Pork 7d. to 80. P_„er
lb. Turbot ss. to 15s. Cod 3s. to 12s. Soles lod, to 4g• ro
pair. Lobsters Is. to 4s. Mackarel 10d. to Is. 6d. Salo°
3s. per lb.
HAY MARKET.
The supplies fair, and demand good ; prices much as bef°re.
Hay, 60s. to 90s. ; Clover, 80s. to 115 s. ; Straw, 325. to .09'
per load.

TALLOW MARKET. cl 6 •
P. Y. C. secured a steady business at 51s. 3d. to go'
BILLINGSGATE MARKET.
Supplies good, and so was the demand. Prices toule'L ;
last quoted. Cod, 2s. 6d. to 12s. ; Turbot, ss. to
Oysters, 245. to 60s. per bushel ; Salmon, 2s, to 2s. 6,1* 'f
lb.; Whitings, sd. to 10d. ; Haddocks, Bd. to 2s. ; Lobster
Is. to 4s. 6d. ; and Mackarel, 6d. to Is.

COLONIAL MARKET. gold
A fair amount of business has been done. Sugar B. • -{or
steadily at 555. for low brown, 61s. for middling, and 68s• "0:1
fine. Some small parcels of Havannah and Siam Sugar fetcl,,
previous rates. 3,200 bags Mauritius Sugar, and 2,500 in,
Bengal sold at about 655. Bd. to 61s. 6d. for good Mauritid.
and 675. to 68s. for fine yellow, and 645. to 655. for good o'o
dling. Bengal varied from 625. to 725. 6d. Coffee has to,
at about its previous prices, for small parcels of Brasil, 1.:0 for
and East India 9d. duty. Bengal Rice fetched 10s. to 111'0,
common quality. Fine c iam Rice 235. 6d., and Java 60' 910
to 9s. 1,300 bags of Saltpetre fetched 235. to 255. SPice
last quoted.

TEA SALE—CONCLUSION. • It,it
The sale is now over. From the reports we have gro,che
must have been evident that very little has been sold. le in
fact is, too much Tea, by a great deal, was announced for sr the
the present instance, the well-known circumstances the
market rendering it impossible for it to take any thing 11"'"
quantity.

BRISTOL AND EXETER RA ILWAY."--° *of
Motley, the Civil Engineer, has published, in the siniP,l to'
pamphlet, an " Address to the Shareholders of this Line, out
gether with a copy of a report to the Directors,
the loss that the Company have sustained by a departuretslod
the original plans. He enters into lengthened statenlen other
calculation!, to prove that the cuttings at Pile-hill and tee
in
places were not required, and asserts that the wide gildgf,tintied
all respects a disadvantage, and that, if the line be ee"loutlat
down to Exeter at the same rate of expense, a needle" can
of snore than a million will be incurred. We, of conr7ottf
h
express no ()pillion on the subject—that requires a Tocrtaii9'
knowledge of the localities as well as of all the practice and
and must therefore refer the pamphlet to the sharcholderb'o, no
more especially to the skilful engineer on the lino,_ woo el
doubt, will be able to give some reply to Mr. Motley's state
that
At the Olympic Theatre we -percelv.ce ebiof
the formation of a Ladies' Club constitutes one of Wooed
attractions for to-morrow night. Mrs. Glover is ;now 0?
pointinitroto
to act. as Chairwoman on the occasion. This is f`n
the Clubs system with a vengeance. Bravo, Ladies.

EVENING EDITION.

METROPOLITAN ANTI-CORN-

LAW ASSOCIATION.

A meeting was held yesterday, called by private cir-
cular, of gentlemen favourable to a repeal of the Corn-
laws, to consider of the propriety of forming a Metro-
politan Anti-Corn-law Association to act in conjunction
with the Manchester Anti-Corn-law League.
Mr WARBURTON, M.P. was unanimously called to
chair, and amongst the gentlemen present we noticed
Mr. Hume, M.P., Mr. Villiers, M.P., Mr. G. Phillips,
M.P., Mr. J. B. Smith, the Chairman of the Man-
chester Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Alderman Cobden,
Mr. T. Crawfurd, Mr. Roebuck, Mr. Travers, the
Messrs. Ricardo, Dr. Bowring, and a considerable
number of influential gentlemen.
H. S. Chapman acted as Secretary.
It was moved by JOHN TRAVERS, Esq., and seconded

by JOHN ROBERTSON, Esq.
First---That the persons present at this meeting do
hereby constitute themselves into a Society, to be called
the Metropolitan Anti-Corn-law Association.
Carried unanimously.
It was moved by J. L. RICARDO, Esq., and seconded

by WM. GREIG, Esq.
Second—That the object of this Association shall
be, by means of lectures and discussions, public meet-
ings, petitions to Parliament, the influence of the press,
and otherwise, to procure the repeal of the Corn-laws.
It was moved by HENRY WAYMOUTH, Esq., and
seconded by PETER A. TAYLOR, Esq.
That a Committee be formed to carry the above
objects into effect, and that the said Committee consist
of the following members, with power to add to their
numbers :—John Travers, Esq., Peter A. Taylor,
Francis Place, Esq., W. A. Wilkinson, Esq., J. L.
Ricardo Esq., J. Loyd Jones, Esq., R. B. Whitesides,
EN', W. Coates, Esq., T. F. Gibson, Esq., William
Greig, Esq., Samuel Wilson, Esq.
A number of gentlemen immediately put down their
names, and a subscription was entered into to carry the
objects of the Society into effect.
A good deal of discussion took place on moving the
resolutions, but as it was rather a private than a public
meeting, and the discussion was altogether of a friendly
colloquial character, we prefer stating the substance of
it, to undertaking to give anything like a report. Two
points were mooted, both by Mr. Hume: the first was the
llnciPle on which the Society was to proceed as to
the
extent, total or partial repeal ; and the second was
the possibility or impossibility of success, unless the
assistance of the masses was obtained, and how that
could be got. On the first point Mr. Hume suggested
,that the members of the Anti-Corn•law League who
were present should give the meeting some information.
Mr. J. B. Smith and Mr. Cobden both complied with
the suggestion, and described at some length the pro-
ceedings of the League.
Mr. SMITH pointed out the great sufferings of the
Manchester people, the small portion of- the cotton
manufacture which is consumed by the persons con-
nected with the land, about one tenth of the whole,
whose consumption too had been considerably less in
1839 than in 1838, as may naturally be expected from
the short harvest and the low wages of the agricultural
labourers, and condemned the arrogance of these con-
sumers of one tenth of the manufacturers' produce, pre-
suming to dictate how they were to dispose of the
other nine-tenths. Mr. Smith mentioned the progress
the League had made, the means it had employed,
the lecturers it had sent out, the publication it had
established, and he pointed to the late triumphant anti-
corn law banquet, the largest festival perhaps that ever
was held in the world, as a proof of their growing success.
One fact he mentioned deserves notice for the sake of
the landlords. A lecturer from the League had been
to Great Torrington, Devonshire, where he could get
lei room to lecture in, and was obliged to lecture in the
fields and road sides. He persevered, and the conse-
quence was that an Anti-Corn-law Association was
formed at this agricultural village of Great Torrington,
and eight or nine petitions for the abolition of the Corn-
laws were on their road from that place and its neigh-
bourhood. Mr. Smith said that in London the effects
of the Corn-laws had not been felt so ruinously as at
Manchester, but by and by the people here too
would feel the effects, and would then make.corres-
pending exertions to procure the repeal.
Mr. COBDEN assured the meeting that the success of
the lecturers at the different places, and the success of
the League, had been mainly owing to their advocacy
of the total and immediate repeal. He defended tile
justice and propriety of adopting that principle, and de-
clared that he was convinced, and the lecturers were con-
vinced,that had they advocated either a fixed duty on the
sliding scale, or the postponement of the repeal, that
they would have been beaten in argument, and would
have obtained no success whatever. He, of course,
recommended the Society to follow the League, and de-
clare for the total and immediate repeal. No opinion
was pronounced by the meeting on that, but the cheers
with which the statement was received proved to us
that no other principle than that will, and no other, we
are sure, ought, to receive the approbation of the gen-
tlemen present.
The other point concerning the masses, still more
important, occasioned a discussion of some length.
All agreed that without union arid co-operation
of masters and men, the middle and the lower classes,
success against the organized power of the landlords,
comprising, as
.Mr. Warburton said, more talents and
More means than ever the people had to defeat, was
impossible. In that all agreed, and all agreed in earnestly
wishing to obtain th co-operation of the lower
classes. All agreed, also, in saying that those
classes had much to complain of besides
the Corn-laws. All appeared advocates of the
extension of the suffrage ; all were of opinion that this
was about one of the last chances that were offered to
reconcile the masses and the middle classes, and secure
the great progress of reform. There was, however; a
good deal of difference of opinion as to the extent of the
alienation, and a Mr. Coates of the Tower Hamlets, as well
as two of the Corn-law League lecturers who were pre-
sent, assured the meeting that the masses did not pre-
-1 fer to the extent supposed agitation for the Charter to
agitation for the repeal of the Corn-laws. In the Tower
Hamlets, at Glasgow, at Oldham, and other places, re-
solutions favourable to the repeal of the Corn-laws had
been passed by overwhelming numbers, in the face of the
adverse Chartists. There were also great differences of
opinion as to the means by which the masses should be
brought to co-operate.
Mr. ROEBUCK, who made a very neat and terse
speech, suggested that the Association should pledge
itself to the masses, to promote their views after the
Corn-laws were repealed. The suggestion, however,
found no favour with the gentlemen present, such a
course was described as alien to the object of the So-
ciety, which might hope to unite men of all parties.
They were favourable to the extension of the suffrage,
but any pledge of the kind might impede the useful-
ness of the Society.
Mr. M. PHILLIPS suggested that the masses should be
invited by their leaders to be present at the discussions, and
that their objects should be discussed in a friendly way
with the lecturers and other members of the Association.
An amendment to that effect was introduced
into the resolution, and while the best feelings were
expressed towards the masses, a hope was expressed that
on this honourable understanding, as Mr. Roebuck and
all their peculiar friends avouched for their abhorrence
of the Corn-laws, though they have a still greater abhor-
rence of being unrepresented, they will be induced to agi-
tate with the middle classes to put down the monstrous
monopoly of the land owners. Such a hope was more con-
fidently expressed, inasmuch as the masses would be bet-
ter able to achieve their own objects after the Corn-laws
were repealed than at present. We earnestly hope that
the masses may see it in the same light, and unite with
the middle classes to obtain a certain good, which.
with all the other advantages and improvements they and
we equally desire.
Towards the close of the proceedings the room was
crowded, and the whole proceedings were enthusiastically
supported. We consider the Metropolitan Anti-Corn
Law Association, therefore, to be at last fairly launched,
and we trust it will make a prosperous and glorious
voyage. The League was set afloat before it, but
the vast wealth, power. and numbers of the metropolis,
should make the Metropolitan Association overtake, if
it do not outstrip, its precursor.

A plumber, of Sherborne, has in his possession
a most extraordinary specimen, not only as regards its peculiar
growth, but its weight also. It resembles fourteen potatoes of
apparently perfect growth, cemented in that position to resemble
a star in every direction.

Lewis Levy, alias Emanuel Levy, the keeper of
a cigar-shop and smoking-rooms at No. Bow-road, ap-
peared in the Court of Excise on Thursday, to answer five in-
formations laid against him for sell.ng wine and spirits without
being duly licensed. The defendant pleaded guilty, and the
Court in consideration of the poverty which the defendant
pleaded, and to a certain extent proved, the fine was mitigated
to 2.5 guineas. Several informations which had been laid
against the daughters were withdrawn.
THE UNITED TORIES.—A requisition calling
on the Recorder of Dublin to resign his seat for the Univer-
sity, in consequence of the vote which ho gave in favour of the
Municipal Corporation Bill, has been got up in Dublin.
EXECUTION Olf Two FRENCH MURDERERS.—

The Gazette des Tribunaur of Friday gives an interesting
account of the E xecution of two men, named Caron and Car-
pentier, who had been guilty of murder. They were confined
in the prison of St. Omer, and were accompanied to Arras, the
place of their execution, by four of their friends. On arriving at
Arras they were received by the priests, to whom they acknow-
ledged the justice of their sentence, and entreated them to join
in imploring pardon from God. We will not enter into the
dreadful details of the last moments. The guillotine performed
its dreadful office in the usual manner. But we wish to hold up to
the execration ofour readers an act of tyranny and injustice which
immediately followed the execution, and which even Papists
will join us in condemning. Just as this just but terrible ex-
piation had been consummated, and as the crowd, thoughtful
and silent, were returning to their homes, it was publicly given
out that the daughter of Carpentier (one of the men who had
just expiated his crime by death and repentance) had been
spurned and thrust out from the convent of Cambrai, in which
ehe had taken the veil as a nun. The girl was of an amiable
disposition and irreproachable conduct, and the only reason as-
signed for this arbitrary act is the disgrace resulting from her
father's fate. In spite of the remonstrances of the respectable
bishop, M. de Belmar, the convent persists in refusing to re-
testate the girl. This act of bigotry
and fanaticism, emanating
from those who profess themselves the dispensers of mercy ..n(1
daarity, has excited universal disgust.