The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-28 00:00:00

ployment in the manufacturing districts. At the head of th's
list was " Buckingham, 11."—( Cheers and laughter.) Oh,
they had a great deal to expect from him. Sir Robert Peel
was not the Premier, he merely held the strings that others
pulled behind. He (Mr. Wood) could see how prudent
it was to take time to consider, but if they looked to Lord
S;anley's statement, there was a justification to the full of the
' present system, that it was necessary, in consequence of the
taxation, that there should be protecting duties on aericulture.
Sir Robei t Peel was too much engaged making up his new
Cabinet to pay any attention to the Corn-laws, and although
Paisley, Glasgow, Birmingham, Stockport, and other large
manufacturing towns, where there were upwards of 5,000 per-
sons out of employment, all in a state of starvation, with no
hope of employee t till tt.is qu s'ion should be settled. After
declaring that it would be dangerous to the country that any
delay should take place, and that the Parliament was called to-
gether for the cypress purpose of deciding that question, yet
be came forward and claimed time till February to form his
measures, at a time when thousands were starving. Would not
those starving people ask themselves this question, " Why are
we so ?" And who could answer for the safety of property
around then unless men were supplied with food ?--( Cheers.)
S.r Robert Peel knew something about the distress of the
country when he made his speech at 'I ameterth. He (Mr.
Wood) believed that he ( Sir R. Peel) knew where the distress
of the country was, and he would alter it if he had the power,
but he could not please himself. He said at Tamworth that
it was quite true that there was great distress in all the manu-
facturing towns, and felt sorrow for it, hut that, in large and im-
portant countries, there were continual fluctuations at times tak-
ing place, and this was one of them, but we were getting bet-
ter. The present House of Commons was a representation of
the landed interest —that is, it was a Buckingham Parliament ;
and what had they to expect from the Duke of Buckingham,
who, only a week ago, told the farmers of Buckinghamshire,
" You know me, you have known me my whole life ; did I ever
deceive you—l never will; I will stand by your interests to the
last ?" What had they to expect from this as to any alteration
in the Corn-laws? It was time they petitioned their little,
Wellington
virtuous, noble Queen.—(Cheers.) The Duke of
Wellington had declared that she was acquainted with the wants
of the people, and he gave Lord Melbourne credit for having
so well instructed her; and she had desired her Parliament to
take into their consideration this all-important question. The
Parliament answered that they had no confidence in its Ministers,
and she calledi6 new Parliament; and in her Speech to the
new Parliament, she asked them by every kind expression to
take into their consideration that ill-important question, and
they answered that it should have their due consideration. Cone
st;tutionally the House of Commons could not be prorogued
without the sanction of the Crown, therefore, they were going
constitutionally to work ; they were doing that which they
were entitled to do--to meet in public to declare that they
believed that Sir Robert Pee: ought not to adjourn the Parlia-
ment till these questions were considered ( Cheers.) They
consistently asked her Majesty not to prorogue Parliament till
it bad taken into its consideration, and given a decisive
answer to, these questions. Ali this appeared to him to be per-
fectly constitutional. He would say again that the present
House of Commons did not represent the people, but they re-
presented the counties of England.' They did not represent
Scotland or Ireland, or the English towns. Under these con-
siderations Sir Robert Peel dared not propose these measures.
He knew that they would cause such a flame throughout the
country, that he and the Duke of Wellington could be hurled
from power by some mighty voice—(Loud cheers)—therefore
it was not because he could not, but because
he dared not ; and Lori John Russell knew
well, the present Cabinet knew perfectly well, that when they
once touched the Corn-law monopoly, the sugar monopoly, the
shipping monopoly, there would be an end to their power un-
til they saw that the distressed state of the country required
some exertion on their part, and when they did this they lost
their power. But this was political, and he would not go into
that. He thanked them heartily, and he would, with their
permission, read the petition. The Hon. gentleman then read
the petition to her Majesty, and concluded by moving the se-
cond resolution :
`t That this meeting saw with delight and satisfaction her
Majesty's recommendation to Parliament, to take the various
duties affecting the importation of articles of necessity into their
serious consideration with the least possible delay, and that this
meeting looks forward to the approach of winter with appre-
hension and dismay, in consequence of the determination of
Parliament to postpone the consideration of these measures
till next February."
Mr. GURNEY seconded the resolution with comment.
Mr. Musette) 'Payee ;t had been out of the country for
some time, and now, when he returned, he found great po-
litical changes had taken place. He was happy to see a
gentleman who some years ago possessed different opinions on
the subject. As he saw a gentleman there who was once
proud of being the representative of the landed interest and
the Bedford Level, lie was rather disappointed at not hearing
a few words from him. He had very little to say as there
had been no opposition that day to this question. It was
then some time since Mr. Baring produced his Budget. He
had never heard any person call in question his statement, or
its truth, yet when the election came it was designated by the
papers as the Bubble Budget. He did not know what re-
semblance it bore to a bubble, except from it pressing so
lightly on the people. (Cheers.) He never heard any
person who would fairly dare to question that statement.—
( Cheers.) It was for the purpose of cheapening food and
increasing the demand for manufactures, and employing the
poor. The House of Commons was merely an instrument fur
coercing the Sovereign and the people, and of plundering
the nation. He spoke in plain language, for having been con.
nected with the Ward for so many years, he thought
plain language was the best, and he said that the landed aris-
tocracy were no other than plunderers of the people. Sir
James Graham, who held a very high situation he had seen;
had been guilty of sedition, almost amounting to high treason,
for in a speech he had stated that when the House of Com-
mons was not sitting the House was in a kind of interregnum.
What was that but saying that her Majesty had no title to the
throne except when the House of Commons was sitting? The
last Parliament was charged with all sorts of bribery, and this
was worse. Instead of it being a representation of the people,
it was the representation of the rascality of the nation.—
(Laughter.) He thought the House of Peers had been greatly
deteriorated by the Peers sent into it by Pitt. He knew that
a gentleman, who was now a Peer, having said that when a
moan had done anything that deserved the pillory, he was sent
nto the House of Lords.—(Laughter.) He always thought
that power was given to help the weak, but now power was
given to the strong to oppre-s the weak. But the time would
come when the people would take the matter into their own
hands. The people must take quiet remedies, but that remedy
must be to lower the aristocracy.—(Cheers.) He begged to
propose the next resolntion
That the deprivation and universal suffering of the labour-
ing class in particular, and the distress and increasing losers
sf a large portion of the middle class, are greatly aggravated
And p: incipally caused by the prohibitory and protective duties
upon the necessaries of life, and more especially by that master
grievance, the present sliding scale, for the regulation of the
duties on corn."
Mr. PIERCE—As a man of business, he agreed with all the
observations that had been made that day. It was a business
question, and not a political one ; therefore every one should
come forward, and ultimately they would gain the object they
had in view. He had great pleasure in seconding the reso-
lotion.

DERBY.

(From The Sun of last Night.)
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, SEPT. 25.—We have
had a very fair business in the Cotton Market to-day, the
sales amounting to 4,000 bales, 100 of which have been
taken by speculators. Present prices are, for Mobile,
sd. to 74d; New Orleans, sd. to 84c1; Pernams, 84d; Ma-
ranhams, 64d. to 8d; Egyptians, Bd. to 11d.
LIVERPOOL SNARE MARKET, SEPT. 25.—The busi-
ness at the Stock Exchange still continues very limited.
The transactions are, Edinburgh and Glasgow 39i ;
Great Western, 201. Shares, 74 ; North Union, ex.
div., 94.
MANCDESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, SEPT. 25.—Al-
though we have had a fair business doing prices continue
to droop :—Lancaster and Preston New Shares, 18i ;
London and Birmingham Quarters, 214 ; London and
South Western, 504 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 21i ;
Manchester and Leeds, New Quarters, 14s. preen.
By the arrival of the Liverpool packet Cambridge, at
Liverpool, from New York, papers to the 2d instant,
have been received. They are but one day later than
the former advices, and the only intelligence of interest
which they contain is the passing of the Land Bill in
both Houses of Congress, and it now only awaits the
signature of the President.
COMMERCIAL AND MONEY MATTERS.—There was a
better feeling manifested at the Board to-day, and the
business done was quite extensive. United States Bank
Shares improved 2t per cent.
Since writing the above, papers to the 3d inst. have
been received, brought by the London line of packet
ship St. James, Captain Sebor, arrived off Margate
(since which she has arrived in the St. Katherine's Dock
full of passengers).
The Courier and Enquirer of the 2d contains the fol-
lowing :—" The business of the Board to-day was very
large, and at the opening the feeling was better, but at
the second call prices fell off. About 1,500 United
States Bank Shares were sold, opening at 13i, but clos-
ing at the Second Board at 11, a decline of 21 per cent.
on yesterday's prices. Farmers' Trust fell off 74 per cent.
The operations in State Stocks were considerable.
Canal Fives, 1858, sold at 864 ; Corporation Loan at
844 ; Indiana Bonds 554, an advance of per cent.
The Fire Loan Stock of this city, due on the Ist of Sep-
tember, was promptlypaid this day. The French packet,
which sailed yesterday, takes 241,000 dollars in specie.
No alteration in the rate of Exchange upon England.
No political news of the least interest.
Montreal Papers to the Ist Sept. have been received,
but they do not contain any political news of interest.
The following is a comparative statement of arrivals at
the port of Quebec for the years 1840 and 1841 :
1841
Vessels. Tons. Passengers.
August 27 866 278,473 25,362
1842 27...

Mr. WELLS said, before the resolution was put he begged to
say a few words. It had not been his intention to speak, but
he felt called upon to do so after what had fallen from Mr.
Taylor, who said that he was a supporter of the Bedford Level.
What he had said on the occasion alluded to was, that he was
collector to the Bedford Level. He trusted he should be as
able to give a good account of himself when the time came to
the inhabitants of the Ward as another gentleman, although he
had not supported his family out of the resources of the City—
(Considerable disapprobation was here manifested by the
meeting)—and he did not think it was tight of Mr. Taylor to
speak in the manner he had done of Earl Fitzwilliam, the Duke
cf Buckingham, and the Duke of Wellington, whom he con-
sidered as ornaments to the country, and he thought it was
highly improper in a gentleman calling them blood-suckers.—
( Here there was great disapprobation.) •
Mr. Woon rose to order. Mr. Taylor did not use the term
" blood-sucker," nor did he mention the names of the noble-
men Mr. Wells had named.
Mr. WELLS said he would express his opinion as long as he'
lived, and those who thought that because he was elected for
the Ward that he should therefore suppress his opinion, had
got the wrong sow by the ear. Ile had mentioned the names
of those noblemen as part of the aristocracy. He would say
that it was owing to the great taxation of fifty millions an-
nually on the peoplo, and not the Corn-laws, that were the
cause of the distress.—( Uproar.) He would say that the
circumstances attributed to the Corn-laws were not caused by
them. He thought that a reduction of the taxation and an
al erasion in the currency were alone the causes of this distress.
And they must alter that before they altered the Corn-laws.
He therefore was for not meddling with the Corn-laws tid
they could get a reduction of taxation.—( Uproar.) There
had been a good deal said about Parliamentary corruption, but
out of all the petitions that had been presented against the re •
turn of Members there was only one from a county, while
there were 50 for boroughs. —( Uproar.) He would say again that
if
were}
entirbodyely mi thougstaken.ht that he would suppress his opinion, they
Mr. TAT Loa said if he remembered rightly the very words
used by Mr. Wells in the Common Council were—." I am
proud to be sent here as the representative of the landed inte-
reJ and of tilts Bedford Level ; and at the same time he gaup
his vote against an* consideration of the Corn-laws that sub-
ject having been brought forward. He thought that many
gentlemen were present who heard the same words. He
could hare hoped to have seen the whole of the Councillears
for the Ward there to give an account of their stewardship, in-
stead of only about a half.
Ms. CHA RLES, and several other Councillors, said the
very present on the occasion alluded to, and sney
`4"1". 'were the
very words used by Mr; Wens.
.A.-iter a few worsts in explanation from Mr
.
The CHAIRMAN put the resolutien to WELLS,
A" a S came • d with great applause. •the meeting, which
given Lathe Chairman,
The thanks of the meeting w:sre then
meeting separated at abo.
e h havinte returned thise.nks, the
.it
r.%;

_ore this year.... 131
THE FUNDS.
The English Stock Market
closed flat on Saturday,
Consols being last quoted at 891- for M oney, and 89i- sellers
for the Account, but they opened firmer this morning at
891 i• for Money, and 89f i for the Account. Exchequer
Bills, 14 16; Spanish Active Stock, 21,i 22; Portuguese
Five per Cents., 30k; Ditto, Three per Cents., 18f.
The continental arrivals consist of two French, two
Flanders, and one Dutch Mail, but they do not bring any
news of interest. The Mediterranean Mail has also ar-
rived. The news from Lisbon is not of importance.
PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, SEPT. 25.
3 per Cent. Consols
.Bank Stock . . ...... 169
Three and Half Stock..... 974 , Grand Canal Stock ...... ...
Ditto Reduced ...... ... I Ditto Debs. 6 per cent... Ditto New 1830.., 974 I Ditto 4 per cent ..
36- per Cent. Debs.
Papers from New Orleans, via New York, to the.
22d of August, have been received.
The New Orleans Buktin has made an estimate of
the situation of the banks of that city in regard to the: r
capabilities of resuming specie payments. It is 'lade
up from the official report for the 31st of Jul:. The
Bulletin says, "it will be seen that the gene-
ral situation of our banks is highV satisfactory
as in the aggregate, without recourse to their portfolios,
which contain forty-five Leillione of discounted paper,
they show about 50 per ceee. of cash means on the
amount of their cash liabit'Aies, including all their cir-
culation and deposits. We doubt if the banks in any •
other City of the trielon can make so favourable a show."
The cash Jiabilitiees
Cash assets....
7,414,812 Correspemdence of the New York Commercial Adver-
tiser of the Ist. :
WASHINGTON, AUG. 30.—You will see that thinr .
c'eming to a crisis here. The Land Bill is pa,
ee are
will soon receive the President's signatu- --eed, and
:al Corporation is reported in •
_e. The Fis-
'
will probably be taken up on W - i.ne Senate, end
certainly pass without amen? ednesday next. It Will
it be vetoed. The Re- -.4m en 4
and as certainly will
Senate and will
pp .enue Bill is in ptlagress in the
sent appearane ..3S. Congress may, according to pre-
There e. .
-e adjourn in about a fortnight.
follov
-as been a fair business doing in Shares at the
„ :ing
prices
:____
Bristol and Exeter, 26 ; Great
.
.v eate', 764 ; Ditto Fifths, 71; London and Brighton,
45i ; London and Birmingham, Thirds, 52 ; London
and Croydon, 13i; North Midland, 65; York and North
UXBRIDGE. Midland, 73f.
is yet known as to the amount sent in fee the
A public meetie4 of the inhabitants of Uxbridge and fu is •
nothingng, nor it expected that anything will ttanspire
ts vicinity wres convened in the Assetnbly-roone on until late in the day. The general Non is that 1
to take into consideration the pro- great deal more than the q ' °el
'
Priday everang lest,
uircd mei will be sent
e-iety of memorialising her Majesty to keep Parliament The City people connected with monetary more than
-seto,led till the Cornlaws had been discussed by the with commercial affairs haveee been all curiosity to hear
-' • f.slature, and to hear- a lecture from Mr. S. Smith. the declaration of the names attached to the tenders for
£ho
Rev. P. NEr.LAND, of Chalfont, was unani- the conversion that have been accepted.
, .asly called upon to preside. The Rev. Gentlemen,
'lndia Stock...
CLOSING PRICES.
'• ! taking the chair, stated that he considered the work
Bank
St k BRITISH FUNDS.
0, which they were about to engage was the discharge
3 per Centc Re-ti.•••••••••• ---
Ditto Bkmds ..."
.",
"".1
ins
a solemn and Christian duty, and that they could not
3 per Cent .
it Hence the
3i per Cent C0n5.........
....... ..._
E_ t° Inew Annuities...
894 'Ottti3 Old AnluU.iem;‘ .:. —'
proceedings of the evening we'll greater
New 34 per Cent .............. 98i
... Bills, 1,000/....2id 15 pro
opriety than by lifting up their voices to tliat great and
pod Being who gave them net only te,e bread ee life, New 5 per Cent. .........
eat dispensed liberally the bread Pjat perisheth. The Long Annuities toe-- ' •
. -eire 1 Ditto 5ma11.... .. 16
1 Ditto 500/ ........ 13 pia
Rev. Gentleman then gave out .` verses of the 40th Jan. 1860
two
lia,_ nit Stock for ()pg.,.
Psahn, and the entire asr ,mbjyt rose,
The ' - l'enee-"' ee.
.111 ilia Stock for Acct.... deepest fervour joined ' - and with the Oct '
.ca
. au. e,e. e‘e.e...... :.-- Consols for Acct " '-'
iniPressien pr„t•ve„ ...n the religious service.
~.
FOREIGN FUNDS ......... 84
G this solemn commencement
,ds 1
exeeedingly str'' '"` cif English . _AIN-, and forcibly recalled to tiv.„ rcatki, i Atst'S•iiin, 5 per cetnt.... Pe:: -.
oiguese, 5 per cent.
lest gm • nistory, that passage of it in -
--. Ditto, New Ditto
• . 'lt St '1 b the . 'me lin l3raziiian 80nd5...... 6••• p• ......... strut e between iris[
.... I rnssian, 5 per cent.
110^..0, ik ,
` "ue soldie •ofthe ' -'eraq ih-r*-' tile, isuenos Ayres G percent 'Russian, 5 ."
---
. 1 i- k.ht Belgian, 5 per cent
per cent
;lon with all the.'
rs - 00,4.14 wile.' ,d reli- • • '
...... 112 i
' -a' 1 Chilton, 6 per cent — Ditto, Metallie ......
ir proceedings. ' -
......
•!.Ir. SitiNr.ir Sei th -' . Colombian, 6 per cent — i Spanish, 5 per ce•nte....... tek
the political b • ' rrit .P a 140Airessed the meeting on Ditto, 1824. , Dit to, Deferrcti,„,„„.. ita
bear of ' "
npon the recent de -no question. He dwelt strongly I Danish, 3 per cent....... ,e- ,IFtetich, 5 per cent. —f. —e:
Member, Mr. Be_ waretien of their venerable county / Greek, 1825, 5 pel. cent. ,-.• !Exchange ............ —f. —c,
:12:14 fondly h0n,4•7 -r7: who had in effect declared that he Mexican, 5 r cent. ... 25i (French, 3 percent. —f. —c
ander the e•justittiti t only to have lived but to have died Ditto, 6 per Cent, 1825. !Dutch, 2i per cent. ... 51i
,tt it he his fate r of
Crovvn, Lords, and Commons, Peruvian,lB2s, tiper et. 154 , Ditto, 5 per cent. ......... --
=;rad'.4. to the d 1.1 his old age' .Lords,
find his country d SHARES
' espicable eon& • • . e-
a esulute aristocracy, the - ition of firing under WV Bristol and Exeter (60 paid) ... ..... . ... .. 26
glints. very worst foofall govern-'
rni
77
Ditto New Shares (50 paid 54/
A resolution was then p •
7i
Ditto Fifth (4 paid) r
iormity with the object cfrtohpee sod and seconded in con-45meeting. London and Brighton (50 paid)...
An address was then read
London and Blackwall Railway (25 paid)
eeived numerous signatures
on and agreed to, which re-
Ditto New Shares ( paid) 4/ 4s 2d
are being made to form anti-eLsPot. Arrangements London and Birmingham (90) .. ..
Chalfont, Chesham, High wyen`'n7tl-law associations at
Ditto Thirds (32 paid)
......... 52
and the dissenting ministers of kluek;' and
Beaconsfield, ' London and South Western •• ••• 51
pidly giving in their adhesion to nghaeashire are ra- Ditto Tenths (2f paid) -.- .' ' -21
only from their own sense of dut - the movement; not - London and Croydon' Railway (Trunk) .13,1
~,,,,,_...ons
0,
isit; , r their. .4e149f-1
Ditto New Shares (40 aid) - 32
- - Yark and North Midland') •
Railway (60 paid) ni

28,977 5,051

LEEDS.
The borough of Leeds was convened by the Mayor, on
a most respectable requisition, t ) meet yestei d ty.

In compliance with a requisition, numerously signed,
the Mayor has convened a meeting of the inhabitants, to
be held at the Town-hall this day, the 28th inst., at
12 o'clock.

PAISLEY.
A requisition, numerously signed by the manufacturers
and merchants to the Provost, to convene a meeting, to
petition the Queen, has been sent to the Rev. Mr. Camp-
bell, pastor of the Independent Congregation, Greenock,
one of the ministers who attended the Conference at
Manchester. The meeting will be held in a few days.

E XETER.
It has been determined to hold a public meeting on
Monday (yesterday), in aid cf the movement in the large
manufacturing towns, for the purpose of obtaininc, the
immediate attention of Parliament to the distress which'
now threatens to overwhelm the country. There is a
large number of the middle and working classes in this
city who wish to express their deep sympathy with their
suffering brethren in the north.— Western Times.

PLYMOUTH.
In the coming week a public meeting will be held in
this town, to petition her Majesty not to allow this Par-
liament to separate without taking into consideration the
suffering condition of the manufacturing interests.

FALKIRK.
Petitions against the Corn-laws from Falkirk and its
neighbourhood, addressed to both Houses, are in course
of signature. Several hundred persons have put down
their names within these few days. The Hon. and Bei'.
Baptist Noel's celebrated tract, " A Plea for the Poor,"
formerly published at sixpence, has been re-printed by
the Edinburgh Anti-Corn-law Association, and is now
to be had of their Secretary for a mere trifle.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, MONDAY EVENING.
There was a decline of to a per cent. in Con-
sols to-day, produced probably by the fact having
transpired that the whole tenders for the conversion do
not amount to the sum required by the Chancellor of
the Exchequer, as it leaves the Market in a state of un-
certainty with respect to the course that may be adopted.
No doubt, however, the Bank of England in this, as in
former instances will assist the Government by taking
all the stock which other capitalists have not tendered
for. Consols for immediate transfer brought 891 to
893. and for Account 893 to 891, but before the close of
business the latter dropped to 89+ 3.The Market left
off heavily. Exchequer Bills were worth only 16s. to
13s. premium, and India Bonds did not range higher
than par to Is. premium. The New Three-and-a-Half
per Cents. were 98} to 98k.
There was not much business done in Foreign Stocks
to-day, and prices still mkt! low, except for Spanish,
which rose 4 to 4- per cent., owing to the favourable ac-
counts from Madrid. Spanish Active Bonds realised 22
to 22i, Portuguese Three per Cents. were 18f, Mexican
Bonds were dull at 251, Brazilian declined to 67:1 and
67, and Peruvian were at 15f. Russian Bonds remained
firm at 112 L and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. were
heavy at 51k.
In Shares there was no particular movement, if we
except rather an increase in Brighton, which ranged
from 4i to 5h discount. Great Western Shares were at
111 to 12, the New at 4-1- to 4-, Birmingham Thirds at
194 to 20, the South Western at 123, and the York and
North Midland at 233 premium. North Midland Shares
were 25, and Croydon discount. Provincial Bank of
Ireland Shares improved to 17 premium.