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sifiN,* LONDON. TuESD Y, MA V 18, 1811.

-eh .h it now existed. Other nations would-say that if
the emancipated. colonists of this country could not
compete With slave labour even with a Flat of
20,000,000/. and a protection of 50 per cent., it would
be hopeless for them to attempt to succeed where Eng-
land under those circumstances had failed. He therefbre
opposed the resolution of the Noble Lord, because he was
himself a consistent opponent to slavery. He next op-
. posed that motion because he believed it would be highly
Injurious to the people of this country to continue ,our
present Custom-house regulations, which had already de-
prived us of many markets in Europe and in America.
Had not the blind system of monopoly adopted in Eng-
land forced the German States into the Prussian League,
to the great detriment of manufacturers of this country ?
It was notorious that few of our goods ever found their
way to the fairs of Leipsic and Dantzic, where they over-
flowed thirty years ago. The resolution of the Noble
Lord would persetsite the evil, and it could not, conse-
quently have his approval. Ile opposed it, again,
because, if it were carried, 'the Irish people
would look upon it as a resolution to unseat a
Government which had won their attachment, and be-
cause it would shake their confidence in the British
House of Commons, and would contribute more to a Re-
peal of the Union than any measure that had been de-
vised of late years. He said this because he knew the
Irish people, and their feelings, and determination ; and
he felt it his duty to warts the British Legislature before
they raised up seven or eight millions of men in arms
against them.—(Hear, hear, on the Opposition Benches.)
He said that figuratively, but the success of the resolution
would raise them up in direful opposition against any Go-
vermnent that might succeed the present. Fourthly, he
opposed the resolution because he detested monopoly in
eve:), sh le ; he detested monopoly in religion, but he
detested monopoly in trade and commerce above all
things. The resolution, however, would tend to confirm
monopoly in its worst form as it would affect the neces-
saries of life. The West Indians had no right to com-
plain ; they had received an enormous bounty ; they
were about to receive an enormous protection ; and he
know not what they expected, unless they wished the .
people of England to pay them more fortheir estates than
the actual value of them. He hoped the resolution of
the Noble Lord the Member for Liverpool would be
scouted by the House ; he- was sure it would be by the
country ; and he hoped that the Government would feel
it their duty to appeal to the country on these measures
—(Loud cheers from both sides of the House)—and he
thought that, after the little Arial which they had al-
ready seen of the popular feeling (Immense cheering
from the Opposition, which drowned the conclusion of
the sentence.) He understobd that cheer, and lie would
come to that 'subject presently—he meant the feeling
which had been manifested by the anti-slavery body
throughout the country—(Loud Ministerial cheers)—by
those who had been all their lives opposed to slavery—
(Cheers)—by those who had advocated. the cause of
negro emancipation, when, there were slaves within our
own dominions to be emancipated.—(Loud cheers.)--
The people were not to be deluded by the new-
born zeal for the blacks of Hon. Gentlemen opposite,
and they must he aware, even by this time, that their attempt
to get lip an Anti-Slayery cry was an utter failure.—( Loud
cheers.) He objected to the resolution by the Noble Lord,
because he thought it would tend materially to shake the faith
of the public creditor if questions of this sort were turned into
mere weapons of party warfare.—(Cheers, and counter-
cheers.) When the public creditor saw that the revenue was
not equal to the expenditure(Oppositien cheers)—and when
he saw a. large and influential body of Members of that House
seeking, for party purposes, to negative a proposition of the
Chancellor of the Exchequer to make good such deficiency,
withoet hinting any means by which they themselves would
propose to make it good, he must naturally have his faith
shaken.—(Cheeis.) He was shocked to see men of property
and influence lending themselves to such disgraceful conduct,.
It was not fair, and he did not intend to use the word effen-
eively, it was not honourable.—(Loud cheers.) He under-
stood the cheer which Hon Gentlemen opposite had given
when he mentioned an appeal to the country.—(Opposition
cheers.) It was a following up of the expressions made use of
by the Noble Lord the other evening, when he taunted
Ministers with losing borough after borough. —( Opposi-
tion cheers.) But he would ask the Right Hon. Baronet the
Member for Tamworth if he were willing to sail in the same
boat with some of those who had recently been returned to
that Honse as his supporters.—(Loud cheers from the• Mini-
sterial benches.) Was he prepared to adopt the principles of
the Chartists of Nottingham ? (Cries of " Oh, oh," and
laught or from the Opposition, answered by cheers from the
Ministerial benches.) Was he prepared to adopt the crusade
against the New Poor Law?—(Continue,{ cheers from the
Ministerial benches.) He would ails the Right Hon. Baronet
if he would like to have a majority of such supporters ?
(Cries of ' Oh," and laughter from the Opposition. He knew
he was speaking unpalatable truths to the gentlemen opposite,
but he believed that the Right Hon. Baronet was far too candid
not to allow that those were not the principles on which he
would look for support.--( Cheers.) So that, without alluding
to the statements of Lord Rancliffe in the public papers, without
alluding to the 16.0004 which was said to have been lost, mis-
laid, stole,,, or strayed during the recent election at Notting-
ham. without alluding to the bribery said to be so flagrantly
committed at Nottingham, Canterbury—Cries from the Op-
position of "St. Allmns")—and elsewhere—(Cheers and
laughter)—he must say that he did not believe those
who had been recently returned to the House_ con-
stituted exactly the class of supporters which the
Right Hon. Baronet would desire.—( Loud cheers.) .How
could they trust to their present zeal for slavery, when they
recollected how that party had, one aft, r another, abandoned
every one of their great principles. They had abandoned the
Test and Corporation Acts.—( Cheers.) The main sleet of
their power had been their resistance to Catholic Emancipa-
t on—that resistance they had abandoned.— (Cheers.) They
had always possessed the greatest antipathy to reform. They
were now the most strenuous admirers of the ' Reform Bal.—
( Cheers. ) And the Right Hon. Gentleman had stated his
wadi-Guess to reform all proved abuses.—(Cheers and counter-
cheers.) They had abandoned every one of their great prin-
ciples, and if they came into power, he should not be surprised
to see the Noble Lord the Member fur North Lancashire
cemicg down to the House with a Bill for the abolition of
fifteen or twenty English Bishoprics—(Cheers and laughter).—
the Right Hon. Rat onet the Member for Pembroke coming
forward with a proposition for the admission of f reign corn
tree from duty.—(Cheers, laughter, and cries of "Oh, oh,"
f.orn the Opposition.) Why not ? It would only be a return
o his first love.—( Loud cheers and laughter.) Neither would
t astonish him to see the Right Hon. Gentleman near the
Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Pembroke coming for-
ward with a proposition for the Ballot—(Cheers and laughter)
—for they had seen measures of quite as great importance
abandoned by that party, who were now out-Heroding Herod
in their attempts to bid for popularity, but. whose new zeal for
anti-slavery was nothing more than their old zeal for the at-
trinment ot office and power.—(Cheers.)
Mr. WILLIAMS would he,itate before supporting the
propositions of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, i' he thought
they would at all interfere with the great experiment of negro
emancipation, but after carefully considering the question, he
could not see how it could in any manner:do so. From the year
1523 to'lB4o, the average price of colonial sugar had been
335. Id., while that of foreign sugar had been 245. 6d , to
which, if he added 12s. 7d. the differential duty proposed by
Ministers, it would give 375. I lid. as the average .price of
foreige sugar, so that there was a balance of 4s. 3d. in favour
of colonial sugar. For the last seven years the average
price of colonial sugar had been 375. t?d., that
of foreign sugar had been 235. 6d., to which, if they
added the differential duty, it would make 363. Id.
as the price of foreign sugar, making a difference of
only Is. Id., so that, under those circumstances, no foreign
sugar could hare found its way into the- market. Last year
there had been a great failure of the crops; they were told that
this year there would be a plentiful supply, if so, they would have
nothing to dread from an importation of foreign sugar. All
the sympathies of the Hon Gentleman opposite seemed con-
fined to the blacks; they entirely forgot the effect produced by
the high prices on the condition ot the labouring population
in our own country. (Cheers.)E The black labourer was bet-
ter paid than the labourer in ngland ; the black labourer in
the West Indies had 4s. a day, where was the English labourer
who was earning half those wages. (Cheers.) All the ne-
cessaries of life were cheaper to the West Indian labourer than
to the English one. The West Indian got his flour from
America, when it was 12s. a barrel, add to that the duty of 3a.
per barrel, and allow fifty per cent. for freight and charges, and
it would give an amount equal to 225.- Bd. an English quarter
for wheat, while the English labourer was compelled to pay, in
1832, 665. 6d., and in 1840, 70s. 6d. per quarter for wheat.
In whatever light he looked at this question, he could not see
the justice of the ground taken up on the other side of the
House in attempting to keep upon the people of this country
the present inequality of charge upon sugar. The proposition
of the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the subject of sugar
would tend to increase consumption, and therefore it must in-
crease the revenue. Having recently visited Canada, he
wished to make a few observations with respect to the timber
duties. He believed the alteration proposed by the Chancel-
lor of the Exchequer, which would still leave a protecting
duty, would not produce any material injury to that country's
He viewed the present prospects of the manufacturers with
alarm, and apprehended the worst consequences, unless they
could relieve them from the distresses under which they la-
boured. The proposition laid before the House by the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer must become the law of the land, for
the feeling of the country was so strong upon the question,
that whatever party came into power they must be carried.
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE, finding from the conduct of Hon.
Gentleman opposite, in the early part of the discussion of the
evening, finding also from the studious silence of those Hon.
Gentlemen, it was evident that on their part there existed an
anxious desire to bring the discussion to a speedy conclusion—
( Loud cheers)—arising not merely from the weakness of their
cause and the want of argument to support it, but arising also
from the delusion under which they seemed to labour, that they
would enter upon the sweets of office immediately after—know-
ing that such an anxiety prevailed, he would not have inter-
posed between them and their foremost wishes. did he not know
that the longer the debate was protracted the better would the
country Understand the motives actuating those in favour of,
and against the proposition of the Government.—(Tremendous
cheering.) Not only so, but the better would the country ap-
preciate the resolutions which had been proposed, and the amend-
ment moved thereto by the Noble Lord.—( Hear and cheers. )
They would not only appreciate and discriminate between the
mallet of the two parties, but they would set a value upon
the resolution propounded by the Noble Lord, the Member
for Liverpool, which for its unparalleled inconsistency—
( Cheers)—its barefaced duplieity—(Cheers)—sits matchless
hypocrisy—(Loud cheers and laughter)—had never been ex-
ceeded in the annals of Parliament.—(Loud cheers.) He
rose to claim some of the sympathy which the Hon. Gen-
tleman opposite appeared to be now so full of, he rose to
claim some of it for our suffering and distressed countrymen.
He congratulated the Hen. Gentlemen opposite upon the
fidelity with which they could keep a secret. Appeals had
been made to them over and over again to know what they
would do in the event of their succeeding to office, but with
the single exception of the' Honourable Member for the Uni-
versity of Cambridge, they were as silent as the grave.—
(Cheers.) 'I hat Right Hon. Gentleman had coquetted a
little with the subject; he said that Ministers had produced
the difficulty, and they must provide a remedy, but he
would ask who had produced the difficulty ? The two
great items of the deficiency arose not from the penny postage,
a measure which was authorised by Parliament, and had met
with the approbation of the whole country.__( Cheers.) That
deficiency was in the Excise, and arose entirely from the im-
proved habits of the Irish people.—(Cheers.[) How,
then,
would the Hon. Gentleman propose to meet those difficulties
when they came into office ? Would they dare to raise the
postage of letters ?—( Cheers from: the Toeies)—or would
they take measures to promote inebriety in Ireland ? Did they
mean to take another half million out of the pockets of the
pampered slave drivers of the Westin-
starving people, for what they
Ovir.e,reasplietasewdatsosuegaglles
Extension ?—(Hear, Church
Extension
the Hon. Member for Antrim, were they about to pay
Rthigeh. t.E;Hehone.qutles::.
Cshaaindceillforthoef.
dl'ie7soo?—,"(Hlemaro,rheetaor.t)he But the Right Hon. Gentleman, after
Chancellor of the Exchequer called on him for a reme4b-
coquetting with the subjoeicet,
up his ears, thinking what
ghoeowitoueladsystazitegni,t; and
a good man, what a dinnterested patriot, he wag,

Ito show them how to get out. of these difficulties. The
Plan of the Hielit Hon. Gentleman simply was by leaving
things altnie.— (Hear, hear, an I a laugh.) He would show the
House that they could not leave things alo e. The Noble
Lord the Member for Mirth Lancashire said he objected to
the pro; esition. in point of time—that they should not hare
made it except in a case of tie most urgent necessity, or when
their national existence was in peril. He should like to know
w both, r such was not the case at present, when foreign coun-
tries hod shown a great disinclinatien to receive their manu-
factures when they would not receive the produce of these
countries in return—When .there was eVerwhelming
distress in the country, and the labouring classes were driven
almost to (ieepair.—(Loud cheers.) lie contended that the
crisis bad already arrived, and it was impossible the people
could make any further sacrifices. The Noble Lord the Secre-
tary for the Colonies, in his admirable speech at the com-
mencement of the debate, had alluded to the prosperity of the
West India Colonies, and it had been asserted by some Hon.
Members that these statements were exaggerated, but he
would quote to the House an authority which would not- be
contested by Hon. Alembers oppos"te, namely the House of
Assembly. They stated that they did not shrink fr ,In a com-
prise!' with ti e people of Great Britain as regards the social
condition of their people—that among them there was
no instance known of parents putting their infants to death, to
save them from the horrors of protracted starvation—that they
hid no Corn-laws to add to the wealth of the rich, nor no
Poor-lae s to imprison, under the pretence of maintaining, the
poor.—(hear, hear.) Such was the description the House of
Assembly gave t.f its new population, and he would prove that
it was evens, true as regarded the people of that country.
The Right Hon. Gentleman, the Member for the Toner Ham-
lets, had either through ig orance, or apathy to the condinon
of the poorer classes, in a speech which had created the greatest
disgust throughout the metropolis, stated that the poor people
would prefer a dinner of herbs to the stalled ox they would yet
before them. Instead of goitig to Cuba and the Brazils to point
out the wretchedness of the slaves,why had not the Ifielit Hon.
Gentleman gone to llethnal-green among his own constituents ?
—( Hear, hear.) He would refer the House to what occurred
the other day et the Mansion-house, when the Relieving-officer
of the West London Union stated that he was obliged to escape
by a back way to avoid the importunities of the hundreds of
paupers whom famine had rendered almost reckless of life.
Another relieving-officer said that he had given assistance to
6,000 deeitute poor in the course of the year, and that hun-
dreds had come to him actually famishing.—( Hear. ) These
were not eolitary instances. But lie would take them
to the manufacturing districts; whereas in Bethnal-green they
were shown to be without furniture or bedding, all the family
inhabiting one room, and almost starving, in the district
which le had the honour to represent the distress was equally
great, and in Marylebone, close to the seat of splendour and
fashion, the people were starving at their very doers.—(Hear,
hear.) In twenty-six houses in that district there were not
less than 882 inhabitants, arnZ, :n - many instances, individuals
of all ages and sexes slept together in the same room and in the
same bed.—( Hear, hear.) If they went to Birmingham they
would find from the report of the Relieving Committee, that
during the severe weather of last winter, upwards of 40,0(X)
persons were in such a state of destitution that they re-
, eived, with the greatest eagerness and thankfulness,
the pittance of 11,4 d. per head per week.—( Hear, hear.)
To the Relief Committee a communication was addressed by
a Committee of working men, in which they stated that they
could not bring themselves to believe that the Relief Com-
mittee would abruptly leave off its labours, and under the cir-
cumstances which they knew to exist at the present time,
abandon their Christian brethren without giving them the
slightest hope. In a nation which was the wealthiest in the
world, the smallness of the sum collected offered no remedy
at all for the evils endured by them (the working men). He
(Mr. D.) woul I call the attention of the House to the follow-
ing passage in the above communication :—" We remind you
that there is no real difficulty in the case—that each of the
distressed workmen could, if employed, produce five times
more than he would consume." He would next call the notice
of Hon. Members to an extract of a letter from Burton-on-
Trent, which stated that four manufactories in that place,
worked by Messrs. John and Robert Peel, had ceased to work,
and nearly 500 persons were thus thrown out of employment
without the least chance of their being re-engaged. This (con
timed the Hon. Member) surely was a state of thines which
called for some remedy. He had got details of the misery and
distress of the hand-loom weavers of Manchester, with which
lie would not trouble the House, If Hon. Members would read
the Report on the condition of the hand-loom weavers, they
would find cases of individuals living at one penny per (lay. The
condition of the working classes in Loughborough was, if
possible, still worse. A letter from that place mentioned the
case o' a man who had formerly been in good circumstances,
and who, in consequence of his wretched condition, hung him-
self, in despair on the death of his wife. The writer vone:uded
his letter by saying, that he would not recite all the cir-
eurostances which came under his observation which were
enough to make a wise man mad. A letter from
Sutton Ashfield stated that the distress there was daily increas-
ing, arid yet the poor rates were so heavy as to bring the
tradespeople on a level with the opulent. The letter was
signed William Goodacre, the curate of the parish, who was a
gentleman of high Tory principles. In the neighbourho td of
Huddersfield, many of the poor people engaged in weaving
were obliged to travel several miles for the material of the
fabric which they wore, and, after conipleting their work, they
travelled back with it, and yet the. average amount of their
wages was about 4s. 6d. a week. Nothing could be more
miserable than the hovels in which they dwelt ; they were de-
void, not only of every comfort, but of every necessary article
of furniture. He would refer to one letter more, which was
primed and addressed to the Puke of Wellington. It was not
from a Chartist, or one who sought for the Vote by Ballot,
but from a High Church and State man. The letter men-
tioned that not more than six miles from Huddersfield the
pea tantry were in such a state of want that they considered a
cow which had died of dysentery, a great god-tend—or,
as they termed it—a green cale.—( Hear.) The writer of the
same letter went on to say that lie had inquired uf many how
often they had tasted butcher meat, and the universal answer
was, never but when they could get a " green cale." One
landlord who had a cow who died of this complaint, said that
he would net dispose of another to the poor for 501., for they
cut up the flesh before it could get cold, and devoured it al.
most raw. Here were individuals scrambling for carrion to
sustain life, and yet they had heard a Right lion. Gentleman
say that tha poor people of this country would prefer a dinner
of herbs to a stalled ox. Before they called upon the poor of
the country to make such sacrifices, they must make their prac-
tiee accord with principles. When he saw the great officers of
Church and State prepared to sacrifice a portion of their reve-
nue, rather than take it out of the pockets of a starting people
—when he saw the owners of Brazilian mines refusing a por-
tion of the gold raised by the labour of the negro, he would
then believe that this millenium of self-denial had arrived ;
but till then he said they had no right to call upon the labour-
ing classes of the country to refuse and reject one of the chief
necessaries of life, because it happened to come from what they
were pleased to call a poltuted source.—( Hear, hear.) It
was well known that the division for which Honourable
Gentlemen were so anxious would be against her Ma-
jesty's Ministers, but he trusted that they would not
on that account despond. When the Noble Lord the Secretary
for the t olonies gave notice that at a future day he would call
the attention of the House to the duty on corn, and when the
Chancellor of the Exchequer hid his propositions before the
House, he would venture to say that the announcements had
given great satisfaction to the country, yet they were received
with derision in that House. hut the Noble Load must riot
despond. He must remember that at the time when he pro-
posed his measures for Parliamentary Reform—(Cheers)
—he was assailed by the discordant yells and the hor-
rible bowls of the boroughmongere.—( Loud cheers and
laughter.) The people stood by the Government of that day
and they would stand by the present Government.—( Hear. )
And perhaps some of them might live to see another message
sent to Noble Lords in another place on the swamping
principle, which was no doubt remembered by the Right lion.
Member for Pembroke and the Noble. Lord the Member for
Not th Lancashire. requesting them to absent themselves while
a measure was passed that would be beneficial to the interests
of the people. No doubt Hon. Gentlemen opposite flattered
themselves there was a re-action in their favour ; but this had
only been produced by the manner in which they had evaded
the. Reform Bill by that bribery and intimidation which
had made the Reform Bill a dead letter—(Loud cheering)—
until the people had almost forgotten that such a Hill; had ever
passe:!. There was no reaction in the country in favour of
Toryism. There was a ohange in public opinion, but its ope-
ration was against that class legislation that had been pursued
for so many years. The reaction was in the minds of our
countrymen, who had begun to think for themselves, and to
consider things as they were, not as they were inter-
preted by prejudice and superstition. Let them be as-
sured that if they persisted in this course, they would
produce a state of things in which not only would there
be no quiet to the poor, but no safety to the rich. For
these reasons he called upon them to vote against the amend-
ment of the Noble Lord (Sandon). For his own part he had
never given a vote with greater satisfaction than the one he
should give against it, and he should give it, because he thought
the amendment was calculated to keep up the injury theyhed too
long been in the habit of of inflicting on the industrious mil-
lions of this country.—( Cheers. )
Mr. BRISCOE rose, amid much noise and confnslon, and
said he could not give a silent vote on this subject, especially as
it formed part of a new and .nlightened system with regard
to our commercial policy, for the first time submitted to the
House by a united Cabinet.—( Hear. ) He was assured that the
representations which had been made to the House of the dis-
tressed state of those engaged in commerce and manufaiitures
fell short of the reality, and that if the measures proposed by
the honest and liberal advisers of the Crown were not adnpted
the most :daring consequences would ensue.—( Cheers.) As an
independent Member of the House—(Che,-rs, Oh, oh, and
laughter)--he felt bound to declare his belief in the honesty
anst sincerity of the Ministers.—(Renewed unroar. ) If they
bad proposed only the measure for the timber and sugar duties,
they would have received the support of many who now sel-
fishly opposed them on account of the oppressive Corn-laws.--
(Cheers, and oh, oh.) He supported those measures which,
he believed, would insure the happiness of the whole country,
from their Sovereign on the Throne to the humblest indivi-
dual.—( The Hon. Member sat down amidst cheers and, cries
of "Divide.")
Mr. MUNTZ (amidst great interruption and cries of
cc Divide") said that when he heard the Noble Lord, the Secre-
tary for the Colonies, state his intentions, he thought of the
remarkable expression of Talleyrand, " Voila le commence-
meontghtdotafitn:' (Loud cheers and laughter.) He
th u h t
bread to twice he laws which kept up the price
of ' the price in other countries
whilst the price of money was the same, were most unnatural.
—( Hear, hear.) No man was mere convinced than himself
of the importance of reducing the import duties_; but they
'e:sirsthe affairs of the country had
. )However, every one must be
in
ought to go through the whole system at once. But he had
great doubts of the probability of increasing the revenue by
a('re-
ducingerrnivt•iend7t convinced
netdhdautthtaiaetg
s j.ea—(tcit
something decided must be done.—( Hear,
hear.) If the Corn-laws were repealed, the burthens of the
country would be thrown upon the landlords.—(Cheers from
the Opposition.) It was impossible that the country could go
on paying the present amount of debt, and double rental out of
its present means. But he could not see how a tax of tSs. a
quarter on imported corn woted make up the deficiency.
The repeal of the Corn.laws would go to reduce wages.—
(Hear, hear, from the Opposition benches.) He repeated, the"
only way in which a repeal of the Corn-laws could assist the
country was by enabling the manufacturers to obtain work at
lower prices.—(Hear.) He thought, therefore, that there
should be further measures of reform, in order to benefit the
nation at large. There had been lately a quotation in the
Times of an opinion of his to the effect that a repeal of the
Corn-laws would not produce Form Formerly
dalelsitraexdaeiffioenet;ilbuont htheehlas:
haettldemitped(to remove it to the
merely said it would not produce the effect unless accompanied
landlordsaltan once
eede
oi
interest.
were
ep rreesptt
e.orot
by other measures He had been reproached with inconsis-
teney on that subject, but Le saw no inconsistency in the
course he bad taken.
yw itsheanto creopnesaelnti
the
the alteration. Unless they joined to a repeal of the Corn-
laws, a change in the monied system land would pass altogether
bout ing.classes, and
Hear, hear.) He
now
it was
landed interest ; but thhcxehe
existing prctection of That appeared to
him to be the fairer course. He had no object but the public
wouldou t o of
ratherthe Bandsm posewshati
good, and on that account he. had frankly expressed his
opinions.
On the motion of Mr. SHEIL, the adjournment of the':
debate was then agreed to. - , , ;.i .
The other Orders of the Day were then.dlspoetd.4 and the I
I
House adjourned at Half past Twelve &Clock.
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THE NEW MOCK FRIENDS OF THE NEGROES.
Advise the working men of Derby to beware, of Whiggery
and trickery ; I say, beware of To' Roc UE al" !
A REPEAL of the CORN-LAWS is the poor Trail's justice I
Cheap sugar is the poor man's luxury
These monopolising vampires say, cheap bread means low
wages. Ask the rogues if they can tell 3ou of any poor man,
whose wages have been raised with the great advance in the
price of food? In 18.36, in Derby market wheat was sold for
3Gs a quarter, it has since been sold for 80s. !!! Sugar was
then 6d. a pound, it has since. been 10d. I!! Meat was 511. a
pound, it is now Bd. Cheese was then sd. and 6d. a pound,
it is now Bd. and 9d. All other fsiod is dearer in about the
same proportion!!! What were your wages then? ':What are
they now? In 1836, all the mill were at work s What is the
case now? Beware, then, of these mock PATAIOTC,CANTING H H st-
raw s ! To relieve your distresses, they would give you a hu-
mane Factory 111111 Would that increase your employment, i•r
your wages? They would also give you Church Extension for
one sect, at the exi.ense• of all others; they would make every
poor man's house a Sunday lock-up 1 and prevent them from
enjoying railway travelling, or viewing the beauties of crea-
tion ! In supporting the starvation Corn-laws, they make lock
jaws for the poor, .y depriving them of bread! 'iNo! Tell the
hereditary enemies of the poor, the Tories, you want cheaper
bread ! cheaper meat ! cheaper sugar ; and cheaper. coffee ! a
more equal distribution of tnc State taxes, and an entire aboli-
tion of the monopolist's taxes. Tell them you want more work,
and to live by your honest industry ; your motte is, " Justice
to all," " Live., and let live," " Free trade," and the poor
man's rights ! Haste to sign the petition for the-repeal of the
Corn .laws. • ,s

" A PETITION for the REPEAL of the BREAD TAX,
from the Wives and Widows of Derby, Mothers of Familtes,
who are dependent upon their Daily Labour, for their Pally
Bread, now lies here for signature."

THE QUESTION OF QUESTIOiIS!!
WHAT SHOULD WE GAIN BY THE ABOLITION

OF THE CORN-LAWS?
‘‘ It may, perhaps, be asked, What would be the effect of the
abolition of the Corn-laws ?" The answer is—l. It would
reduce the prim of all provisions. 2. It woull increase our
trade with all corn-grossing countries. 3. It would enable
the people to spend more money upon clothing aid other requi-
sites and would thus invigorate the home trade. 4. It wou'd,
consequently, increase the employment of our working po-
pula'ion. 5. It would secure a regular supply of food,
and much lessen the amount of poverty, sickness, mendicity,
crime, and sedition. 6. It would prevent British capital from
being taken out of the country, to the loss of our own labour-
in class, and to the employment of foreigners: 7. It would
enable the labourer to exercise his right of selling his labour,
and buying his food in the open market of the , world. 8. It
would destroy an unnatural, impolitic, and unjuit monopoly in
the property of land, restore it to its natural price, and give to
agriculture its proper station in the country. V. It would re-
lieve farmers, by reducing the pours-rates and county-rates, and
creating steadiness in prices. 10. It would put; a stop to the
sudden drains upsn the currency caused by payipg in gold for
corn in cases of emergency. 11. It would inerelise the capital
and the resources of the country, so as to enable:Ass to bear our
national burdens with a less degree of suffering. 12. It
would possibly interfere fur a time with the luxuries of 30,009
landowners, from whose income the expenditure for food is only
as one shilling from fifty, whereas the expenditure of the work-
ing man is as fifteen from twvntr.

Let no one, whatever be his station in society, imagine
that he is not interested in the repeal of the Corn-laws. The
labouring man, the tradesman, the merchant and shipowner,
the fundholder, the agriculturist and landholder will, upon in-
quiry, find that most of the evils of which they have to coat-
lain may be traced to the pernicious influence of thee unjust

IWS.

" The Corn-law question is not one of party polities :itis to
be hoped, therefore, that prrsons of all classes and of all shades
of political opinions, will join the Association, and assist with
heart and hand in the cause.

" If, however, the Corn-law question be not one of party
politics, it is undoubtedly a religious one. Religion requires
of man to t:o justivc and love mercy. Is it acting justly to the
labouring man to put an exorbitant tax upon his food ? Is it
mercy to make the hungry more hungry—to make the naked
more naked Is it showing justice and mercy to decrease the
demand for labour, thereby tiding the workhouses with paupers,
the streets with misery, and the gaols with criniinals ? '
P. S. For proof, read the examination of the Select Com-
mittee by order of the House of Commons, on the Custwm
Duty.—Price Is.

COURT CIRCULAR.

Her Majesty the Queen Doe arr, attended by the Countess
/3rownlow, visited the Queen yesterday a.t moon.
Viscount Melbourne and Lord John Russell had audiences
yesterday of her Majesty.
The Duchess of Kent visitsd her Majesty and Prince Al-
bert yesterday.
The Royal Dinner Party at Buckingham Palace last. evening,
included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, their Se-
rene Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Leiningen, Lady
Anne Maria Dawson, Baroness Spaeth, Earl of Erroll, Earl of
Surrey, Earl of Uxbridge, Esrl of Morley, Viscount Mel-
bourne, and Lord Robert Grosvenor.
'I he Princess Sophia Matilda and the Prince and Princess
of Leittingen, xisi ed her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent
yesterday at Clarence House, St. James's.
The Duchess of Gloucester visited the Duchess of Cam-
bridge yesterday at Cambridge House, St. James's.
Mr. John Easthope, M.P., Mr. Joseph Hume, M.P.,
with a deputaion consisting of the Rev. Dr. Liefchild, Rev.
Dr. Vaughan, Eev. Mr. 'Mansell, Dr. Thomas Price, %1 it-
ham Greig, Robert Fletcher, Rev. John Burnet, Rev. Thos.
Hinny, and the Rev. Dr. Fletcher, had an interview with
Viscount Melbourne yesterday at his official residence in Down-
Lord Portman and Mr. Muntz, M.P., had interviews
with the Marquis of i‘ormanby yesterday at the Home-office.
Ihe Marquis of Northampton and Sir Charles Lemon had
an interview with Viscount Melbourne yesterday.
Despatches from the Gov, rnor of Cibraltar were le:eived
yesterday at the Colonial-office.
Cigna n Rowland Mainwating, R. N. , had an interview yes-
terday with Viscount Melbourne.
'I he Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat'yesterday,
and resumed the hearing of the appeal, " Sir Matthew Wood
and others v. Goodlake and another," from the Prerogative
Court. The Lords present were Lord Lyndhurst, the Ma=ter
of the Rolls, the Vice Chancellor, Mr. Baron Parke, and Sir
J. Littledale.

CORN LAWS. •
To the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland in Parliament as'sembled. The
Humble Petition of the undersigned Framework Knitters
Sheweth—That your petitioners deeply feel the baneful
effects of the Corn and Provision Laws, and •suffer the most
severe privations from their operation. In the rani 1835 and
1836, when the prices of provisions were low, your petitioners
had full employment and remunerative wages ; but as the price
of provisions advanced the•trafle or your petitioners decayed,
and at the present time many are only partially employed, and
others are entirely out of work.

Your petitioners believe that this disastrous. state of trade
is principally owing to the unnatural lows which preys nt th
exchange of manufactured goods of this kingdom, for the so-
' perabundant produce of other countries ; and'unless these un-
just and oppressive laws are repealed, and an extended con;
gumption of British manufactures be secured, the condition of
your petitioners will soon be one of hopeless and deplorable
destitution. And your petitioners beg to urge upon the con-
sideration of your Honourable House the important tact, that
a curtailment of the foreign trade must necessarily throw out
of employ a number of artizans, and thus reduce the con-
sumptioh of food and manufactured goods in the home market.
Your petitioners claim not for themselves any' advantage,. they
would not most cheerfully accord to others, but, they seek cnly
in the land of their birth, the just and natural right, to peace-
fully pursue their useful and lawful trade, and to exchange the
results of their toil in the most advantageous markets ; and
your petitiouers humbly submit, that any interference with this
first right of nature by human laws, is impolitic, cruel, and in-
human ; the injustice of such inferference is increased by the
provision of the altered Poor-law, which compels your petitioners
to depend upon their own exertions, while the Corn and Pro-
vision-laws prevent them from exchanging their labour in the
general markets of the world, and thus greatly diminishes their
means ofemployment.

The Court rose-at four o'clock.
The Queen gave a concert last evening at Buckingham
[lalace.

he grand saloon was fitted up as a music room for the con-
cert, and the picture gallery and yellow drawing..room were
oleo opened.
The company began to arrive at half list nine o'clock,
and were conducted into the picture gallery.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam-
bridge and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, attended by
Lady Augusta Somerset, Baron Knesebeck, and Major Ste-
phens, arrived at the Palace soon alter ten o'clock, and were
received by the Hon. Miss Murray, and the Hon. Miss Lister,
Maids of Honour in Waiting, Colonel Wemyss, Equerry in
Waiting, and Colonel Wylde, Equerry to Prince Albert.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, preceded by the Lord
Chamberlain and the Lord Steward, entered the saloon soon
afterwards, accompanied by the Duchess of Kent, the Duke
and Duchess of Cambridge' the Princess Augusta of Cam
bridge, and the Prince and ?rincess of Leiningen. The con,
cert then commenced.
The following was the Programme of the Concert :
PARTE PRIMA.
Quart,etto, "Pieta di noi," Mad.„me Persiani,
Signori Rubini, Tamburini e Lablache (l'Ar-
bore di Diana) Martini
Duo, " Per to rinnnzio al Soglio," Madame
Grisi, e Signor Mario, (Fausta)
Duo, " Far calzette," Madame Viardot e Signor
Lablache, (Sciocca per Astuzia)
Air, " Addio nembi,". Signori Rubini, (Gianni
du Calais)
Donizetti
Trio, " Murena it genitor," Madame Persiani,
Signori Mario e Tamburini, (L'Esule di Roma) Donisetti
Air, " Io talor piu nol rammento,"Madame Grisi,
( Sangia di Castiglia)
Notturno," Notte the attristi e piaci," Mesdmes
Persiani e Viardot, Signori Rubini e Lablache Costa
PARTE SECONDA.
Trio, " Sol tu, gran Dio," Madame Viardot, Sig-
norMi Bubini e Lablache (La Creation)
Air, " Non mi air," Madame Persiani ( Don Juan) Mozart
Duo, " Parlar spiegar," Signorini Rubini e
Tamburini (Mose) Rossini
Air, " Non, je ne veux pas chanter," Madame
Viardot (Le Billet de Lotterie) Nicoli
Duo, " Si ftN;gire,,, Mesdames Grisi e Persiani
(Capuletti e Montecchi)
Romanza, "La deuce Paix," Signor Mario
(L'Altente)
Quintetto, " Sento oh Dio," Mesdames Grisi e
Viardot, Signori Rubini, Tamburini, e La-
blache (Cosi fan tutte)
Signor M. Costa presided at the piano-forte.
The following had the honour of i eeeiving invitations :
The Austrian Ambassador, Prince Nicholas Esterhazy; Baron
de Nieumann, Count Valentine Esterhazy ; the Turkish Am-
haisador, and Fuad Effendi, Chief Secretary ; the Prussian
Minister; the Swedish Minister and Countess Bjornstjerna;
the Bavarian Minister and Baroness de Cetto ; the Sardinian
Minister ; the Portuguese Minister; the Russian Minister and
Baroness Brunow, and Count ar.d Countess Chreptowitch ;
the Hanoverian Minister; the Saxon Minister; Baron de
Itourqueney, French Charge d'Affaires ; M. Charles Drouet,
,Belgian Charge d'Affaires, and Messrs. Theophilus and Vic-
tor Van de Woestyne; the Archbishop of York; the Lord
Chancellor; Lord Poltimore, Lord in Waiting; Lady Anne
Maria Dawson, Lady in Waiting on the Ducbess of Kent;
the Speaker • Major Stephens andßaron Knesebeck, attend-
ing on the Puke of Cambridge ; Count D'Aglie,
M. D'Aglie,
and the following
Duxes—Buccleuch, Rutland, Norfolk, Wellington, North-
umberland, Beaufort, Bedford, Hamilton, Devonshire, Somerset.
Due n itsses--,lnverness, Buccleuch, Somerset, Northumber-
land, Hamilton, Bedford, Beauford.
MA RQuissEs —Headfort, Northampton, Camden, Clanri-
carde, Douro, Westminster, Lands.doene, Tavistock, Ades-
bury, Anglesey, Conyngharn, Normanby.
MARCHIONESSES—Westminster, Lansdowne, Douro, Noe_
manbv, Ailesbury, Camden, Clanricarde..
Liverpool,p e
Gray
EARLs—Belfast, Charlemout, Charley Cawdor, Morley,
Cla-
rendon, Fitzwilliam,
Bathurst, Beauchamp, Cowper,H we, lEI crhreosltl r
L,oGrraeny:
towel, Minto, Sheffield, Stanhope, Zetland, Sandwich, Roden,
Surrey, Somers, Tankerville, 'Uxbridge, Albemarle, Mount
Edgecorabe.
, Surrey, Tankerville'
Coeirressas-:-Charlement, Charlevil!e, Dowager Cliches
ter._ Belfast, :Emil... De Grey; Minte, Clarendon, Luca!:
Uxbridge, Mount Edgecombe, Cowper
Listowel, Roden. Somers, Beauchamp, Stanhope, Cawdor,
Grey, Sandwich, Sheffield, Zetland, Albemarle.

Your petiiioners do therefore most earnestly pray, that you
will give tbese grievances an early consideration, and repeal and
abolish the Corn and Provision-laws, and make suoh reductions
in the differential duties upon Colonial produce as will destroy.
all monopolies therein.
And your petitioners will ever pray.

The following petition for a reduction and revision of the
duties upon sugar, coffee, &c., and for a
REPEAL OF THE BREAD TAX,
Is now offered for signature to the friends of free trade, and the
best interests of the Feor:

To the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled.
The petition of the undersigned Inhabitants of the county
of Derby,
Humbly showeth,—That your petitioners, have witnessed
with the deepest sorrow, the sufferings and privations of the
working classes, arising from the decay of trad-, low wages,
want of work, and the dearness of food; and they firmly be-
lieve that this distressing state of the industrious classes is
mainly owing to the unjust laws which prevent or restrain the
exchange of our manufactures for the corn and provision of
other countries ! And unless these laws are repealed, your
petitioners believe that the decay of trade u ill further progress
until a great portion of the labouring classes and artisans will
become a burthen upon the land ; therefore, your petitioners
earnestly implore you Honourable House to reduce and revise
the duties upon foreign proJuce, and to repeal all laws that pre-
vent or restrain the free impartation of foreign corn and other
articles of human food.

Donizetti

And your petitioners will ever pray, &c.

ARRIVAL OF A DISTINGUISHED FOREIGNER.

—Much amusement was created yesterday among the fre-
quenters of the London-docks by the landing from on board the
Malcolm, Capt. Sims, of an unusually fine ourang-outan, just
arrived from Singapore. It is the largest specimen that has
been seen in this country since the celebrated '° Jacko,"brought
by Dr. Abel. He appears to be in the highest possible health
and condition, and, being a male, is additionally valuable, ex-
amples of "the lords of the creation" being much scarcer than
those of " the gentler sex." He was at length got into a cab,
and driven off to the Surrey Zoological Gardens, for which es •
tablishment he has been imported.
LIFE OF HENRY GRATTAN.—The third
volume of Mr. Grattan's "Life and Times " of his illus-
trious father comes most opportunely, at the present
moment, when the very existence of 'Government_._
whether the Government in esse or in posse—hinges upon
Irish affairs. It contains matter more pregnant with
political importance, as well as personal interest than
either of the two preceding volumes, especially in the
original letters from the most distinguished men of their
day which are now for the first time made public,; some
of these throw an entirely new light on important points
in English as well as Irish history: the admirable ones,
for instance, of Mr. Fox, to the Lord-Lieutenant those
of Lord Northington in reply ; those of General Bur-
goyne to Mr. Fox, &c. The " characters," too, of some
of his most distinguished contemporaries, by Henry
Grattan himself, are are least equal in political and per-
sonal interest to those from the pen of Lord Brougham,
which lately excited such attention. This volume evinces
great care and research in the author, and contains pas-
sages (especially those describing the public characters
of the day) of strong and sterling eloquence.
STATE OF TRADE,The cotton spinning and
weaving manufacturesof Oldham continue to be extremely de-
pressed, owing to the unsatisfactory state of the commercial re-
lations of the nation, and to the languid demand for twist. The
short time system is fast becoming prevalent, fr.r the machinery
of a number of cotton rr i Is in the town of Oldham is in opera-
' 'tion only lour days per week. The master-cotton spinners of
;this neighbourhood feel fully assured that if the Corn-laws were
abolishsd, or materially modified, the cotton trade would re-
Aleite•avoriderfnl impetus; as r
p oduce- of the fields 'of'j
foreign region might be profitably exchanged fe: su- menu-
pcturedgoods•—/Mtm Free PresB.

•
TIIE MOVEMENT IN DERBY. f COMMODORE NAPIER FOR
• MiIiYLEBONE.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. • ' CORN-LAW REPEAL AND COMMERCIAL REFORM.
Sin,—l have great pleasure in informing you, that the La-t even', g a meeting of the electors of the Borough of
good, people of Derby are nobly exerting fl:etneehee to liarylelsone (members cf the Borough of Marylebone Re•
get free from the fizniine-mongersand the monopoly hypo- form-and Registration Association) tea place at Lawson's
crites. The Town-Council on Wednesdays adopted a Assembly Hoems, Gower-street, New-road, far the purpose of
petition for a repeal of the Corn-laws, and a'reduction • considering the address of Commodore Sir Charles Napier, and
and revision of the Import Duties. Seven.thomianci of the propriety of supporting him as a candidate at the ensuing
the inhabitants have also signed a petition, ,Otic...h.is election.
on st thosSea' 'resesni.'l,ere
nearly 3,000 additional signatures since last year.. Ire- -a,..n.10hn Big E q President,e olccuTiiredDteheLacchaiEr,vaannsd
joke to say that Whigs, Tories, Radicals, and Chartists
.M. P. gJ. Moorel, Esq , arnl W. Tetireaobold, Esq. he baths
are `amongst the petitioners. No monopoiie-t, whatever tens ), Professor Kex, ..Joseph Ivimey, Esq., George Ho
Major
be his political creed, would have the !lightest ton, Esq. (churchwarden of St. Pancras), Dr. Taylor, Major
chance in Derby the enthusiasm of the people its nearly.' Revell, tee., &c. ' A -
equal to the passing of the " Reform 'Er wives The CHAIRMAN observed that he met the electors of the
and widows who are mothers of families, dependint upon borough upon this occasion with peculiar satisfaction, as the
their daily labour for their daily bread, hao also joined time had now arrived when they were called upon to discuss
,the merits of a second Reform candidate.—(Cheet4.) The
their prayers fur justice. If the people stret:nols united,
gentleman to whom he alluded was not altogether unknown to
nothing, short of justice will satisfy a long-staerrng and
thern—( Hear, hear)—and who had declared his intention of
insulted people.
offerine himself as-a candidate for the suffrages of the electors
May 17, 1841. A FREE TRADER. • through themediurre of the public Pr ,ss He had no doubt
• [The following are some of the bills, &e,' pc steel and but that most present had seen that sir .iel;iforward arid honest
circulated in Derby and the surrounding dinrict. They declaration of opinioos, but in order tha. th; re might be no
are well suited to the great object in vie*, teed may mistake about the matter, he would mention thrt it wns an ad.
forin very excellent models for other places woo have dress from the Gallant Commodore Sir Charles Napier.
not yet stirred in the sacred rouse of justice- awl' the na- (Loud and long content/ea cheering.) The !knout-o,le Chair-
tionel welfare against monopolists, bigotry,`-and'oppres- man here proceeded to read the advertisement, commenting as
sion.—Ed. Sun.] • - he went on upon the various topics contained irs it, and which
• " LIVE AND LET LIVE! 1 eli. itch the most marked demonstrations of approbation. He
" JUSTICE TO •ALL ! cut-luded by recommending the Gallant Commodore, not only
" Lot the Landowners enjoy the just rental of their estates to the meeting, but to the electors generally.—(Load cheers.)
but why should they TAX the poor man's BREAD ? l.et
Mr. HOUGHTON, in moving the fist resolution to the effect
hat the Association have received with much satisfaction
the Fatmers enjoy the profits of their capital and industry,
Let the Labourer live by l is exertions and toil, and the Arti-
the announcement of the intention of Commodore Sir Charles
'
zan by his trade. Let every humane msn, who 'ipprot ca these Nap'er' K.C.8., to offer himself as a candidate for the Bo-
a Itth.eer,
reukth in Parliament, at the next election," observed that the
just and Christian maxims, sign a Petition for
the CORN-LAWS England eipects every man will do
Reformers of the borough had much to cougranilate them-
his duty.'" sterns upon, in having in the person of Si: Char:es Nasier, one
who eat not only present in fighting the battles of this coun-
try successfully, but who was also the most likely to light the
battle against Toryi m as successfully.—( Cheers.) It must
be a satisfaction and a pride to Englishmen to have for a repre-
sentative a 13ritish sailor—(Cheers)—a good man—( Renewed
applause)—and a true Reformer.—( Tremendous cheering.)
It was not often that such rare qualities were united in one
man ; and therefore he felt that eulogy from him was needless,
and with these few observations, he would eentent himself by
moving the resolution.--:( Cheers. )
Dr. TAYLOR. seconded the resolutioa.—(Cheers.)
Major POWELL, in supporting the resolution, observed, that
the present was the most important crisis that had ever taken
piece, It was.even greater than • the Reform agi*icses inas-
much as the course which the Government had adopted, with
reference to the Core-laws and commercial reform, was the
first-fruits of 'the Reform Bill.—(Cheers.) The people of
England had long lived under the guidance of an aristocracy,
who cared nothing for the people so long as they could maiu-
fain their monopoly.—( Hear, hear.) They had got all the
monopolies into their bands, and unless the people supported
the Ministry in their endeavours to dest:oy it, they deserved
to be the slaves of the aristocracy for ever.-- Cheers.) Lord
John Russell had sought out the means, and had had the bold •
nest; to declare that he could make up the deficiency cf two
millions and a half of revenue without increasing the taxation
on the people; and the Tories opposed Lim upon the plea that
it would perpetuate slavery, but their real ground of opposition
was that it would destroy their monopoly, and affect their own
pockets.--(Cheers.) The Gallant Major concluded by eulo-
gling Commodore Napier, and expressing a hoile that the
electors would support hint and Sir 13. Hall, and by that means
support her Majesty's Ministers.—(Cheers.)
Arr. KENSETT lace rose, and at some length, and amidst the
greatest confusion, endeavoured to exe;te the sympathies of the
meeting in favour of Mr. G. A. Young.
General Evans aid, as an elector of the borough, and a
member of the Association, he had felt it his duty to attend
that evening, in order to give his gallant friend, Commodore
Napier, •a character of thirty years standing.—(Cheers. 1 He
believed him to be a man who would serve them honestly and
faithlally, and he believed he was the man above all others
who would unite all classes of Reformers of that bore ugh in
his favour. He was sorry to hear a man like Mr. Kensett
advocating the cause of Mr. Young, who had had the sense
of the borough towards him fully demonstrated.—(Cheers.)
That gentleman had made an unfortunate adm,ssion " that
Mr. Young could not succeed ;" then, he would ask, how
could true Reformers support him ?—(Ch .err). Let them
unite in support of those men who were most liked, which was
the only way to present them from being represented by a
Tory.—(Cheers, "We will".) The gallant General here went
into a lengthened and able exposition of the Government mea-
sures now before the House, and concluded by reading the fol-
lowing extracts from a letter sent him by the 'eallant Com-
modore, seven years ago, which, he contended, fully
proved him a Reformer of the first and most genuine
class. The letter • was dated Dec ember 15th, 18.31, and em-
braced the following :—" I am a decided repealer of abuses in
Church and State.—(Cheers.) No non-residents.—(-Tear,
hear.) The wooking clergy to be better paid —( Cheers.)
No sinecures in the army or navy.—, Great applause.) Shorter
Parliaments, three or four years—(Hear)—and something in-
clined be vote by ballot.—( Cheers. )—A property tax instead
of assessed taxes.—(Applause.) Don't like the malt tax—
( Loud laughter and cheers) —and an en. my to impressment.
(Loud cheers. e" These, he believed, were sufficient to recora-
merd his Gal'ant Friend as a Reformer.—( Cheers.) The
Gallant General concluded amidst great applause.
The resolution was, on being pat, adopted unanimously
amidst the most tleafen;ng plaudits, and Fevcral other gentle-
men hating addressed the meeting, a resolution was pased, in-
viting the Gallant Commodore to attend a public meeting of
the electors on Tuesday next.
A vote of thanks was then given to the Chairman, who, in
returning thanks, observed that, through the exertions of Mr.
Allen, their invaluable secretary, they were prepared for an
election at a moment's notice.—( Cheers.) Three cheers were
then given for Sir B. Hall and Commodore Napier; and the
meeting hi eke up.