The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-16 00:00:00

MANCHESTER- TUESDAY EVENING.

The result of the St. Leger is really a stop-glp to all
business: The offers are so few that v. c must decline
giving any quotations. Bee's "Wing is all the rage for
the Cup.

CORN-LAWS.
A general meeting of the members of the Metropolitan
Anti-Corn-laiv Association took place yesterday at the
rooms of the Association, 448, Strand, for the purpose
of considerinc.•' the propriety of an address to the Queen,
Praying her Majesty not to prorogue the Parliament
until it had taken into consideration the Corn and Pro-
vision-laws, with a view to their total and immediate
repeal. •

At three o'clock the Chair was taken by Mr. PLACE,
who stated that the ,meeting had been called at a very
short notice. The Secretary would read to them an ad-
dress, which had been proposed to the Queen, and a se-
ties of resolutions, which would be after: arils moved and
seconded seriatim,
Mr.S the Secretary, then read the re-
solutions; * follow with a copy of the address founded
thereowl. -
T4,l:ili4.ineeting has watched with great alarm and
anxietY4e*counts from the manufacturing and other
districts,Act
idistress_natNa4A-! exhibit a rapid increase .of commercial
eMployment, and all the evils conse-
quent thyaont,,,aggravated by 2. na t, conseguenee of a very high price of food.
the apprehended deficiency
a the pres€ 44 Par ves the countrVis tiL•eady threatened
with a derangemeiit of its currency and monetary
affairs, from the necessity of importing corn under the
ruinous
pries of the present law.
3. Ta-t this meeting is apprehensive that great danger
will arise should the consideration of the Corn-laws, re-
emaltnended by the Queen to both Houses of Parlia-
ment,
be postponed ; and it therefore feels it to be an
imperative duty to petition her Majesty not to prorogue
Parliamout until it shall have given full effect to her Ma-
jesty's gracious recommendation, and that for this pur-
Pose the following petition be adopted :
T 0 THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MA-

.TESTY.
The humble memorial of the Undersigned persons.
who are members of the " Metropolitan Anti-Corn-
law Association,"
Humbly showeth--That your Majesty's people are suf-
fering from a long and protracted state of commercial
and financial embarrassment, unprecedented in extent.
aid duration. That consequent thereon the great masses
of your Majesty's most industrious people are exposed
to distress and suffering from a want of employment,
aggravated by dearth.and high pricen of fie in a man-
lier unknown in modern times ; and, which your Ma-
jeatY'S memorialists deeply lament, are producing, a
frightful increase of disaffection, crime, pauperism, dis-
ease, liko untimely death, amongst this important per.
tion or'your Majesty's people.
'That it has long been the opinion of a large and en-
lightened portion of your Majesty's subjects that the em-
barrar;stuent and distress are to be attributed to the ef-
ect of these laws, which. restrict the supply of food,-
which prohibit a free exchange of the industry of the
peoPlO.of this country with that of others, and which
impose kdireet taxes, pressing severely on the commu-
nity. for the purpose of protecting particular interests
'without reference to the public revenue.
That it was in vain that your Majesty's people ap-
Ptoaehed the late House of Commons by petitions signed
by upwards of a million and a half of your Majesty's
People, ,a nu:nber unpre.2edentcd on any other occasion,
'earnestly praying for an inquiry into the ell cts and ope-
ration of these laws with a view to their alteration or
repeal.
_ _ _

That your Majesty's people have been severely disap
Painted at the determined refusal of the late House o
Commons to attend to the prayer of these petitions ; but
they have derived peat consolation from the marked
anxiety of your Majesty fur their interests at the open-
ing of the present Parliament when your Majesty was
graciously pleased to claim it attention to " the laws
which regulate the trade in Corn," "to determine whe-
ther these laws do not aggravate the natural fluctuations
of supply ; whether they do not embarass trade, derange
the currency, diminish the comforts; and increase the
privation of the great body of the community."
That in reply to this gracious mediation of' your Ma-
jesty in behalf of suffering industry, your Majesty's me-
morialists feel some satisfaction that the Parliament has
at length acknowledged " that (!ey are deeply sensible
of the importance of those considerations to which your"
Majesty has been graciously pleased to direct their at-
tention, in reference to the commerce and revenue of the
country and to the laws which regulate the trade in
corn."
That all parties have, therefore, at length acknow-
ledged the importance of considering these laws, and
their effects upon the great interests of the community.
That the intense sufferings of the people will be
greatly aggravated by a continued uncertainty of the
settlement of these great questions, and by the natural
inclemency of the approaching season ; that it is, there-
fore, of the utmost consequence that four Majesty's
gracious reCommenation to Parliament should receive
its serious attention w;.thout any delay, not only in order
the sooner to apply legislative measures to alleviate the
distress, but that your Majesty's suffering people may
derive consolation and hope amidst their severe depri-
vations, from the knowledge that their wants are en-
gaging the seriphs attention of the Legislature, for the
purpose Of their alleviation.
Your Majesty'S memorialists therefore most earnestly
and respectfully pray that your Majesty. will take mea-
sures to cOnthiue the deliberations of Parliament without
intermision, until these laws shall be so settled as to se-
Cu iQ to your people the most plentiful supply of food at
the cheapest rate, and thus to conduce to the general
interest of the whole community.
In conclusion, your Majesty's memorialists beg re-
spectfally to assure your Majesty of the stedfast
loyally, and affection which your Majesty has secured by
thus evincing to your people that your Majesty is ever
mindful of their true interests, and ready to extend your
most gracious sympathy to the unfortunate and suffering
portion of your people. -And your Majesty's memo-
rialists most solemnly pray, that the great Ruler of the
universe will long protect your Majesty in health and
prosperity, that your Majesty may continue your most
gracious benefits to your loyal subjects.
BOWEING moved the Ist resolution. He felt he
could do so without impropriety, as he had been sent to
Parliament in order to shew that a reaction had taken
place in the public Mind on the subject of a repeal of the
Corn-laws. In the district with which he had the honor
to he connected he believed there was- more distress
than in almost any other part of the country, and he had
made some statements in Parliament connected there-
with, which he believed had had an effect even upon the
Conservatives. Sir Robert Peel had declared that, if it
were really true that men had actually died at their
looms, some inquiry should take place, and a Committee
had. been appointed to inquire into the facts he (Dr.
liuwring) had laid before the House and the public.
They were, however, aware that that inquiry would
lead to no important result, and no interference of
the Poor-law Cummissioners, who had been appointed to
conduct the inquiry, would provide a remedy • for these
distresses, unless theCern-laws were repealed, and their
Commercial code thoroughly. revised. —(Hear, hear.) It
was lamentable to think that the various statistical
facts that had been laid before the public by political
economists, artisans, sufferers, and those who sympa-
thised With the Sufferers? had produced SO little effect;
but at last the 'eloquence of intolerable distress was
coming into the field, and he could not but believe that
it would at length make itself heard. In the district with
which he was connected the diAress was daily increasing,
When lie was there, a great many were employed only
four days in the week ; and he had since heard that they
had been reduced to two days, while multitudes were al-
together unemployed. If any one looked at the situation
of the country—its rapid advance in moral and intellec-
tual greatness—its enormous increase of capital—its
wondrous expanse of mind—its increased means of com-
munication—while there existed so grew: a mass of suf-
fering and distress in the country that the public peace
Was menaced—tbr he was persuaded that unless some
alleviation was found for that mass of misery no one
couldt answer fur the continuance of the public tranquil-
-4 V—if any one looked at all these things, they must be
4"rprised and dismayed at the apathy exhibited by the
~ 'tovernment. lie could' not contemplate-the future with-
_ Ott:anxiety and alarm. The object of the present meet-
ing ‘‘;a to call on Parliament, ,when menus were found
fur relieving' the sufferings of the community, nut to sepa-
rate without inviry into them. The resolution which
beheld in his nand embodied these sentiments.-Dr.
Iln wring lore read the resolution.]-It was clear that
they must auwzient elip public happiness, or the public.
misery would'augnient itself, The people would be flung
back in hopelessness and despondency, and the conse-
quences, could not be anticipated without the greatest
alartu.._(llear, hear.)
Mr. CLARKE had , much pleasure in seconding the
tcaolution. The people of the district with which he
tars connected had been taught that the Corn-laws were
based on the grossest injustice and ioliumanity, and
they were indebted for their information on the subject
in the Anti-Corn-law Association.—(Loud cheers.)
The resolution was then put and carried unanimously:
Mr. PETER TAYLOR moved the second resolution.
Ile Would ask the meeting. what %Vita their present posi-
tion ? They had a Alinistry turned out tin, proposing
repeal of the Corn-laws and upholding the principles
of free trade, and they had a Ministry brought into
it'Pwer who were determined to oppose every modifica-
,''n of the Corn-laws, and every e.pproach to free trade.
lie believed, whatever might be said of Wr.ligors having
lost the confidence of the country by their generaf
cou:inet, no one would deny that the real
cause 4. *heir being turned out of aeq WAS
"cause the (1- -gassed measures which would lead
t'') a repeal of ia
the Corn
ia
hie
rcial tariff of the country.: .a. that account that
Intdwaansaolit.eration in the eons
aristo-
le landed aristocracy,
who governed the wn
1,.4'e3' of the country, had ejected them from office, I.
"'ing well-known Tatdthey never would consent to such
measures.the present
was said that they should have hopes that
„'", Preset Ministry
e i‘i'a.so-
ald do sornethint.7 for them, but
to be drawn from the circum-
-B'4nee of all those o to the Corn-laws being in-
eluded in the new Administrationieali he knew of no ground
00 Which to form such opinion, and that would be
proceeding upon the rule' ofl contraries. For instance,they
ad the Duke of Buckingham, the great champion of the
Corn-law. the Sltel cnder" ;
Ward Rn who had been termed the bigot Of the
°lll-law ; ; and they had as President of the'Board of