The Sun.
London, England, 1841-05-24 00:00:00

DINNER TO THE HON. C. LANGDALE,
M.P.---We spoke last week of the probability that before
this day arrangements would be made for commencing a
subscription in order to secure the return of Mr. Lang-
dale to Parliament at the approaching general election.
In the course of the bye-gone week, we understand that a
Committee for that purpose has been formed, and has
commenced its labours ; but as their preliminary ar-
rangements are not yet completed, we defer any more
detailed mention of their probable proceedings till next
Saturday. We may just mention, however, that the most
encouraging assurances of aid have been received from
every quarter to which application has been
made ; and even at this early stage of the business,
there are funds in hand, in the shape both of cash
and promises. In the mean time, our readers may
have seen from advertisements in the daily papers
that the rumour of Mr. Langdale's probable retirement
from public life has led to a general move among the
Catholic nobility,. clergy and laity, now, in London, who
are anxious, apart from the prospect of any future ser-
vices to the good cause, to testify their sincere respect
and gratitude to Mr. Langdale for his unwearied exer-
tions, in times past, by inviting him to a public dinner,
which is to take place at the Freemason's Tavern on
Thursday next, Lord Camoys in the chair. flow well
Mr. Langdale deserves this mark of respect and confi-
dence we need not now say, and we only allude to the
subject for the purpose of expressing our hope that the
attendance.will be as large as possible ; and of urging
as many Of our readers, both in town and country, as
can conveniently be present, to attend on this occasion.
A demonstration of this kind loses half
.its value if it
does not appear to be general and spontaneous. And
Mr. Langdale deserves it of us, that whatever is done in
his honour should be done with as much spirit and libet
rality as possible.—Tablet.

MR. CULLEN THE COMEDIA N.—lt may
be recollected that in the early part of the year, Mr.
Cullen, who, has been for several years known on the
boards of the Surrey and other theatres, was convicted
at the Central Criminal Court of the offence of bigamy.
Mr. Cullen had shortly before appeared in that Court as
the prosecutor of a ruffian, who maltreated him in the
public- street, and placed his life in considerable jeopardy,
and the offender was sentenced to fifteen years' trans-
pOrtation. At the time of the trial of Mr. Cullen, it
was alleged that he had not entirely recovered from
the contusions he had received, and that his health was
in a delicate state. The Court, therefore, in sentencing
him to months' imprisonment in the House of Cor-
rection for. the County of Surrey, did not add the ad-
junct of hard labour. Since. Mr. Cullen has been de-
prived of his liberty, his health has been on the con-
stant decline.; hence- his• friends, have memorialized .the..
Secretary of State to liberate him from custody forthwith,
by remitting the remaining term of the period for which
he was sentenced.

ROYAL NAVAL SERVICE OF ENGLAND.—
Just published, an Historical and Statistical Epitome of
the Service, by E. Miles, with the assistance of Lieu-
tenant Lawford Miles, R.N. Embellished with eight
highly-fininished, coloured, engraved views of
,shipping,.
by W. Knell, besides - fourtren- coloured ilhistrations of
the flags, pendants, and ensigns, as worn by her Ma-
jesty's ships and vessels in commission. Royal Bvo.,
handsomely bound, price 18s. Opinions of the Press:--
"It is, indeed, an extremely well-designed and well-
digested synopsis that.so much infor-
mation should be contained in less than 300 pages, by no
means crowded."—Naval and _Military Gazette, May 1.
" Whether to the official or the,civilian this beautiful
volume must prove an acceptable work of reference or
enlightenment. Both author and publisher deserve well
of their country for this very appropriate work, which
merits every commendation both for its matter and man-
ner."—Conservative Journal, May 15. " Whether we
view it as a laborious statistical work intended for the •
nautical profession, or a curious and interesting history
of the navy of Great Britain, adapted to the taste of the
general reader, it is equally worthy of our commendation.
The personnel of- the navy, and the line of promotion to
flag rank, hitherto but imperfectly understood, are hero
fAuelyceremxapnlain
96, Strand. Times, May 9. London :

•
MRS. MABERLY9S "LOVE MATCtl."—This
pleasant, piquant picture of real life, as it exists in our
own immediate day among the class in which its beauti-
ful and accomplished writer moves; is daily extending
its popularity, and the reading world are beginning to
'connect real characters with some of its leading perso-
nfr S. Gerald de Grey, the heartless, but consummate
ape
man of the world, his female pendant the Lady Julia
Manners, and the card-playing Dowager Lady Mar-
wood, to whom a rubber at guinea whist is " the beauteous
and sublime of .human life," have already found proto-
types in the fashionable circles. There can be littlo
doubt, too, that the melancholy story of the heroine,
Florence Brandon, is as true in its general features as it
is pathetic in its effects on the reader ; it is one of those
sad romances of real life which are true as they are
strange, 'and which nothing but the artificial state of . ex-
isting society in the upper classes can either produce or
explain.
THE HON. MRS. DAMER'S TRAVELS IN
TIIE HOLY LAND.—We are requested to state that Mr.
Colburn, of Great Marlborough-street, has, this day,
published the Hon. Mrs. Damcr's Diary of ier Tour in
Greece; Turke, m
, Egypt, and the Holy Land, in 9 vols.,
small Evo., witii nuerous illustrations, which can now
be had of all booksellers. Mr. Colburn has also, this day,
published, "The Trustee," a novel, by, in 3 vol.;8 and
" The Life and Literary, Remains of L. E.the author of the
Tragedy of " The .I?rovoit of Bruges,'
prising a new tragedy, and upwards of a hundred pieces
in verse and prose, hitherto unpublished; edited by La-
man Blanchard, Esq., 2 vols., small Bvo., with fine por-
trait of L. E. L., from a drawing by Maclise.
A. correspondent "informs as that at the annual
dinner.6f her Majesty's tradesmen, which took place on
Friday at the Freemasons Tavern, the gentleman who
filled the chair, being a Tory, and actuated, by all the
petty virulence which at present prompts the party indivi-
dually and collectively, talked largely about the propriety of
omitting from the list of toasts the health of her Majesty's
Ministers. It was a false move, as the functionary found,
to his manifest mortification. The proposal was scouted
with indignation by a majority of more than two to
one:—.Erening papa.

SALFORD BOROUGH MEETING.

The inhabitants of the borough met on Friday, in the
Salford Town-hall. The room was nearly full at the
commencement of the proceedings ; and, upon the plat-
form, we observed nearly every gentleman of Liberal
opinions in the borough, with several Conservatives, in-
cluding Mr. H. Hook, Mr. R. Gardner, &c.
The Boroughreeve, G. IL HALL, Esq., was called to
the 'chair.

The CHAIRMAN, after stating that the meeting was
convened in consequence of a very numerous and respect-
ably signed requisition of gentlemen of all political par-
ties, which he read, said, he hoped this would not be
considered a party question.—(Hear, hear.), He had
witnessed in foreign countries the alarming strides they
were making in manufactures, purely because, they had
advantages which we do not possess.—(Applause.)
Mr. H. HOOLE, in rising to move the first resolution,
said he had done so under the two assurances from the
Chairman—that this should not be made a party ques-
tion, and that he should not be taken into custody.—
(Laughter.) He had to deal with a question of fact, not
of opinion. Was it not an alarming fact,- that the trade
of this district continued in a state of distress unparal-
leled in the memory of living man ?. It was, however,
very difficult to make them believe this fact in London ;
that there was here a vast population in want of the
common necessaries of life. It was, therefore, necessary
for us to meet, and state our views as to the course to be
taken in this crisis. We had been in this state for the
last four years ; he had foreseen, from being largely en-
, gaged in foreign transactions, that we must inevitably
arrive at point when we could no longer profitably em-
ploy our population.—(Hear.) The time had arrived.
After the passing of the Reform Bill, a measure which
he had hailed, one of .the first subjects which ought to
have engaged the attention of the Reformed Parliament,
was commercial reform—(Hear)—and the postponement
of this to party disputes was an act of most .egregious
folly. If the Reform Bill did not repeal the Corn-laws,
if it failed in its object, and if the Reformed Parliament
did not repeal the Corn-laws, we might as well not have
had reform.—(Applause.) It was a new idea he de-
rived from a speaker yesterday, that the tax to the mono-
polist preceded the payment of taxes to the State.—
(Hear.) Don't let the sugar planter fleece us first,
and the Government tax us afterwards.—(Hear.) Very
few persons, comparatively speaking, understood . the
nature of our commerce with Brazil. We spun, wove,
and printed certain descriptions of cloth, which were sent
by our merchants to Brazil, in return for which they
received sugar and coffee, which they were obliged to
send to Hamburg and Auisterdam ; and the Germans ate
and drank the sugar and coffee cheaper than those by
whose labour it was purchased.—(" Shame.") 'He was
no fanatic or revolutionist, but a man who ought at this
moment to be employing 800 work people ; but if he did
so, he should be destroying his own and his family's
prospects. He felt for himself and his children ; he felt
also for the whole working population of Lancashire ;
and he had told Members of Parliament in London that
we must have an immediate alteration ; for that, while
they were talking, the people were starving.—(Applau_se.)
Mr. ROBERT GARDNERi in.. seconding the resolution,
said, if •he were addressing the House of Lords or
House of Commons, he would not be understood ; but
only reduce them to the Wages of twenty shillings a week,
and if they had wives and families, he would guarantee
they would then understand the question.—(Applause.)
The whole of the earnings of the poor man must be ab-
sorbed in food ; and consequently, he could not employ
tailors, hatters, shoemakers, &c. The landed aristocracy
and interest were absolutely levying a tax upon every poor
man in the kingdom, that took precedence of Government
taxes, and prevented them spending anything in tea,, su-
gar, &c. He (Mr. Gardner) had now two cargoes of sugar
coming from Brazil, received in return for yarn and
cloth ; and, though a fair quality of brown sugar, he
should be glad to sell it at 2d. a pound ; but, for such
sugar as' the people here must consume, he could get 7d.
a pound ; the duty on colonial sugar being 3d. and on
foreign sugar 71d. a pound. As Lord Palmerston said,
when sugar got to a certain price, we lost our con-
sciences, and could then consume slave-grown sugar.—
(" Hear," and laughter.) He had made a calculation,
that, if we were to pay Is. a pound, we should require.
100,000. tons ; if we paid 10d. we should require
140,000 tons ; if we got it at Bd. we should use 180,000
tons ; and if at 6d. the price at which good brown sugar
ought to be, we should use 250,000 tons.—(Hcar.) If
he told Sir Robert Peel, that to-morrow he should have
only half the quantity of food he had had to-day, and if
Sir Robert Peel said—" That's not enough," and he
were to reply—" I say it is enough, and it shall be
enough"this would be in fact what Sir Robert Peel
said to the people of this country with respect to the con-
sumption of sugar.—(Applause.) This was the last time
he would appear at a public meeting—(" No, no")-till
all were agreed among themselves. Now he would tell
them what he was. "I am understood to be a Tory,"
continued Mr. Gardner ; " but I will tell. you what my
views are. lam prepared with all my hand and heart,
by all lawful means, cordially and sincerely to join either
Tory, Conservative, Whig, Radical, or Chartist—(Hear)
—to accomplish this great object.—(lmmense cheering.)
I am quite satisfied it is essential to our very existence ;
and without this, as a nation, we are as sure to go down
as possible."—(Hear.) He wanted the poor man to have
three pounds of sugar for 7fd. ; but Sir Robert Peel and
the planters had only to made sugar 15d. or 18d. a
pound, and 15,000 tons would be sufficient for our con-
sumption ; because it would be far out of the reach of
the poor man.—(hear.) But our consumption ought to
be 300,000 tons. In 1835 it was 220,000 tons ; our
population increased a thousand a day, or 365,000 a
year ; yet last year we only consumed 187,000 tons,
or 33,000 tons less than in 1935.—(Hear.) If we had
been unfettered in commerce, with corn at a moderate
price, we might have been . now in a state of comfort,
instead of one of starvation.—(Hear, hear.) It was
stated in some of the papers to-day, that we were going
to have a general election. Now, he would say nothing
to them on a political score ; but he would say, that
everyman who did not vote for those who had deter-
mined to support free and unrestricted trade, ought to
be starved, as he would be.—(Hear.) He had been taunted
in London with our divisions and dissensions in Lan-
cashire ; he believed that this immense county had not
the weight of a feather with Government ; and why ?
Because 99 of us were ono one side, and 100 of us on the
other.—(Hear.) Till we could determine to protect our
own interests and promote commerce, which is the real
interest of the country, we should not have our proper
weight in the scale. The landed interest and our interest
was exactly the same, if we could but /understand it. He
would admit, that the mills and property of the manufac-
turer would be first sacrificed ; but what would next be-
come of the green fields—(Hear)—after our manufactures
were destroyed ? And manufactures were never known
to return to a country which they had once left.—(Hear.)
They never had done ; they never would do; and, there-
fore while we still lead possession of ourToreign markets,
it was our duty to support free trade. He concluded by
congratulating the meeting on their orderly conduct ;
which differed advantageously from the noise and uproar
of what he called the bear-garden, in Manchester, the
other day. . -

Mr. JOHN TAYLOR was quite satisfied that, if this sys-
tem was continued six months longer, the basis of the
aristocracy would be destroyed.
_ _

IlonEwi MAHoN, an operative, said they had been told
that ten or twelve millions of the population were not
customers to the manufacturers. The reason was, that
machines had been invented to do away with their labour.
—(" Question," and hisses.) The question was whether
it would be better- for the people of this country to be
enabled to become purchasers of manufactures, or whe-
ther the manufactures should go abroad in exchange for
corn and sugar, grown by the slaves of Russia, and the
black slaves of Brazil. The manufacturers were not so
badly off as they pretended to be.
Sir Tnomns POTTER moved the second resolution,
and congratulated them on the unanimity which pre-
vailed. There were two millions of people in Yorkshire
and Lancashire, and they had only to be united to get all
they wanted. The examinations which had been made
into the state of the poor, were most appalling ; and he
could vouch for the accuracy of the statements which
had gone forth. But he did not despair. He hoped
that better days were dawning upon them. '
Mr. THOMAS BAZLEY, Jun. late the boroughreeve of
Salford, seconded the resolution. Our course of legislii
ture had not been for the benefit of the whole country ;
but the time of the Legislature had been absorbed by thr,
class sections who sat in Parliament, who contrived 'to
tax this country far beyond whatrevenne taxation weald
amount to. We paid twenty millions for the e'aum-
cipation of the slaves ; but, last year, we paid the
West Indians four millions in excess for sug..ir more
than we. could have got it for in the markers of the
world. We had paid them nearer a hundred millions
than twenty, whilst we were taxed by the State to the
amount of fifty millions. He believed he should be
within the truth if he stated, that the tax by the mo-
nopolists was more than a hundred millions. Of the
fifty millions which were raised by taxes, thirty was for
the national debt, and twenty for the expenses of Govern
ment, the army, and the navy ; but the monopolists got
100 millions. Let thein not be straining at gnats, and_
swallowing camels. Our Legislature had paid attention.
to almost everything, prisons, workhouses, police, and
many other things ; but the distresses of the people they.
overlooked. We had been told by our Legislature, that
these Corn-laws were enacted to prevent famine. Would
our Legislature be wiser than Providence, which wade
no perpetual winter ? We could have comforts in. a:min-
dance, if the laws would permit us.-,---Great cheering.)
He hoped we should_ no longer quarrel amongst _our-
selves as to the mode of relief, when we saw the general'.
distress around us ; but endeavour with all our energies.
to bring back prosperity to this hive of industry.
Mr. ROBERT CHADWICK, in moving the third resole .-
don, referred to a few articles of the tariff to show tl• le
necessity of amelioration. To show how inoperative tl ie
tariff was, the duty on French goods was 30 to 35 p er
cent. ; but the smuggler was always at hand to lay dog vn
goods in the warehouse here for a duty of 10 per cent..
so that the tariff was a disgrace to any country. It had
been conceived in ignorance, and carried out in cm-1W
and injustice. He must not be understood as advocating•
free trade ; so long as we had to pay 50 millions a year•
taxes, he should be deluding the people if he attemptect
to persuade them we were in a position to take up free,
trade. 'But he contended for a reduction of duties, and: ;
for a property-tax ; and till Government taxed property,
he should never think them sincere in legislating for the-
people.
Mr. WILLIAM IlinvEy, in seconding the resolution,