The Sun.
London, England, 1841-10-01 00:00:00

THE SUN, LOND ON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1841.

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suchin asa s
tream s constitutional,an.)ttsirt,s3t.etf,,?aa?mti..? n
until there shall be a large extension of the suf-
frage, gradually embracing all, and a ly.re elec-
toral system. The article is well, and in places,
forcibly written, but there is not that un-
compromising sturdiness about it, that We should
have expected, from so stern and
.zealons a
Radical as Tait. The manifest duplicity of' the
Tories has not sufficiently stirred his bile. he
condescends to keep ternis with them; hopes
that they will's respect public opinion," and that
" under the guidance of Peel, anti the pressure
of necessity, they rrnty Szitne Oi' tlic
grosser Trionupoltes:9 A " Cry for Bread," is a
poem. whuSe sentiment is better than its versi.fi
cation, which halts sadly at times; we pref'cr,
therefore, to quote the " Conquerors, a Glance
at History," wherein a melancholy truth thus
insisted on :
They flash'il like meteors through the rack,
Flinl.:ing brightness round their track—
A
From tropic sunshine's parting beams,
Mantling the waste at daylight's close
With richest blush of Eastern rr;se.
Go, studying lump of breathing clay, •
And scan millenniums pass'd away ;
And o'er the waste of perisled years,
What worth thy ardent gaze appears !
What but the great mankiller's power,
The splendours of the conquering hour !
Who heeds the wreck of human joy
Whet. conquering satraps shout, " destroy
And what's the worth of mi!lion
Of fiathtur towns, and rerisli'd thrones ;
But added light to fling
Around the forehead of a king.
With kindling eye and throbbing heart,
Go thread the maze of history's chart ;
Track age on age of glory, bright
With hu'rtle's wild and bicftering light ;
And what amid the blazo appears!
One conqueror girt with million spears'.
Earth, with its mountains and its floods,
Ltzuriant plains, and waving woods,
Its sunlight, and its thousand springs,
Its mi•rlad haunts of living things,
Is but a scene where wildering plays,
Of victory's light, the lurid blaze.
From Nimrod, seek to Zenghis Khan,
The mystery of life in man ;
Fr,AllAOrfrrrisroiiiliillll:oisiedoodtntni
tuokii
myriad-starred
narrannata
atfla,o•rioodtcrempslnert:tiyldaeht:
soteeoc:cliftiiouorli
beoisna:gsioer
asp;aect
)mopuniieycoesrihiasonh.enofomni.se,yr
:ml;:eblie:Eiehicosni on

The " Fairy Surprised" is a pleasing story,
told with that unaffected earnestness which wears
the impress of truth. A young man meets a
beautiful girl at a fancy ball at Salisbury, dressed
in the costume of the fairy queen Titania; on
quitting. her presence that night, he does not
meet her again till five years bare elapsed, and '
she has ripened into a lovely specimen
womanhood ; be then renews his acquaintance
with her; reminds her of their first chance
meeting at the ball, which she has long
forgotten; awakens an interest in her heart;
and while telling.. her one day a dream he
had. the previous Eight, heroines so suddenly
overpowered by his emotions, that in the agita-
tion of the moment he raises her hands to his
lips, while she, in the most charming and natural
manner possible, sinks into his arms. Ocourse,
they are soon after married, and the author takes
leave of them at the church door, leading us to
infer that they were as happy as the day is long.
" Chapters on English Poetry " contain some
sound criticisni'on the merits of Moore, Ideates,
Crabbe, and others. One on the difference be-
tween Crabbe and Elliott. The • Corn Law
Rhymer is pal ticularly felicitous. 4f Amenities
of Literature" is a notice, interspersed with
copious extracts of Mr. D'lsraeli's latest and
most elaborate publicaiion.

TOTAL ABOLITION OF THE
CORN- LAWS.
TO HICIIARD COBDEN, M.P.
My DEAR COBDEN—EarIy in the year 1839 I agreed
to gi,'e one hundred per annum for three years to the
Anti-Corn-law League for •the promotion of the total
end immediate ittolitien of all taxes on the food of the
people. (In leaning tins county' for America in March
last addresscl.t he following letter, which was published
on the 11th of that month:—

" To THE EDITOR OF THE tAIZTI-CORN-LAW CIRCULAR.'
" As ciremustances are likely. to preclude My paying
anY personal dt.tcntidii; t4di th'e prejerit; 0 the great
ject for which the 'Anti-Corn-law tertgite is
established—the immediate and entire abolition of the
tax upon the food of the people—l have concluded to,
double my contribution to their funds for this present
year, provided that there is no compromise of the high
and impregnable ground the League has taken, and that
they will neither relax from their effirts, nor swerve
from their purpose, until they have obtained the coin-
ph ete removal of this disgraceful and cruel impost.
" The Anti-Worn-law League has already acquired
6tifncient influence for the political partisan to be very
anxious to make it subservient to his narrow
and selfish views and purposes ; and, perhaps; there
never was a time in which it was in greater danger of
splitting upon the rock upon which so many institutions,
having noble objects in view, have made shipwreck. I
mean an increase of supporters who are without any
steady principle, but who join it because they see it is
becoming porular, and who, may be so numerous as
to out-vote thaie who have borne the burden and heat
of the day, and who have long laboured at the oar, with
wily the good of their country at heart, uninfluenced by
any selfish or party motives. I have, however, not only
so !nue!: eculidience in the high principle of the
iers of the league, but of the numerical
of their holiest supporters, that "fully believe any
Jitempt, such as the one to which I have alluded, by
their enemies in disguise, would be instantly met, and
indignantly repudiated.

" JOSEPH STURGE.
" Birmingham, 3d Month, 6th, 1841."
My inquiries since my return to England give me
top much cause to fear that the Anti-Corn-law League
were not faithful in their opposition to the measure of
the late Government in favour of a fixed duty of Bs. per
quarter upon wheat, and that many of the members of the
!:-.gue, either secretly-or openly, gave their support to
measure. Alnurd and ruinous to the country as the
system now is, and pled; d as the great majority of the
present House of Commons may be against the adoption
of any course which can be a,=real. relief to the labouring
population, the proposed fixed duty' would, I believe,
have boon still more fatal to the' best interests of the
country.

No one of common observation, unless completely
blinded by _prejudice and self-interest, can visit
any of °the numerous .districts in • foreign coun-
tries, where rival manufactories are springing up
like magic, and, in consequence of the pre- •
,:ent facilities of communication, are increasing in
:;•:Lometricel ratio, but must see that the injury inflicted •
upon this country by the monstrous system of taxing
the food of the people is irreparable, that nothing short •
of its total removal can stop the progress of this in- •
Jury, and that even this, if delayed a few years longer,
wilt not prevent its bringing ruin upon many of our,
manufacturers, and the extreme of destitution upon our
labouring population. Our ri.val3, both on the Continent
of Europe and in America, are already so powerful and
wealthy as to be e.ble to influence their respective Govern-
ments in favour of duties to protect their own manufactures,
and discourage ours, even in those countries in which, but
for the infatuated measures of our corn monopolists,
they would have found it to be their interest, for ages
yet to come, to have taken our manufactures in exchange
for their agricultural produce. The incontrovertible
proofs of the injury inflicted by our Corn and Provi-
sion-laws are far too numerous to recite here ; but I will
mention a few facts which have recently fallen under my
own observation.
On board the British Queen, in which I sailed for New
York, was a -gentleman connected with a manu-
facturing establishment on the Continent of Eu-
rope, now employing from 4,000 to 5,000 hands
in making goods which he 'was then going to sell in the
American markets, and which he candidly told me he
affo
rd -to do at fully ten per cent. below the
English prices, an advantage solely to be traced to the
operation of our tax upon' the food of the people. While
in America I visited the City of Lowell in New Eng-
land, which less 'than twenty years ago contained net
more, than forty or fifty houses. It has now upwards of
20,000 inhabitants, and the following are some of its
statistics made up to the Ist of January, 1841. Ten
Joint-stock Companies, with a capital of $10,500,000,
having thirty-two woollen and cotton factories, beSides
print works, with 178,868 spindles, and 5,588 looms, and
in nriploying 2,172 males, and 6,920 females, who made,
in 1840,65,802,400 yards of cotton and woollen cloth, in
which were consumed, of cotton alone, 21,424,000 lbs.
The average amount earned by the male hands em-
ployed, exclusive of their board, is four dollars and
eighty cents., or about 20s. sterling per week ; and of
the females, two dollars, or about Bs. 61 sterling per
week. The profits to the Shareholders, upon their capi-
tal employed, from eight to fifteen per cent. • •
Although the establishments I visited were prin-
cipally for the manufacture of cottons and woollens,
it is well known that the competition in our
hardware and other goods is going on.with equal rapidity,
and stimulated by the same cause. Not only is the pecu-
niary remuneration of all connected with the manufac-
'twos of Lowell thus ample, but the moral and intellec-
tual standard of the people employed will bear compa-
rison with any in the world. There is a monthly periodi-
cal issued, the entire contributions to which are the
original composition of the young women who work in
the 'factories ; and no person of immoral character
would find or retain eMployment in these establish-.
meats for a single day. The pleasure that I
felt on seeing this orderly and well-dressed
population leave the factories at their dinner hour, was
in no small degree lessened by reflecting upon the con-
trast which was at that moment to • be found in many of
the manufacturing towns of my native country, arising
from the selfish and narrow poliey of the British land-
owners. Since my return to England, I have received a
letter from a well known American citizen, of which the
following is an extract:—

" New York, August 6:

" I hope to receive the earliest information respectin
the wheat Tiestion. It is expected there will be a Con-
vention at neveland, Ohio, next month, of in October,
at which it is possible I may be present, and it evil.
probal:ly be then .necessary fur us to determine on our
course of policy with regard to the tariff ; i. e., whether
-,ve shall resolve to adhere strictly to free trade, let Eng-
land do as she may, or whether we shall unite in the re-
taliatory principle, with our Government to lower our
duties as fast as England lowers hers, This latter has
many advantages, and appeals very strongly to *tibiae
pride. There are also many arguments in its favour.
I am not fully convinced by them, and yet I am
got unaneted by them. Shall we, or shall we
not, be more likely to succeed in making an impression
upon England by. having a high duty acttially Tali, Ott ilgr
manufactures, with a provision for reducing the duty in
proportiog s r 3119 Winces her fixed duty on our agricul-
tural products ?
" 'There will be a stronso end to raise a northern
party on this NSW; 4tid the abOlitinnists will be greatly
beset to join it ---pernaPi tc; Lk!.
In reply I have urged my correspondent, who 1.3
us abolitionist, to keep his friends, if possible,
to the sound principles of free trade, and sorry
I am et Ate prevalent epittion that the Anti-
Corri-la* League, tif; >al 1e ttl ini tip . the
influential members, have in' some measure comprodlised
he high ground they had taken. I have, however, paid
thy current subscription of 1001. for this year, and I am
ready to paY the emtrit 100/., if Richard Cobden, who is
so deservedly considered the leader and representative of
the League iii the House of CUleMettS, still give me the
assuranee they neitlief lidFe, tint ever will, "relax from
their efforts, or swerve from their purpose, until. they-have
. obtained the complete removal of this di-graceful and
cruel impost." Should I fail in obtaining a satisfactory
pledge for at least the future conduct of the League, I pro-
pose presOiltiiig the ,aunty to some Association, whose
object is, by peaecabla. and Christian means, to secure
such a representation cif the people as the golden rule
of 4, doino,i- to others as we would they should do unto
us," entitles them to claim t for I have been driven to
the conclusion, not only that it is hopeless. to expect
justice to tho labouring population from the representa-
dyes of the present con,ltitnoney, bat that the infatuated
policy which now guides our rulers will be persisted in,
until they plunge millions into want and misery, if pot
bring them to a premature grave. I therefore think the
time is arrived when every friend of humanity, of what-
ever class, sect, or party, should endeavour to obtain
and secure for the in oplo a just and permanent control
w over their on affairs.---rours, very respectfully,
JOSEPH STURGE.
Birmingham, 9th Month, 29th, 1841.

TArAcRE COATI AND IRON
CO iPANY.

An Extraordinary General Meeting of the Proprie
tors de the Alieve Company was held yesterday, pur-
suant to adjourninotit, at the office of the Company, 20,
for the purpose of providing
Company, and to
s;topt such proceedingi i 1 _ll _4w or in equity as might ap-
Jmoehtti;l:tir6eentai
oA,cidetlip!tiii,ilabilities
o.t.
the
pear de.irable.
Mr. Ashurst, their secitoyv ;
It will be recollected, that at the last rooefiffg of the
VropiqeitifJ 6f the Company, a .Report of their pro-
ceedings to that time sigS f.fvrrinitted to them, which Re-
port had been drawn up, on the atitliority of. the present
but
the Proprietors, considering that this Report was biit' MI
acting Directors, by
ex ptirtd sfitteinent of facts, objectocl.to its reception
until it had been iiispected by. a Committee of their
body, and a Report made thereon, arid, in conse-
quence, a resolution was carried to Abet effect, and a
Cortittlittee appointed. Au adjournment was then moved,
in order to catty this resolution into effect, and, the pre-
, sr:nt meeting was convened for the purpose of. hearing
1 the fc.tilt of the examination of the Report of the Com-
riiiittt of Proprietors. . 1
Mr. CFIOIPILOW,.. leaving been proposed, took the
Chair, and read several letters from Dr. Veesy and Mr.
English, of the Mining Journal. The letter from Dr. I
Veesy was an authority to the Chairman to act as his
proxy at that meeting. Mr. Alderman Thomas Wood
read another letter, purporting to be written by 1)r.
Veesy, appointing him as his proxy ; and some dis6us-
sion arose in consequenc e of the lettr.; being in a dif-
ferent handwriting, and questioning the authenticity of
the.same.
Mr. .Alderman T.Woon" then rose, and said he should
not have made the complaint he was about to do, but
that it was due to the meeting. to state in what position
they stood, and how persons who really meant to meet
the question in dispute fairly were attempted to, be
run down by exparle statements. He alluded to
a placard which was being hawked about that very
t street, which happened to come from thy office of Mr.

English . of. the Mining Journal. He said happened, be.
cause the bills were published at his (Mr. English's)
office. Mr. English was at their former meeting as a
reporter, and in his reports of their proceedings thought
proper to pass some very severe strictures on him (Mr.
Wood) ; and, not content with that, he made a sort of
epitome of what bad been reported in another place with
respect to their proceedings.. He (Mr. Wood) had great
respect for the press, and he thought that no respectable
member of it would have taken such a proceeding as that
to which he alluded. He would ask, if there was any
person present representing Mr. English, whether the
proceedings he had alluded to with regard to the placard,
were their instructions. He hadquestioned the man carry-
itg the board as to the parties who had sent him there;
and he stated that he Vel9 placed there at the instance of
that Company, and sent from that office. He put it to
any gentleman whether they thought it proper that any
one should be run down by statements of this sort, just
to prejudice the public mind before any tribunal had
made a proper investigation. He thought it was not fair,
and he begged to ask if any gentleman present repre-
sented Mr. English ?
[The plaCard to which the worthy Alderman alluded
was one carried by a man up and down John-street, call-
ing.on the liverymen of the City to withhold their votes
from Mr. Alderman Wood, in consequence of his con-
duct with respect .to the Talacre Coal Company.]
The CHAIRMAN rose to proceed with the business of
the day, when
Mr. Wool) said he did not think such conduct was at
all courteous, and begged to have an answer to his
question.
The Reporter to the Mining Journal—lt is not cus-
tomary for reporters to speak at public meetings.
Mr. SaEwnainuE said he asked the man with the
placard who placed hitn'there ! and he said, the Talacre
Coal Company.
Mr. TAYLOR begged leave to say, that there was no
truth whatever in the statement ; and, with regard to
Mr. English. he (Mr. Taylor) would declare that he had
never seen him in his life, except when he came as a
reporter at the last meeting.
The -CHAlRMAN—Gentlemen, we have a good deal of
business.
Mr. Woon did not want to interrupt the business at
any time, .but when he had asked a question he did think
he was entitled to an answer, unless it was meant that
there should be no fair play.
The CHAIRMAN said, he was not aware of any placard.
A PROPRIETOR—What have we to do with the pla-
card? Surely the Company
.is not answerable for the
placards about the streets ?
The CHAIRMAN--Are we to proceed to business ?
Mr, Wool) said he should move that the placard he
had alluded to was not issued on the authority of the
Company, and therefore the Secretary do order the man
away.
The SECRETARY then left the room for the. purpose
of ordering the man away, but returned with the intelli-
gence that the man refused to obey his order, and the
subject dropped.
The CHAIRMAN then rose to read a paper he held in
hisfiand, when
Mr. WIRE said—What are you about to read?
The CHAIRMAN—A report of Messrs. Chappilow, Tay-
lor, and Handiside.
Mr. WIRE—I shall protest against the reading of that
report, as I understand the business of this adjourned
meeting is to hear the report of of the Committee, and I
am informed by you that you are about to read a report
—not of the Committee, but simply a report from three
,gentlemen who were members of that Committee, and as
that is the most irregular thing that was ever done at a
public meeting, I cannot allow it to proceed.
Mr. ASHURST—At that Committee there was no
Chairman, and they were about to report to you in the
way proposed. Those. gentlemen who were present at
that Committee were not desirous that.the.two reports
should be read at that meeting, and this report merely
states that fact, and nothing more. It was, therefore, to
report to you that three gentlemen out of five who were
present were desirous that the two reports should be read

to you.
Mr. RAWSON said it was fifteen days since their for-
mer meeting, and, from circumstances which had trans-
pired, they had not had time to digest the original Re-
port in a way that they could wish. He should like to
have coma prepared with a Report from the Committee.
He begged leave to suggest that the first subject of the
Committee should be to raise a subscription among the
Shareholders, and liquidate their debts; for if they de-
layed doing this they would,be all ruined.
Mr. BURROUGtIS said they could not expect any man
to come forward with 'money when he did not know
what that money was-to be applied to. He thought the
best way would be first to ascertain what their real debts
were.

The CHAIRMAN then read the paper first alluded to,
which stated that the original Report had been read to
the Committee, and that Alderman Wood and Mr. Wil-
liams did not concur in the Report.
Mr. WIRE said if parties would come forward and
subscribe, he had no doubt that in a short tune they
would be able to-get out of their difficulties. Mr. Wild
of Nottingham, would come forward and advance 2,0001.;
Mr. Southern, 5001. ; Alderman Wood, 5001.; and, with
the assistance of the Dublin Shareholders, he thought a
sufficient sum might soon be raised.
Mr. WOOD concurred in the view taken by Mr. Wire.
He had felt so much anxiety of mind with regard to this
Company, that nothing should induce him to continue in
it longer. As far as he was concerned, his situation had
been a responsible one ; and he solemnly declared that
he had never, directly or indirectly, received one farthing
of the Company's money, or any benefit in the most re-
mote degree. He was, therefore, extremely happy to
concur with Mr. Wire,- for he thought • his view of the
case was that which would bring the Company to a satis-
factory termination.
A ' long and desultory conversation then' arose upon
this proposition, throughout which there was a continual
bandying of personalities, and great confusion was the
necessary consequence.
Several Proprietors suggested that the oeiginal Report
be read, and
Mr. Wx;svox said, that if that Report was read, he
had only one sTegestion to make, and that was, if they
vent into the Report they must make up their minds to
sit there till eight o'clock at nig.ht. But ho hoped that
if that Report were read every individual in that room
would pledge himself to remain and hear the other Re-
port. He was sure that before they got through the
Report of Mr. Ashurst the patience of the gentlemen
would be exhausted. But if they would go through
both Reports, or the original Report, and the answer,
he said read them, with all his heart.
Alr, Woon had no objection to the Report being
placed in the Proprietors' hands, but he had to its being
read in it. public meeting like that.
The CHAIRMAN would recommend that both Reports
be read, in order that every Shareholder might hear
both sides of the question.
ldr, SHFAVDBIDGE rose and he wished to speak to that
tiiiesiiefti:
The detaiUMAg--,Plea.,:e to sit down, Sir. You are
not a Shareholder.
Mr. SHEWDRIDGE—I am summoned to this meeting,
and hold two descriptions of shares. I have been heard
bYido MAT will be heard again.—(Confusion.), I'lcnow
I am perfeetly in order.
Mr.-Woon—l hope Mr. gbewbridge will see that it is
not right to interrupt the proceedings of the meeting.
Mr. SHEWBRIDGE rose amidst very general confusion.
pd sAid with' much energy—l rise to expedite them. I
Bar disdnesigus 'in several parts of the room, and if I
am not id &del', I don't know who is. I rise to say that
lam respected by holders of upwards of 600 shares. .
At this period of the debate .the meeting assumed a
most singular aspect; as it resolved itaelt into sundry
gepomar knots of indiviatials of three or four in number,
lift liciltihig a separate argument, but bearing upoh the
principle subject, Thislaeted for about half an hour, when
Mr. Shewbridge wag about to speak, but
Mr. Antares said—You have no right to vote, Sir.
Mr. SIIEWBRID3E-4 have as much right to vote as
you have, Sir.—(Uproar.)
The CHAIRMAN—I hope gentlemen will not go into
personalities this way.
A rROPRIETOR—MI7: Atkins, state your case.
Mr. ATKINS, looking at Mr. Shewbridge—No, it
would be rather too black.
Here several groups again collected, and the meeting
presented a scene of unalloyed confusion. , After a wan-
dering desultory conversation.
Mr. Rossox moved, " That it be referred to the
Committee to examine into the state of the Company,'
and to ascertain what are the liabilities of the same, dis-
tinguishing between the just claims and those which are
considered unjust, with power to call, for :inch informa-
tion as may be deemed necessary, and to obtain what
money they can from the Shareholders for unpaid calls,
and that trustees be appointed to receive and disburse
such money;_and such Committee be also empowered to
ascertain and report what steps are necessary to dis-
solve the Company ; and that this meeting be ad-
journed to the 13th October, at one o'clock precisely;
that Messrs. Taylor and Rosson be appointed the Com-
mittee, assisted by Messrs. Ashurst and Wire.
Mr. TAYLOR then moved as an amendment that the
original report be read ; but, after a short conversa-
tion, the amendment was withdrawn and the motion was
carried.
The meeting then adjourned at about half-past three
o'clock.

BANQUET at the MANSION-HOUSE
On Wednesday the Lord Mayor gave a grand dinner at
the Mansion-house to the Lord Mayor elect, and the
Sheriffs for the ensuing year. The entertainment dis-
played all the resources of civic hospitality, embracing
every delicacy of the season. Amongst the company we
Observed Admiral Sir IL Stopford, Commodore Sir C.
Napier, Mr. Walter. Smith, the Hon. and Rev. Mr.
Stopford, Captain James Stopford, Mr. Arthur Stopford,
Pir Alexander
.Johnstone, Mr. John Walter, Captain
Grifllof CaptainFanshaw, Mr. William Stopford, Mr.
Mitchel, Captain Bradley, Mr. Weston, Lieutenant
Johnstone, Charles Johnson, Dr. Croly, Mr. John
Lowden, Mr. C. Wilson, jun., Dr. Stebbing, Aldermen
Sir C. S. Hunter, Broma, Lucas, Sir J. Key, Sir Peter
Laurie, Sir J. Cowan, Pirie, Thomas Wood,
Humphery, Magnay, Gibbs,.J. Johnson, Sir G. Carroll,
Hooper, Sir J. Duke FarncoTnb, the Hon. C. E. Law,
Sheriffs Magnay and Rogers, Tinder-Sheriffs Britten.and
Pritchard, Secondaries .James raid Potter, the City So-
licitor, the City Remembraneer, . the Comptroller, the
High Bailiff of Southwark, &c.
The cloth having been removed,
- The Loan 2.d.A.voit rose to propose the first toast. He
was sure they .all respected, reverenced, and loved our
most gracious Queen, and he bad no doubt they were all
true to the church. I-Io therefore.begged leave to pro-
pose " The Church and Queen. —(Laud cheers.)
The next toast'proposed by the Lord Mayor, was the
"Queen Dowager, .Prince Albert, and the rest of the
Royal Family," which was drunk with three times three.
The -Loup 11.4.Y0n, in proposing the next toast. felt
assured that the gallant exploits of the distinguished
officers who wcro now present, and who had so recently
distinguished themselves in the service of this country,
and her allies, on the coast of Syria, must be fresh in