The Sun.
London, England, 1841-08-20 00:00:00

LONDON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 40, 18:11.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY.
The only bet we have heard was 1,000 to 35 agst Lampoon
for the Doncaster St. Leger ; and the only offers were even be-
tween the field and Coronation (take 5 to 4), 4 to I agst Van
Amburgh, 11 to 1 agst Teataway, and 13 to 1 agst The Squire.
As the Doncaster Cup Stakes advertised to close on the 7th
instant, did not fill, the Corptvatinn have determined to give a
free Cup, value 200 sous. It is understood that the bets hi-
therto made are void.

I3LOXWICH
The Trial Sakes of 4 sovs. each, twice round and a distance
was won in two heats by Mr. Lamplough's l'tstboy, batting
two ottn-rs.
The Hurdle Stakes, of 3 sovs. each, &c., thrice round and a
distance, were won in three heats by Mr. James's Lansquenet,
beating Mr. Owsley's Bella Garney, and Mr. Lowe's Isabella.
The Cocktail Stakes were won by Mr. Page's Princess.
TUESDAY.
The Hurry Scurry Stakes were won in two heats by Mr.
Lamplough's Postboy beating Princess and Charity.
• A Sweepstakes of ssovs., twice round, were won in three
heats by Mr. Lowe's Isabella beating Princess, and a Sweep-
stakes of 3 son. each was won in four heats by Mr. Thompson's
Eclipse.

RIPON RACES—TUESDAY—(CoNcLunEn.)
The Selling Stakes of 5 soya, each, with 20 added. The winner
to be sold for 150/. Mile and half. 6 Subs.
Mr. Osborne's, The Emperor, 3 yrs, Est 10Ib (Oates) 1
Mr. Wilkin's Clem n' the Clough, 5 yrs, Bst 51b
Mr. Roberts' Lady Flora, 3 yrs, 6st 131 b 3
Mr. Ortons' Ten Pound Note, 2 yrs, 6st 13Ib
Mr. Dawson's Macedonicus, 3 vrs, bat 131bs
Mr. C. Watson's The Black Knight, 3 yrs, 7st 21bs 6
Won by a neck.
The St. Wilfred's Gold Cup, by subs. of 10 sovs. each, with
20 added. 2 miles. 5 subs.
Mr. Gascoigne's bc, Jack Sheppard, 3 yrs, 6st 111 b. Walked

ANTI-CORN-LAW CONFERENCE.

MANCUESTER, AUGUST 18.
The following is an account of the proceedings of Tuesday con.
tinued from The Sun of yesterday.
Mr. CGBDEN, M.P., on being introduced said, h' pever addressed
an assemblage of such vast importance, and he came before them
as the representative of the Anti-Corn-law League, to explain the
grounds upon which that body advocated the Repeal_ of the Corn
and Provision-laws, and to give evidence in the cause, and that was
to consist of facts.—((;heers.) When about two years ago the
members of the L: ague assembled at Manchester to take the effect
of the Corn.laws into consideration, they decided, on the unalter.
able principles of truth 'and justice, that no tax uptin the food of
the people was just.—(Hear, hear.) There were many there well
acquainted with the working of those laws, but there were
others to whom a general view of the arguments by which they had
arrived at that conclusion might not be unacceptable.—(Hear.) It
was calculated that on an average every family throughout the
land consumed an equal quantity of bread. If there was
any difference, the poorer the family the greater was the con •
somption.—(hear, hear.) From the evidence brought before the
Hand-loom Committee, it appeared that the class of working
men who earned on the average 10s. a week, spent 55. upon
bread. It might be computed that at least the bread-tax raised the
price of bread forty per cent., and at that rate the amt unt of the
tax upon bread paid by those families was 2s. out of the ss. That
was the weekly tax upon the bread of the families of the labour.
ing community. The better-paid mechanics, who earned, on an
average, 20s. a week, spent no more upon bread than the humblest
classes. Their proportion of the tax was, therefore, much less in
proportion to their income. Those families who earned 21. a
week spent the same amount on bread, and their bread.tax was
only about 5 per cent. To go higher still, to the middle classes of
society, with incomes of 51. a week, they would pay about 2 per
cent. ; but if they went to the highest of all, the noble
man or the " tnillionare," for the amount of tax paid by
the n in proportion to their incomes, they must go to the
smallest coin used in the country.—(Hear, hear.) Thus the Duke,
with Isis. '200,000/. a year, paid not a thousandth part of his income.
Now, if it was proposed for the purposes of revenue to lay a tax
upon income, and twenty per cent. was to be laid upon the incomes
of the poorest families, ten per cent, upon those a little better off,
five per cent, upon the class next above them, anal so on, mounting
upwards to the Duke, who would be required to pay but the thou.
sandth part, would not nachpalpable injustice give rise to a burst
ofaiudignat loan- thvagh";46oo,o,-tandl-aa (Hear, hear.) That, how-
ever, would be for the benefit of the country; but here was this
unequal tax upon the poor, for the benefit of the rich.—(Hear,
hear.) Under no Government in the world was the like to be
found. Even in Egypt, and that was the worst of all, there was
no bread.tax.—(Hear, hear.) No Continental despot had dared
to do it, and neither would it have been done in England, if it
was understood by the people.—(Loud cheers.) These, and
such as these, were the reasons which gave rise to the forma-
tion of the National Anti.Corn.law League.—(Great cheering.)
The fallacy that a repeal of the Corn-laws would lower wages, had
been answered and exploded a thousand times, but it was still in.
dustrioasly propagated. It was a fundamental error ; and a more
mistaken and monstrous idea was never entertained.—(Cheers.)
They put a check upon industry at home; they refused a benefi-
cial interchange of commodities with foreign nations ; and shut
out our commerce under the pretenceof keeping up the wages of
the poor. W.,:ges were not higher in England than abroad. If
they were, how could they (the manufacturers) sell their products
cheaper in the Continental market ? The error arse front corn.
paring the time, but not the quantity. It was like putting a
weight of fourteen stone upon the back of a good racer, and com-
pelling him to run against another with only sevens stone.—(Hear,
hear.) How was it that so many thousands of our me.
chanics went abroad 7 Would they do that if they could find bet-
ter employm nt at home?—(Hear, hear.) They should legislate
to raise the price of men's labour.— (Hear, hear.) In Nottingham.
shire, those who earned 18s. per week when the Corn.laws came
into operation perfor.ned less labour than now, when their wages
were only Bs. a week ; and in the branch of manufactures to which
he alluded there had been no disturbing cause whatever. Close
upon the borders of that shire a young nobleman had recently de-
clared that the Legislature must keep rip the price of corn to 565.
per qu cater. The landowner insisted upon passing a law to double
the price of food, but would do nothing to raise the price of labour.
-- (Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") They were told that it would
be dangerous to depend upon foreigners, but in his opinion
it would be the surest guarantee of peace, and for the per-
formance of our duty as Christians, by carrying out the golden
rule, to do unto others as you would be done unto.—(Cheers.) He
never travelled in any country but he found that the best of their
commodities, and the choicest of their luxuries were going to Eng.
lano ; but how was it on the plains of Poland or the prairies of
America 1 Why was not the corn whirls was rotting there going
to England 1 They were told that there was a law to prevent it.—
(Hear, hear.) Was it not a mighty injustice that not one ounce
could be brought to England in exchange for the fruits of the in-
dustry and skill of our artisans.—(Hear, hear.) They had heard
much of the effect of repeal on the agricultural labourers ; he had
seen many from the agricultural districts, and if it could be
shown that they received as much wages as his unskilled artisans
he would give up the question.—(Loud cheers.) If the la.
bourers fly from the country to the towns, did not that prove
what he had said ?—(Loud cheers.) But they were told of the
hardship of manufacturing labour, and of the oppression
practised by the masters; but why had those who told them so es.
tablished agents in Manchester to bring the surplus labourers
there ? If they (the manufacturers) were such fiends as had been

r, presented, what must they be who had established agents in Man.
chester to bring their surplus rural population amongst them?—
(Tremendous cheering.) And what would they have to answer for
by imposing the bread-tax upon them into the bargain, which took
from them one-third of all they earned 7—(Renewed cheering.)
If a tax was necessary to secure the cultivation of the land, let it
be paid directly, and not taken from the poor by such underhand
methods. After several witty exposures of the fear, so ofte❑ cx.
Pressed, of the land being thrown out of cultivation by a repeal of
the Corn .laws, the Honourable Member sat down amidst reiterated
cheering.

Several ministers from the manufacturing districts then de.
tailed statements of the most appalling distress which had come
under their personal observation, the subtance of which, it is un.
derstood, a i'l be immediately prepared for publication.
The Conference broke up at a late hour.

This morning (Wednesday) the Conference was, if possible,
more numerously attended than on the preceding day, and the
space allotted to the public was thronged by persons who seemed to
take a deep intereq in the proceedings. The chair was taken by
the Rev. Mr. Chaplin, the Chairman of the day, who expressed
his pleasure in filling the office to which he was appointed, and de.
Glared his conviction of the justice and humanity of ths cause in
which the Conference was engaged.
Mr. Cums, a gentleman from the United States, then ad-
dressed the meeting. Ile felt it a privilege, as a lover of man-
kind, to ergage iti such a cause as this. As a patriot, also,
he felt it a privilege, because his country was interested
in the question. It was unnecessary to dilate on the
great advantage that would result to both countries from a
free trade in Corn. In America their garners were full to
overflowing, and all they wanted was a mart for their superabund-
ant food. The Americans came with their food to England, and
the starving mechanics stood on the shore with their manufactures
in their hands, anxious to exchange them for food, but a monstrous
law interposed and prohibited the useful and necessary barter. The
wheat-glowing district of the United States contains 178,000,000
of acres. Here was field to supply the wants of England If the
Americans were allowed, they would furnish food for the whole
British people. It might, however, be said, that the cost of the
transmission from the United States would enhance the price so
rtroh, that the people of this country would be unable to get it at
a reasonable price. That was not the case. American flour
might be sold in the Englisb market at 475. a quarter.
The advocates of the Corn.law said it would be necessary
to reduce wages in order to allow of manufactures being sold
cheaply. That was a mistake. The Americans did not want
English goods cheaper. All they desired was that they should be at
liberty to exchange their food for our manufactures; and, if that
were allowed, the warehouses of Manchester would speedily be
cleared out at the present prices. The restrictive policy of Eng-
land created a similar spirit in America, and the people of the
latter country flit that restriction was a game which two could
play at. It was a complete fallacy to allege that high wages ac-
cotnpanied high-priced food. In America, the reverse of this pro-
position was demonstrated. There a mechanic earned 4s. 6d. a
day, and the price of wheat was only 275. a quarter. They could
get beef, bacon, and pork for three.halfpence a pound ; and thus a
man could obtain a week or a fortnight's food for a single day's
labour. It ought not to be lost sight of, that the abolition of the
bread-tax in England would have an important bearing on the
question of the extinction of slavery in the United States. At
present England took double the quantity of produce from the
slave states of America that she did from the free labour states, be.
cause the latter happened to be the wheat producing district, and
the English Corn-law prevented the introduction of their staple
produce into this country.

The Rev. Dr. VAUGHAN came forward to move this resolution :
" That this Conference, drawn together from various parts of the
United Kingdom, by a general conviction of the existence of long
continued and still increasing distress affecting the community at
large, and bearing with peculiar severity on the industrious classes,
finds this conviction deeply confirmed by various statements and
documentary evidence now laid before them, which clearly prove
that vast numbers are incapable of obtaining by their labour a suffi-
ciency of the common necessaries of life for the support of them.
selves and their families."

The Rev. Mr. ROBERTSON seconded the resolution in a brief but
energetic address.

The Rev. Mr. HINDLEY stated some facts which exhibited a
melancholy picture of the distressed condition of the population in
the neighbourhood of Wigan. Within the compass of three miles
round Wigan there were no less than 3,000 persons out of em-
ployment. Some years ago, when Mr. Macaulay was speaking in
the House of Commons, some one asked him what he proposed to
do with trade. His reply was, "Let it alone." There was wis.
dom•in that remark, and happy would it be for this country if it
were acted on.
The resolution was then unanimously adopted.

The Rev. Mr. PARSONS had ascertained from personal inquiries
that the operatives in his neighbourhood (Hebley in Gloucester.
shire) received at present only half the wages they obtained before
the Corn-law came into baneful operation, and yet they could ob.
tain only half work. It had frequently occurred to him to know
that numbers of his congregation absented themselves from Sab-
bath , worship because they had not a penny to purchase soap
wherewith to wash themselves. Last winter ten beds were
taken to the pawnbrokers to obtain the means of purchasing
food. Houses were untenanted, and looms standing still in all
directions. At the present moment, in the village of King's
Langley, only sixty-nine looms were employed out of 182.
The Rev. Gentleman concluded by animadverting on the good
fortune of the people of England, in having for their sovereign a
woman and a mother, who sympathised with their wants. This
allusion produced a burst of enthusiasm from the Conference, in
which the lay spectators heartily joined. He then moved the fol-
lowing resolution :

" That in the judgment of this Conference, the prevailing dis.
tress painfully tends to arrest the progress of education—to pre-
vent the exercise of domestic and social affection—to Induce reck.
less and immoral habits—to prevent attendance on religious wor.
ship, and to harden the heart against religious impressions."
The Rev. Mr. BURY, of Leicester, said he had attended the Con-
ference at the express request of his congregation, every member
of which was in favour of the free trade propositions of the Govern-
ment, which they approved of as leading to the total abolition of
all restrictions in the market for food. Ile could scarcely listen
with patience to the absurd arguments which were urged in defence
of the corn monopoly. The distress existing at Leicester at the
present moment exceeded and thing of the kind within recollec.
tion, and fiom being one of the most thriving towns in the king.
dom, it was rapidly sinking into the condition of the most wretched.
A respectable manufacturer had informed him, that unskilled work-
men in Leicester are unable to earn more than fis. or 7s. per week,
after working fourteen hours a day; whilst skilful workmen
cannot obtain more than 96., 106., or I Is. per week. From the
census recently taken, it appears that there are 1,100 houses in the
town unoccupied. Allowing five persons to each house, here
were untenanted dwellings sufficient for the accommodation of one_
fifth of the population of Leicester ! A fearful indication of the
decline of social prosperity. The nephew of an influential hosier,
who recently returned from Saxony, declared that he had seen in
one district of that kingdom more stocking frames than
were to be found' in Leicester at the present moment. This
gentleman said that he formerly carried on a lucrative

business with Belgium, " but," added he, that branch of trade
is now lost to us, and, I fear for ever !" Another
gentleman showed him some gloves made in Germany,
imported into London, after paying 20 per cent, duty, sent dowts
to Leicester, and sold there for 2s. 81. per dozen. They could not
be made in England for the money, allowing nothing for the profit
of the manufacturer and retailer. He concluded by secondi t.g the
resolution.

The resolution was then unanimously agreed to; after which
the meeting adjourned till four o'clock.
At four o'clock the Conference re-assembled, and the Rev. Mr.
Spencer addressed the audience in an admirable speech. He was
followed by several other clergymen.
The Earl of Duc►s, being introduced by the Chairman, ad.
dressed the Conference at the close of the proceedings on Tuesday
afternoon. We regret we cannot find room for his spent), but the
following remark deserves notice•—l can only add (said his Lord-
ship) from my own experience in agriculture, from my own know.
ledge, and what I can glean from those whose opinions I consider
the best, that so far from an alteration in the present Corn-laws
tending:in any way to throw land out of cultivation, the more pro.
Wide result will be to bring more land into cultivation, and that
cultivation, too, of a higher character.— (Hear.)

POLITICAL SUMMARY OF THE
EVENING PAPERS.
The Globe severely reprehends the Times for its pro-
fligate inconsistency of opinion -as regards the present
Corn-laws. It shows that the Times, while it admits the
present system to be injurious to the interests of Britain
as a commercial country, with characteristic public
spirit recommends, that it had better be left to work its
way, rather than disturb the quiet of Sir Robert Peel
by exciting popular attention to its operations, or compel
Conservatives to violate those deluding promises to the
Monopolists, on the faith of which they were returned to
Parliament.
The Courier, in a very plethoric article, attempts to
attack the whole Whig school of politics for their con-
stant and strenuous exposure of the Anti-Corn-law falla-
cies, and, with a feebleness of argument matched only by
' its, own fictitious statements, foolishly seeks to grapple
with Leviathan. A. boisterous atfilek iirfin4Vmade upon •
Mr. Cobden, of the Manchester Conference, whose alleged
perversions of truth are superlatively eclipsed by the ab-
surdities and falsehoods of his reviewer.
The Standard is angry at the presumptuous opportu-
nities taken by the Whig press of ascribing actions and
motives to her Majesty, which the Standard considers
her wholly incapable of, and runs full tilt at the assertion
of the Chronict: upon the Queen's absence from Parlia-
ment, that " liar Majesty's Ministers she does meet—
her Parliament not." The Standard hopes ardently that
it may not be guilty of any disrespect to her Majesty in
placing the slightest confidence in any intimations of the
same colour as the above.

'MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.
FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.
TIMES.—That the supposed news from China commented on
yesterday has been traced to Galignani's Messenger, has not given
it in the City any additional claim to belief. All the conclusion
drawn from it is, that the concoctors of the intelligence, as they
are still suspected to be, for interested purposes, have thought it a
more safe mode of proceeding in the first instance to resort to
Paris, where there are fewer means of detecting such impositions
than in London ; besides which it is well known that the French
Journals are much less scrupulous in the admission of matters of
fact without due inquiry, than the Journals of this coun-
try. The parties concerned would also be aware that
though news is seldom adopted in London when it originates
there, without inquiry, the mass of intelligence from France
is seldom sifted, because in general little time is afforded for the
purpose, and it must be adopted, for the most port, on the re-
sponsibility with which it originated. All the details of this sup.
posed letter from Macao are as vague as possible, and possess,
other circumstances apart, no internal evidence of authenticity.
That a piece of news affecting, as this does, millions of property in
teas and other articles of China and East India produce, should
have reached one party only, and also have lain quietly dormant in
Paris for a fortnight at least, after all the other letters brought by the
last overland snail had been delivered, is in itself utterly incre-
dible, and certainly the quarter through which it comes at last is
not calculated to create for it any validity which it does not na-
turally possess. No well.informed person in the City attaches the
least credit to it.
The public Stocks have fluctuated but very little to.day. The
fine state of the weather, and the consequent improvement in the
Foreign Exchanges, led many to suppose, and not unreasonably,
that the aspect of the Funds in general would have improved ; the
indication of such a state of things was but slight, and any advance
was in all probability checked by the further delivery of stock to.
day by leading Brokers, on account of former sales, which kept
money in demand at the rate of four per cent. This latter circum-
stance was, no doubt, the cause of the lower price of Exchequer
Bills.
CHRONlCLE.—Excitement in the City, and particularly in the
tea market, continues on the subject of the news from China, con'.
municatect in a second edition of the Chronicle of yesterday, and
repeated to-day also in a third edition, containing our extraordinary
express from Paris. The latter mentions that the same intelligence
had appeared in the Semaphore of Marseilles, received that day in
Paris, and similar intelligence was given to.day in a second edition
of other morning papers, with this addition, that on the 10th
of April, several cargoes of British goods had been seized by the
Chinese police, in breach of the convention with Captain Elliot.
The opening prices for teas this morning were flat, at a decline on
those of yesterday, several purchases of Company's Congous having
been made at 9.5. '7 id. par lb. ; but on the appearance of the extra.
ordinary express from Paris, of yesterday's date, above.mentioned,
the market became firm, and st.ddenly advanced to 9s. Sid. The
prevailing belief to.day is that the intelligence in question from
China is not unfounded.