The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-06 00:00:00

COURT CLiICULAR.

The Bishop of Norwich, Clerk of the Closet, per-
formed Divine Service before the Queen and his Royal
Highness Prince Albert yesterday, at twelve o'clock.
The SerViCe was- attended by the officers of the Royal
Household. The Rev. Prelate had the honour of dining
with her Majesty in the evening.
On Saturday afternoon her Nltijeity and-Prince Albert
took an airing in a carriage, followed by the Royal Suite
in another carriage. The Royal Party returned from
their drive, shortly before seven o'clock, to Claremont.
At the Privy Council held at Claremont on Friday
afternoon, the Right Honourable Henry Goulburn
received from the Queen his seal of office, and had the.
honour of kissing hands on being appointed Chancellor
of the Exchequer.
The first Cabinet Council of the New Ministry was
held at three o'clock on Saturday afternoOn at the
Foreign Office. • The, following were the Ministers
present :—Sir Robert Peel, the Duke of Wellington,
Lord Lyndhurst, Lord Wharncliffe, the Duke of Buck-
ingham, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Stanley, Sir James
Graham, the Earl of Haddington, the Earl of Ripon,
Lord Ellenborough, the Right Honourable H. Goulburn,
and Sir Henry Hardinge.
The Council broke up soon after five o'clock.
The-Earl of Ripon and the Right Hon. W. E. Glad-
stone attended on Saturday at the office of the Board of
Trade. _ .

Lord Stanley attended on Saturday at the Colonial
Office, Downing-street. , Lord Clifford and the Right
Rev. Dr. Polding had an interview with his Lordship in
the afternoon. Mr. George William Hope, Under Se-
cretary of State for the Colonies in the room of the
Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, also attended on Saturday
at the Colonial Office.
Sir Edward Knatchbull and Lord Eliot visited Sir
Robert Peel on Saturday. Sir George Cockburn had also
an interview with the Right Hon. Baronet.
The Earl of Shaftesbury, Lord Villiers,„Sir William
Rae, and Mr. Leman, had interviews wit .James
Graham at the Home -Office on $4,1; day.
The Right lion. H. Goulburn attended on Saturday
at the office of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in
Downing street.
Viscount Melbourne had a dinner party on Saturday
at his residence in South-street.
The Right Hon. Henry Labouchere has left town for
Germany.

GREAT ANTI-CORN-LAW MEET
ING AT KETTERING.
(From the Leicestershire Mercury.)
On Tuesday evening, August 31st, a public meeting
was convened in the Boy's British School-room, in this
town, with the view of discussing the injurious effects
of the_ Corn-laws, and the benefit which would result
from their repeal. The room, although large, was
crowded to excess, and great numbers were unable to
gain admission. At no time throughout the proceedings,
were there less than one thousand persons present. Mr.
W. Toiler was unanimusly called to the chair.
The CHAIRDLAN, after a neat and apposite speech,
called upon the Rev. J. JENKINSON, who rose, and
moved the following resolution :—" That this meetinc,
considers the existing Corn and Provision Laws, to be
unjust in principle, and cruel in their operation, and
therefore pledges itself to employ every legitimate means
of obtaining their total and immediate repeal."
The resolution was then carried unanimously.
The Rev. W. RourNsON (who as well as Mr. Jenkin-
son attended the Anti-Corn-law Conference from this
town) next addresred the meeting in an eloquent and
uncompromising speech, which we regret we are not able
to present to our readers. lie was listened to through-
out with the most lively interest, and, at intervals,
warmly cheered. He declared himself satisfied with
nothing less than a total repeal, and concluded by pro-
posing that the following petition be presented to both
Houses of Parliament :
The Petition of the Undersigned, being Inhabitants of
Kettering, in the County of Northampton,—
" SHOWETII—That in the opinion of your Petitioners,
one main cause of the distress at present existing in this
country,:is to be found in the laws restricting the supply
of provisions.
That to Your petitioners it seems evident that in a
country so limited us the United Kingdom, and with a
population increasing at the rate of a thousand a day, a
tax on bread is in the highest degree impolitic, is a sin
against God, and cruel to the poor ; the more especially
as such tax is almost entirely paid, not to the service of
the state, but to the landholders.
" That your petitioners therefore pray your Honour-
able House to remove without delay all prohibitory duties
on corn and other provisions, and to give entire freedom
to trade in all its branches."
Mr. ROBERT WALLACE (an extensive farmer in the
neighbourhood) seconded and supported the petition,
and made some very just and liberal remarks, and de-
clared himself a total and immediate Repealer.
The petition was put from the chair, and carried una-
nimously.
A vote of thanks was then warmly passed to the Rev.
W. Robinson and the Rev. J. Jenkinson, for their aid
and sympathy in attending the Conference, and a vote of
thanks to the chair, and the meeting separated.
igoznpnpular the Com-law beenme in this 1114 h.
bourhood that there is no person, Whig or Tory, to be
found who has the hardihood to defend it publicly.
In the course of the proceedings the Chairman read
the following statement respecting the Preston Union :
In 1836 there were 4,725 individuals on the poor-rate,
ana.i4-1/341 Own Ware 17.12g§: Tn I§l§ Pi§ppnvtry
Report contained 1,911 recipients, and in 1840 there
were 3,072. In 1838 the number of deaths in Preston
Union amounted to 1,269, and in 1841 they amounted
to 1,739, being an increase of 462. This excited the
attention of the Registrar-General, who wrote to the
pf the Upiop to inquire the causet and regiypod
the following answei:
The cause is, in g very great measure, insufficiency
of food, which has tended`to engender death among the
labouring ulaao, who have been exposed to high prices
for provisions (and those of 4!) 41fFripr kind) willigt in
he receipt of decreasing wages.
" JOSEPH TIII‘OZERAY."

CORN:444IVA AND CQNMERCIA:L

RgFARM,
On Wednesday last a meeting, which was fully.and
most respectably attended, was held at the King's Head,
Cumberland market, for the purpose of forming an Anti-
Coro-hlw Associqti9n for the western division of the
Par6li Pg rilt!PFl!o.
The necessary restitutions were proposed and carried.
4 liberal subscription was entered into, and the
meeting adjourned till Thursday, the 9th of September,
at Lawson's Rooms, Gower-street, when a large meeting

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is expected, and the pregenc@ pf the Membeis for the
borough,- Sir Charles Napier and Benjamin Ball, is
anticipated.
CHELSEA.—Last evening a very respectable meeting
took place at the Manor-house, Chelsea, for the purpose
of hearing Mr. Peter Taylor, jun., continue his exposi-
tion of the evils of the Corn-laws. Mr. Taylor addressed
the meeting at great length and with much force.
KENT.--0P Thi!rOdfq PiTiliPo a VPINtiP4 Was 'held of
the inhabitants•of Dartrord, for the purpose of enrolling
members in the Anti-Corn-law Association, and adopt-

ing measures for agitating the town and county against
the Bread-tax. In conseqUeribe of the great concourse
of persons, being far beyond what could by contained
in the Town 'Hall, the meeting was adjourned to an
open space, where about 1,200 persons assembled.
Mr. Sidney Smith, who was received with loud cheers,
proceeded to address the meeting'. He congratulated
them on the progress of the question, and stated that in
six months it had gained the position of a Cabinet ques-
tion, was recommended from the Throne, and had gained
an accession of one hundred Members in the House of
Commons. He observed that the resignation of, the
Whigs had fairly sunk the existence of the very names
Whig and Tory, and had annihilated the old classifica-
tions of party. The Duke of Buckingham had been
invited into the Cabinet, Ojai Was just 4 tieclaration of
war against the free Mc-feria, and the struggle was sim-
plified into a contest betwixt the Government and the
country. It was the great cause of Bob Peel versus
John Bull, and they all knew that when John fairly saw
whom he was to fight, he Bever wa long Ali hnocking
him down. He called the meeting to witness that mo-
derate fixed duties were rejected with scorn by Rich-
mond, the Cabinet-maker, and that total and immediate
repeal was the only safe, as it was the only just and
true ground for the people to occupy. He also felicitated
them on the accession of the religious community to
their ranks, and was .glad to learn that 700 ministers,
after their return from the Manchester Conference, had
each called crowded meetings in their several localities,
to give an account of what had occurred. Mr. Smith
then lectured for about t:s'o,
ahnoaurasla,ontdo
o; a hilatalnf,kasntdoci\oinr-.
Smith
con-
cluded amidst three times three cheers. After few ob-
servations
and from
the
Meril
the great meeting broke up,
amidst three cheers for the Queen, and three groans for
the Duke of Buckingham.
ESSEX.—An Anti-Corn•law Association has been re-
cently formed at Waithamstow, Mr, Sidney Smith lec-
tured in the British School there on Wednesday evening.
The meeting was also addressed by 'l'. F. Gibson, Esq.,
Mr. Sutton, and Mr. Clarke. The Rev. Baptist Noel's
pamphlet has created a prodigious effect in this quarter.
ANTI-MONOPOLY ASSOCIATION.--Last Wedlle§day
evening a meeting took place at the Temperanoe Hotel,
Aldersn°ato-street, to consider the formation of a Metro-
politan Young Man's Anti-Monopoly Association similar
to the Association at Manchester. It was unanimously
resolved, " That a public meeting should be held at
Finsbury Chap', South-place, on Thursday ne4t. Sep-
tember 9, at half-past seven for eight
to carry out the resolutitin above referred to ;" and a
working Committee was appointed, with power to add to
their numbers, to take measures for calling the meeting.
Subscriptions were collected in aid of the objects of the
Society.

The following young gentlemen have lately been
appointed to ships from Dr. Burney's Royal Academy,
Gosport:—W. B. Elphinstone to the Illustrious; R. W.
R. Hepburn to ditto; W. B. Mauston to the Howe; C.
M. Buckle to the Cambrian; L. G. Temple to the Se-.
ringapatami iphn Wqrd ;44'0* 1rk4.446.; V; $. tukin
to the Endynnon; C. H, Simpson to the Malabar.

A sow of the half-bred species, 1 elonging to
Joseph Bell, of Ellenborough, lately litter ed the extra-
ordinary number of 19 pigs, all of which cre doing well.