The Sun.
London, England, 1841-01-05 00:00:00

CHARTIST MEETING.

Yesterday tie London Chartists bad a grand field-day
in Clerkenvvell-green. The ostensible object of the meet-
ing was to adopt a memorial to ber Majesty and petiCons
to Parliament, praying the release of Frost, Williams,
and Janes. The summons by which the meeting was con-
vened directed that the several branch bodies helouging to

the metropolis should assemble in Clerkenwell-green, and
march thence in procession to the White Conduit-
house, where the real business of the day was appointed

to come off.
At Jour o'clock the Lambeth branch, preceded by a
baud of music, arrived on the ground, and after parading
in the front of Lunt's Coffee-house, where the leaders
were assembled, they took up their position on
the right of the green going towards Goswell-
street. This body was accompanied by an immense ban-
ner, bearing the inscription, "Oh 1 Legislators, why
should men unite to obtain justice ?" The next force that
arrived was " The Tower Hamlets National Chartist
Association" (as they described themselves on one of their
banners), the reverse of which bore a motto concerning
the " Welsh Martyrs." Numerous other bodies speedily
tollowed, each accompanied by banners and a band of
music, and at five o'clock the crowd assembled must have
exceeded a thousand, During this time a number of Ma-
gistrates (who had stayed to dinner at the Court.house,
after the fatigues of tile day, yesterday being the first day
of the Sessions) amused themselves by gazing at the pro-
cession, without any apprehension apparently of a disturb-
ance of the peace. With the exception of two or three
policemen, who were lounging listlessly about the Caurt-
house door, no preparations appeared to have been made
for such an event.
On the arrival of the procession at White Conduit-
house the speious assembly-room of that establishmsnt
was immediately filled to overflowing., and as it is calcu-
lated to hold 1,500 persons, this may be taken as an un-
cxasgerated computation of the numbers present. The
stage, which is generally devoted to the performance of
vaudevilles and other entertainments, was occupied on this
cccasion by the principal actors in the political drama, and
a b tnd of music. On the curtain being drawn up a large
body of Chartists belonging to the metropolis, (in the
midst of whom sit a private of Dragoons) were discovered
round a table covered with pens, ink, and paper. A per-
son with a tolerable voice at this moment stepped
turward, and commenced to sing the Marseillaise Hymn,
accompaniedby the performers on the brass instruments.
The performance was encored.
The overture having concluded, a decently-dressed
man, named PETE, who was described as a working car-
penter, was called to the chair. He ascended the table
and addressed the meetingsat considerable length, evidently
cautious, and determined not to be led away by the ex-
citement of the moment. He said that thc.,appearance of
such a numerous assemblage on that occasion gave the
most satisfactory contradiction that could be given to the
idle boast made by the Attorney-General some time ago,
at Edinburgh, that the principles of Chartism were ex-
tinct.—(Cheers.) They had never, for a single moment
deserted the principles of the Charter, nor would they
cease to agitate until those principles became the law of
the land.—(Loud cheers.) The Government had in-
creased the standing army and the number of their
spies and bludgeon-men. but this did not deter them ; fur
although the operations of the Chartists had been lately
less noisy than before, yet they had-not been the less cer-
tain or the less effective.—(Cheers.) He was not one of
those who would advise them to resort to violence for the
otstainment of their rights, but he would say of those
alio had resorted to it, that they had been driven to it by
the tyranny of their oppressors. The Chairman, after
passing a warm eulogium on the characters of Messrs.
Frost, Williams, and Jones, and requesting a fair hearing
for all who might address them, sat down amidst loud
cheers.
Mr. BALLS came forward to propose the first resolu-
tion, to the effect that the meeting being of opinion
that the trial of Frost, Williams, and Jones had been
illegally proceeded with, as appeared by the decision of
the Judges, they now called upon Government to order
the immediate release of those persons, and to restore
them to their homes and families. The voice of the peo-
ple, he said, had saved the lives of the convicts, and the
voice of the people must restore them again to their
homes.—( Cheers). If they could contrive to have three
or four thousand petitions presented every week during the
approaching session of Parliament, they would so annoy
the Government that they would soon be glad to listen to
prayer.—( Hear, hear). It was the object of O'Connell
and the Whigs—( Here there was a ors for three groans for
O'Connell, which was heartily responded to)—to divert the
Chartists from their principal objects by getting up an
agitation for Household Suffrage, but the working classes
were not to be humbugged by it, and the time was not
far distant when they would not be even satisfied with the
I Charter—( Great cheering)—when nothing would satisfy
them short of a republic.—( Uproarious applause, and a
cry of " three groans for kingcraft," which was partially
responded to.) The expression of feeling which bad just
taken place convinced him of the truth of what he asserted,
and the Government and Aristocracy might rely on it that
if they wanted to secure property and establish monarchy
upon a firm basis, they must grant the people their politi-
cal rights.—( Tremendous cheering.)
Mr. CAMERON seconded the resolution, which was
passed. A great number of other persons addressed the
meeting in moving and seconding the adoption of the
various petitions, after which, thanks being voted to the
Chairman, the meeting separated.

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS.

The following are the results of " A Table of Mortality
in the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from
all Causes Registered, in the week ending Saturday, the
26til December, 1840." The Table is issued from the Office
of the Registrar-General:—

Weekly
Total. Average

CAUSES OF BEATY.

1 C3S:

Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases 194 2G5
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 192 156
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration
Diseases *1 the Heat and Bloodvessels
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other
Organs of Digestion
Diseases of the Kidneys, &e..... 3 5
12 10
Chihibed, Diseates of the Uterus, Stc.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles
Disvasea of the Skin, I,:c 3 1
Diseases of Uncertain Seat
Old Age, er Natural Decay 9O 70
Deaths by Violence, Privation, or Intemperance 39 26
Causes not specified
Deaths from all causes ll4l
Average Weekly Deaths ... 1,013
westernNcEseoanusrtt North Districts
Da
Dripsiitspsttit.sritsirctirtesitc: s Deaths
..
.\‘,l3. eo4elsiikn. the
.D eat
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556, \lv
,e 3,81,
.1 y
...... 172
215 ..... 208
ricictsts ... ......
T 33

Tutal 1141 1,013
It is stated that under the term Metropolis are com-
prised the 32 districts herein mentioned, wh►ch include the
City Gf London within and without the walls, the City and
Liberties of Westminster, the out parishes within the
bills of mortality—and the parishes of St. Marylebone ;
St. Pancras ; Kensington ; Fulham ; Hammersmith
(Chapelry) ; St. Luke, Chelsea; Paddington; St. Mary,
Stoke Newington ; St. Leonard, Bromley ; St. Mary• !c-
-how ; Camberwell ; Greenwich ; St. Nicholas and St.
Deptford;p ail, and Woolwich. The population as enu-
merated in 1831 was 1,494,890. The weekly average for
1838 was obtained by dividing the deaths registered in that
year by 52. In comparing it with the weekly deaths i❑
1440, it must be borne in mind that the metropolis in-
creases nearly two per cent. annually ; and that, if the
population had been the same in 1836 as in 1840, the deaths
would have been 1-27th part more numerous.
General Register-office, Dec. 31, 1840.

In the letter of " A Constant Reader, M.A."
yesterday, Plato was cruelly transformed into Pluto.
A letter has been received from Benicirlo, in
Valencia, dated the 21st of December, describing the
trade of that place. The exports seem to he confined to
the shipment of wines to European and other foreign
ports ; and even this trade is said to be now on the decline.
Within the last twelve months only 7,000 pipes have been
sent to foreign ports, the pipes being mostly similar to
those made for port wine for the United States, Ireland,
Brazil, &c. According to this the export trade is nut
above 35,0001., the pipes being estimated at about 51. each.
A rivalship between Benicarlo and Vinaros seems to
interfere with the prosperity of both those towns.
The shipments of wine from V inaros scarcely
amount to 0,000 rtpaci, valued at the low price of
31. 10s. per pipe, the difference between this value
and that of the &nicerlo wines being accounted for
by the fact, that the latter are made up so as to sell
their vine plantations in the most persever-
ing for port wines, whereas the former have no such pre-
tensions, and the whole exports can only be valued
therefore at 21,0001. The farmers in Valencia are said to
years the quantity of raisins for export may
so that it is thought not improbable
The trade in these with the farmer is carried
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wheels
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taking the fruit from the farmers no price is fixed, but
that is to be given which shall prove to be the open-
ing price on a certain day on a certain month. The ceu-
sequence is, that raisins may be sold abroad without the
seller actually knowing what they cost him; and this un-
certain position is a most fertile source of litigation. The
silk crop in Valencia is attended to solely by women and
children, and the time of these is not occupied for moro
oendinon,coalnlaecattingi
dis-
count whole is very trifling. The exchange at Valencia is
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for
feet t
strikes the hours on a bell of 53 cwt., and the quarters on
metal, and beautifully cut,
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rest of the wheels seem in good prop,,r-
emtewplsoass dial escapement, with hardened
escapet.nent wheel;
adjusting screws, in order to set the es-
t half ottihiiecrkb;e bells
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the arms of the p,l
The pendulum is very
ingeniously suspended, and weighs 2001bs.- it makes cue
vibration in two seconds. The hammer that strikes the
thisbtslcietoett
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capement eit
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in
large bell weighs 751bs. ; and the clock goes eight days
with once winding. The whole of the weight used to
keep the clock going is 251bs. ; the escapement holes are
made of bell-metal, from the old bells that were destroyed
in the late fire; the present cluck is made with discharging
apparatus for a set of chimes to play seven tunes, which,
we heee will eventually be added. The old clock was
made by' HindeY. of York, about the year 1752, and was
considered at that time a very fine specimen of workman-
-ship, yoth Herald,