The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-21 00:00:00

COURT C I RCUI4,I
WINDSOR, TUESDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert
walked out this morning.
Their Royal highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prime"
Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were
taken their accustomed exercise in the forenoon. ---"
Prince Albert took the diversion of shooting to dap
The Marquis of Granby, and Colonel Bouverie were in; .
attendance on his Royal Highness. The Marquis of
Granby afterwards took his departure for town.
His Royal Highness Prince George left the Castle this
morning.
The Duke of Wellington, the Duke of Rutland, the
Duke of Richmond, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Sir n•
Peel, the Duke of Beaufort, the Duke of Cleveland, the
Marquis of Abercorn, the Marquis of Exeter, the BisheP`
of Winchester, the Bishop of Oxford, Sir James Graham'
the Marquis of Hertford, the Marquis and Marchieneel,
of Camden, the Earl of Powis, Earl Talbot, the Earl of
Liverpool, the Earl Delawarr, and the Earl of Jersey'
took their departure from the Castle to-day.
Her Majesty and her Royal Consort again walked to
the pleasure grounds in the afiernoon.
The Royal Family were taken airings this afternoorr•

His Royal Highness Prince George arrived at his,re;
sidence in St. James's Palace, yesterday, from Winas°-
Castle.
The Queen will hold a Privy Council at half-Pss/
three o'clock this afternoon, at Buckingham Palace.
Sir Robert Peel arrived at his residence, in Whitebsr:
gardens, yesterday morning, from Windsor Castle. PI"
George Clerk had an interview with the Right Honour"
able Baronet.
to
Mr. 114,ham, Secretary and Comptroller-Gen al
the Commissioners for the' Reduction of the Nations
Debt, had an interview with the Chancellor of the ?;
chequer yesterday, at his official residence in Dovinuib
street.
The Duke of Buccleuch, the Earl of Lincoln,
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord Granville Somers
and the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert. had a meeting Yes.
terday, at the office of the Board of Trade. fronl
Sir James Graham returned to town yesterday,
Windsor Castle.
Mr. Meek had an interview with Sir George Clergy
yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade.
Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colon
office from the Governor of Hong-Kong, and also fr°'
the Governor of Ceylon.

THE CORN-LAWS. 411110.
MEETING AT THE CROWN AND ANCISI/it
A very numerous meeting of the inhabitants of "si c
minster was held at the Crown and Anchor Tavernti°d
the purpose of petitioning Parliament for the total 5.,°,
immediate repeal of the corn-laws. On the platforni "0.
observed Howard Elphinstone, Esq. M.P., the 11,°.
Mr. Bouverie, Sir De Lacy Evans, Milner Gibson,
&c. &c. Mr. Elphinstone was voted unanimously to

chair, and was greeted with loud cheers. its
The CHAIRMAN said—Gentlemen, this great Pub of
meeting has been called together for the purPe''iessa
enabling the inhabitants of this great metrer"-fid
borough to express their opinion of the impolicY n'of
injustice of those laws which now prevent the peopwle.th
England from obtaining a sufficiency of food. nio
regard to your reprerusentatives, it is my duty to resiiihtte
you letters that have been received from them. `ly;
first is from Mr. Leader. [Here the Chairman res°o
letter from that gentleman, dated the 20th instsgl.t.
Calais, acknowledging an invitation from the "n-,
rninster Reform Club, to attend the meeting, but sta";%.
that it was oat of his power do so, at the same 610;50
pressing his hostility to the corn-laws. The Chstrcl
a!so read letters from the Hon. Captain Rouse --.„a
Robert Grosvenor, Mr. Hawes, M.P., Sir W. Clay'og
Colonel P. Thompson, to a similar effect, and exPre,%.is
their intention of voting for the object of the ment'l3: 1
their places in Parliament.] Gentlemen, I must Id
think that Ns hen we look at the present great mecting,,,as
Ns hen we know that other equally large meeting 'lO
been held in almost every borough in the kindgoo3.„o
must congratulate ourselves on the great progress `-ri
has been made on this important question ,• and los
thinking man, unfettered by prejudices, and vviln.,App
paid attention to the events daily onen";,,nei
must conclude that the corn-laws are des- to
t) speedy nnnihilation.—(Cheers.) We have cocanoe
the conclusion that every man has a right to Porenest ,n food in those markets which he may conceive the rtse
expedient. I believe the people also understano...(o
principle of free trade, and justly consider that to
should be imposed for her Majesty's revenue, and if It
fill the pockets of protectionists.—(Hear, hear.)ra if
must be equally clear that the revenue must stIP-t-ser
the principle of excluding articles produced in on°"00
country be universally adopted. For instance, into
case of wheat. When there are 18,000,000 qua it
produced at home, and but 2,000,000 importsne
puts 5,000,0001. in the pockets of the landlords, aveliii
ing the duty at ss. per quarter.—(Hear, hear.),. fie
from a knowledge of the injustice of these laws, °tot
complain of their existence.—(Hear, hear.) I tbin; 001
the peel.... of England have a full right to ask, gloss
accept ess than, the total repeal of these corm) is'
which have pressed so heavily on the happiness sorb, 0
dustry of the community.—(Loud cheers.) 'fro'
is no doubt that there is a great po"--tbe
crisis at hand, but I have too great confidence in .
ben
good sense of the people of this country to be aPPre
sive of the result; and Sir Robert Peel may rely on 0,
support of the liberal Members in the House, if any Indere.
sure he may propose on this subject be a good meaS.o,
But I trust that there will be no mutilation of the Phrifilf•
ciple we advocate, and that we shall obtain, not a
but the whole, of what we require.—(Hear, and the for
With this opinion, I feel satisfied that we may look Ibe
ward with the utmost confidence that these laws
shortly swept from the statute-book.—(Great cheertero,
I now appeal to the good sense of the meeting, to
gfUll
every gentleman who may think fit to address you
and patient hearing; and I rely on you to support 10
the place which you have done me the honour to O'
meeersG IBS.)
Mr.( M. ON said it was with much satisfaction
,

he came to their meeting that night.—(Hear.) ile ;ad
no stranger to them, but a resident in Westminster, 0,
an elector of their borough—(bear)—therefore be Ate
great pleasure in having the honour to propose a rlveut,
tion for their adoption, which he would read to:a, bf
[The resolution was to the effect that it was pro/ jest'
undoubted evidence, that several millions of the aCreal.
tural population in Ireland, as well as in parts of 900,
Britain, were fed chiefly on potatoes; that it was 0br1,,,,„1,
when a thousand persons were added daily to their Pp,
lation, that an increase of employment was de:13,413,01r,
and that the corn-laws had failed to accomplish to;.toi,
ject.]—(Hear, hear.) With respect to the first ps,of.
the resolution, they did not require the authority of ton
Marsham for the fact, nor did it admit of argullieli.4
discussion to demonstrate, that population was int-ire:o.
every day, for it was established by census
_and
the population did increase at the rate of a tboil2;10
a day. Some time back there was an eminent wan' tb
had devoted himself to these matters, who stated
that
population did not increase.—(A laugh.) But nol!t04
matter was set at rest. With respect to the second rot
of the resolution, it was ascertained that a great rf.rjor
of the people, in England as well as Ireland, were liite
on potatoes. Ile did not mean to assert that the c°sok.
laws were solely instrumental in producir.g these elial;
and reducing the country to the melancholy conditi°ol
which they found it.—(Hear.) They did not saLtio:
other causes might not have had a considerable ell`-tbst.
inducing these deplorable results ; but they did sn,Yere'
the corn-laws greatly aggravated those evils, ano,eo)
of themselves calculated to create them.—(Hear, u.oge'.
They said also that the corn-laws were a gross infritbsi
ment on their civil rights. It must be obvious,. old
first of all right was, that a man s°,
be entitled to the rewards arid profits of „or
own industry.—(Cheers.) They denied that any
tion of their fellow-countrymen had a right to r be
the conditions under which their industry shoulate,
carried on.—(Hear, hear.) They denied their riga te,
measure out the trade of their fellow-countrymen, "400!
interfere with the efforts of the loom more than tl'°asig
the plough.—(Hear, and cheers.) He trusted the 'iv
was come when Englishmen would throw oS en.
yoke of dukes and other noblemen. As he had tore
tioned noblemen, he thought it right to say there i•
tnooebrlaecmyewn
hand w
eother
their landedfirm firmest
topfrriieetnodrss
guished advocates. And among
had been distinguished for the improvement they no
made in agriculture.—(Hear, and cheers.) For ins,,tsh-ese
there were Lord Spencer and Lord Leicester. Jirilio
them andwaineroenan gino satt: aeil gt:
sbll3o#
two noblemen were the most strenuous advocates al jar !
cause of free trade.—(Hear, hear.) And it "Bsbesr,
portant that many agriculturists had separated t std
selves from their own class, and put themselves foil 0
as the advocates of their cause.—(Hear, hear.) ad
showed that these men considered that their cause teso, i;
to the promotion of good agriculture. Who //were
among the aristocracy and landed proprietors that
opposed to their principles ? Why the most ix ertgi e 51l
3
landowners in the country—(hear)—men who dr%i, 01
the least reduction in their rents, because there vil;001,
a small difference between their rental and the al!. tol°'
of their mortgages.—(Hear, hear.) They were ne"ess:
now, certainly, anything in Parliament about dot
mortgages. Sir Edward Knatchbull had venture A abet ?
that dangerous ground, and a friend of his had 0,1% eft
that gentleman's arguments were perilous, but nt baa
planations ruinous; and they might recollect that beep)
entered on some of these explanations.—(Heard the
They now heard nothing abou the peculiar taxes O.' the ,
land. And after hearing all that was advanced 1,1000
Houses and else where, he could never perceive !of')
burdens. It was a surprise that at some of 'oar
protection dinners there was no mention of the Pecaliag :
exemptions of the agriculturist. There was 000'
said, in 17, Old Bond-street, about these exerag bolf
Therewas nothing said about the window-tax, alluvial/.
the windows of a farm-house were free of that ta.%Vber°
those of a shop were obliged to bear it.—(Hear.) .a the
was no allusion to the fact that hut few farmers pa' with
income-tax. It proved that a man in the coun!rlietb°
3001. a-year was put in a very different position an tea)
shopkeeper. The agriculturist was exempted 0,16°000° i
legacy and probate duty, but of this there was no eerty
tion made in 17, Old Bond-street. While the Pller.df'
'1"
of the working classes is subjected to this very ue • '
tax, could they explain why the land of the /lia poso
Richmond and the Duke of Buckingham show floe!
free ? Would they but explain this ? More scedic'e
and aggravated injuries the country had not r%tiist,t
than those inflicted by the hands of the proteetl,,een"
No doubt freedom from taxation was meant to "-yid
only the landed interest. It found Lts 001
into the pockets of the landlords in the, wit_
of rent. The farmer might Le delude e'
the faith that his rent was by so much redueto tor
might seem so ; but at some future day bew order
deceived by the demand made upon him by hise to the
ship's ag,nt. The corrilaw was no advantag o,or,
farmer. He (Mr. Gilison) could testify this , do:
•cultura rs f
c,nfidently, having lately lacen in an agri woe
trict where he had abundant intercourse with fool
and he could state that they were
,taking theirbe ior
under the impression that the corn-laws
.were to