The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-11 00:00:00

THE COBDEN TESTIMONIAL.

LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY.—A public meeting was held at
the Cotton Sales-room, in the Exchange-buildings, to-day,
for the purpose of raising funds to present Mr. Richard
Cobden, M.P., with a suitable testimonial for his untiring
and successful exertions in the free-trade cause. The meet..
ing was convened by circular, signed by tirkty*five of the
wealthiest and most respectable mercantiielliWkin the town,
as will be seen by the following list :—BriTeih, Shipley, and
Co. ; James Mellor ; Mather and Co. ; Robert Mather ; Jevons,
Sons,and Co.; John D. Thornely ; John Finch, jun.; James
Mullineux ; Hughes and Ronald; Henry Romilly; George
Holt; A. Denistoun and Co.; James Ryder; James Still,
Son, and Co.; Duncan M‘Vicar; Thomas Bolton; George
Maxwell; Ridyard and Leicester; Thomas and John Broekle.
bank ; Samuel Blackburn and Co.; James Crossfield, jun.;
Joseph C. Ewart ; Lawrence Heyworth ; James:_R,yley ; Raw-
lins and Son; Charles Holland; Charles Robertson;
Blain ; James Harvey ; Grote, Tomkinson, and Co.;lsaac Be
Cooke ; Tennants, Clow, and Co.; Thomas Hibbert,
Liam Stewart; and Richard Johnson. Representatives from
all these houses, and a great many others, were present at the
meeting to-day, and very great enthusiasm was evinced.
Shortly after one o'clock, upon the motion of Mr. Joseph C.
Ewart, the chair was taken by Mr. William Brown, of the
firm of Brown, Shipley, and Co., American merchants, the
future Member for South Lancashire.
The CHAIRMAN opened the proceedings by passing a high
eulogium upon Mr. Cobden for his eminent cervices in the
cause of free trade, and said that some great nailonal
testi-
monial ought to be presented to him for those services; be-
cause, had it not been for the untiring industry and patient
exertions of that gentleman, the desired object would n.l'ver
have been achieved. He called upon every gentleman wk.°
wished well to his country, and who desired to promote X
prosperous home and foreign:trade, to come forward liberally
and give honour where honour was due, remarking, in con-
clusion, that Mr. Cobden's pecuniary sacrifices, during the
several years he had been agitating and discussing the ques-
tion, could not have been far under 50,00(1.
Mr. RAWLINS, the secretary of the meeting, hero read the
address from the Mayor of Manchester to the people of Eng-
land, calling upon them to subscribe to the testimonial. This
address has already been published.
Mr. T. TIIORNELY, M.P. for Wolverhampton, proposed he
following resolution :
" That this meeting fully concurring in the opinion, that
the eminent services of Richard Cobden, Esq., M.P., in eau-
flexion with the cause of free trade, entitle him to a nation's
gratitude, hereby pledges itself to the earnest support of that
national testhnonal which has been already commenced, as
a fitting tribute to the untiring energy, the unhesitating self-
sacrifice, and the unrivalled wisdom with which that dhitin-
guished man has conducted the struggle for commercial in-
dependence."
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In moving this resolution, Mr. Thornely entered into
history of the various efforts which had been made to obi
taro a repeal of the corn-laws. He alluded particularly to the
annual motions submitted to the House of Commons by his col-
league, Mr. Villiers, ever since the year 1835. At that period,
he said, it was often a difficult matter to make a House on
some occasions ; Hon. Members had to be induced to leave the
library in order to listen to a debate on the corn-laws and to
make a House—so uninviting, was the subject, and so
miserable the hope of its ever being brought to a triumphant
issue. But, now that free-trade measures are adopted, all
the credit of their adoption is due, and justly due, to Mr.
Cobden and the excellent men who acted in conjunction
with that gentleman.—(Applause.) He then referred to the
distress in Ireland, and the manifesto from Lord John Rus-
sell before the opening of the present session, and praised
Sir Robert Peel for his policy in having sent to America for
supplies of Indian corn and corn-meal, in order to prevent
the potato-holders is Ireland from charging exorbitant prices
during the period of the famine. He thought, that in pay-
ing a well. merited compliment to Mr. Cobden for having
repealed the corn-laws, they ought not to forget the services
rendered by Lord J. Russell, who,by his influence with the
easy.--(Applause.
at Lansdowne:House, had made the passage of the
pmpelaaususe.
measure through the Upper House comparatively
y._ free-trade
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Mr. J. C. EWART seconded the resolution proposed by
Mr. Thornely, which was pat and carried nem. con.
Upon the motion of Mr. George Maxwell, seconded by
Mr. Mather, an influential committee was appointed to
carry out the object in view ; after which the following sub-
scriptions to the testimonial were handed in by the gentle-
men present :
Tennants, Clow, and Co £2OO
Mr. J. C. Ewart
Mr. G. Maxwell lOO
Mr. W. Stewart 5O

Mr. J. D. Thornely
Mr. William Jackson . 150
Mr. William Mellor
Mr. K E. Harvey lOO
Mr. James Stitt
Mr. James Crossfield, jun 5O
Mr. James Trolam .. ...... .......... ... 20
Mr. William Crossfield
Mr. R. Johnson 25
Mr. T. Pennington
Messrs. R. Shell and Co.
50
Messrs. Hughes and Ronald
Mr. James Rider .. . lOO
Mr. J. H. Rigby lOO
Mee, King, and Co.
Rawlings and Son
besides a great number of lesser sums.

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mr. Briziwn, at this period, was obliged to vacate the chair,
in order to proceed to Manchester, to address a meeting of his
election committee, at the Albion Hotel in that town, at four
o'clock this afternoon.

The second chair was taken by Mr. Thornely, M.P.
Mr. RATHBONZ moved the thanks of the meeting to Mr.
Brown, for taking the chair on the present occasion, and for
his advocacy of the principles of free trade.
Mr. Crow seconded the motion, which was put and caaied
by acclamation.
Mr. James Mullineux and Mr. J. C. Ewart were appointed
joint-treasurers of the testimonial fund, and Mr. W. Bath—
bone wain' ected chairman of the committee.
Mr. Rawlins was appointed secretary; and the thanks of
the meeting were given to Mr. Thornely, M.P.
The subscriptions at the close of the meeting amounted to
b2,alnsdoe/, which, addedset to m
to theLievh eeraptoeorl,makesubscriptionsthe
totalf
previouslyo
din and nthe
Liverpool subscriptions alone to amount to the handsome
sum of 5,2501.

THE IRON TRADE.
BIXAIWGII2III, THURSDAY.—The usual quarterly meeting
of the iron and coal masters of Staffordshire and Shropshire
was held in the Waterloo-rooms of this town to-day. The
attendance was numerous. Subsequently to the last quarter-
day, there was an inclination, amongst the second-rate mas-
ters, to reduce the price, and in many instances, needy makers
did not sell at rates below those agreed upon in April. To-
day, however, the prices of last quarter-day were fully sup-
ported, bar iron went at about 10/. ; hoop, 101. 10s. ; and pig
fetched from 51. 10s. to 4/. 15s.

The anticipatory statements which have appeared in some
of the London papers, are, in some respects, fallacious. The
demand for iron for railway purposes is not so great as has
been represented. The only orders reported to-day were for
the North Staffordshire Railway Company, distributed as
follows :—The Chillington woks 10,000 tons ; Messrs. Bag-
nail's, of West Bromwich, 10,000 tons ; and Messrs. J. Pos-
ter and Co., of Stourbridge, 10,000; making an aggregate Cri
30,000 tons.
This demand, although considerable, is not of the amount
likely to create any material alteration of price in the market.
The attempt made to change the quarter-day has not pro-
duced the effect intended. Accounts were paid promptly, and
the settlement passed off very satisfactorily.

FATAL ACCIDENT TO A LUNATIC.—Orr Thursday
Mr. W. Baker held an inquest, at the London Hospital, on the
body of Esther Cuthbert, a widow, aged thirty-four years.
From the evidence it appeared that on the 9th of May last -
the deceased accosted a waggoner, who was driving his team.
along the Mile End-road, and importuned him to give her
a ride, which he refused to do, as she did not appear in her
senses, when she suddenly fell, and both the near wheels
passed over ber right foot. She was taken to the hospit
where she lingered until Tuesday last, when she died. The
deceased had been an imate of St. Luke's and other mad "T
houses, but at times had lucid intervals. Verdict, " Acci
dental death, she being at the time imbecile and of nod` -
mind." •