The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-30 00:00:00

dicetd through the works of nature that night. They
had it ably told them by Mr. 3sinee and others that night,
how dependent a certain (4183 of the community choke to
he on the different climes and conntries of the world
That was an acknowledgmeut of the law of God in the law
of nature. From the knowledge of the law of God as evinced
in the works of nature, he would appeal to the ministers
of the Gospel, who took for their guide the revealed will
of God, whether they did net find in that great book as
strong a sanction for free food as could be f And in the
book of nature. Ile was himself a Churchman, aid he
could not understand how a minister of the Church could
read the prayer of plenty and cheapness, and yet sanction
this law, which, as Mr. Plat had observed, was a law of
robieery.—( Cheers.) He had looked through the records
of their prisons—the records of their infirmaries—and the
records of their poor-houses and there found that
just as food became scarce and dear, just in such proportion
were the fever cases multiplied in their fever hospitals;
just in the same proportion were the criminals multiplied
in their prisons, and just in the same proportion did pau-
peri-m develope itself in their poor-housee.—(Loud
cheers.) Nay, he had taken a list of the riot; and
dikturbancee, and consequent bloodshed, and expense of
the military and the police during the last thirty years
in Lancashire, and he had taken, at the same time time, a
list of the prices of corn fur the like period, and he found
that the list of the average prices of corn in this coun-
try, was an excellent and invariable barometer of the
bloodshed, tumult, and disorder, that happened during
that time.—(Cheers.) It was not only on this ground
be called on Christian ministers who cared to see the
welfare and happiness of the community, but he had
remarked another symptom spreading from the sarre
gangrene. He had observed that not merely did incen-
diaries desolate the country, teaching men to revolt, in-
stilling the license of rebellion into men's minds, but that
demagogues of another kind, infidel demagogue', in-
variably made their appearance at the same tiine.—
(Cheere.) Socialism is a fungus that had spread since
the price of corn rose to 755. per quarter. Ile would an-
swer for it that in Lancashire, in 1835, no Socialism was
heard of, and no anrehensions were entertained by the
clergy that such a heresy should have spread over the land.
It had been entirely the produce of the tormenting dis-
tress that had happened since that period, which taught
men when they were hungered to look to any direction
for present solace and comfort.—( Hear, hear.) On
these grounds he called on Christian ministers to come
and help them. They required no pledge. Theirs was
a simple cause, true and just in itself ; they required
no man to give up an iota of his religious or politi-
cal opinions, to join in this great work.—(Heir,
hear.) Nay more, he would appeal to the working
classes, as there might be some suspicion that their object
was to divot them from other political guestiens ; but in
the Anti- Corn League it was a fundamental rule that the
mention of political or party questions should not be al-
lpwed.,—( Cheers.) Therefore, whether they acre Church-
men or Dissenters, Whigs, Tories, Radicals, or Chartists,
they were equally entitled to join in this great contest, and
it was one in which they were all equally interested in the
result.—( Cheers ) lie would not enter into detail on
the subject of the Corn-laws, but would only ask every
men to come and examine this great question, and especi-
ally he invited the ladies and the ministers of the Gospel, for
whenever be found those two united in any cause, as they
were on the great slavery question, he was sure, as they
never smiled but on a just cause, that it must succeed.--
(Hear,hear.) He would say in conclusion, as others
had mentioned the grounds on which they took up this
great question, lie might say, he took it up entirely on
the same principles as ethers had taken up the greet ques-
tion of s'avery, for he could not, for the life of him, dis-
cover the difference betwixt kidnapping a man and com-
pelling him to work, and robbing a man of the produce of
labour.—( Hear, hear.) (Mr. Cobden sat down amidst
loud and repeated cheers.) " That the thanks of this
meeting are eFeci lly due to those ministers of the gospel
who by their appearance here to-day, declare their sym-
pathy with, and approval ef, the great purpose of the
meeting."
Mr. SWAN seconded the resolution.

Mr. WARREN, of Manchester, moved the following re-
solution :—" That this n-:eeting strongly urges the Anti-
Corn-law 'Associations in this town and neighbourhood
forthwith to prepare for signature peitions th both Houses
of Parliament, praying for the tot,l and immeliate repeal
of the existing Corn-laws."
Mr. BATIIO seconded the resolution.

Mr. KILNER moved the following resolution :—" That
the thanks of this meeting are due to W. R. C StanE-
field, EN., M. P., for the boroug!', for his courteous readi-
ness in accepting the inv tati,n to this meeting."
W. R. C. STANSFIELD, Esq., moved that—" That the
thanks cf this meeing are due to the ladies who have
evinced their sympathy in tint patriotic and benevolent
enterprise by their prevenco on this occasion, and more
especially to those of them who have taken part in the
preparatory arrangements, and have presided at the tea
tab:e3," which waa seconded and carried by acclamation.
Mr. JOSEPH WEBB moved, —" That the thanks of
this meeting are due to those gentlemen from a distance
till° have kindly honoured it with their presence."
Mr. W. WRIGLEY seconded the resolution.

The meeting then separated about half-past 11 o'clock,
the m3st pertcct harmony having prevailed during the
whole time.

WEST LONDON RAILWAY

COMPANY.

A special general meeting of the Shareholders of the
West London Railway Company was yesterday held at the
Company's offices, 11, Abchurch-lane, for the purpose of
rescinding a resolution come to at the meeting held in
Octsber last, relative to the issuing of new shares, and of
considering a proposi inn of the Directors to raise 40.0001.
by issuing 20.000 deferred shares of 20/. eacht at 2/., for
tl.e purpose of completing one line of rails to the Kensing-
ton canal. The meeting was adverti:ed to take place at
one precisely, but it was considerably after the hour before
the Directors entered the room. This circumstance
created c msiderable dissatisfaction among the Proprietors
assembled.
M'. MORGAN, the Deputy-Chairman, having taken the
chair, apalegised fot having detained the Proprietors, and
hoped they would calmly consider the propositions to be
laid before them.
Tho SECRETARY then read the notice convening the
meeting, and also the report of the Dii eetors, wiish
stated that they had endeavoured in various ways to raise
money in meet-dance with t!-e resolution of the Proprie-
tors on the 7th of Oetober, 1810, but had found it it
to do so under existing citeumstacces. They
con-
sidered that the best course to be pursued would be to
bring a portion of their present line into operation as soon
as possible, and they therefore proposed to lay a single
lire of rails from the Grew] Junction canal to Kensirg-
ton canal basin. To do this a sum of 40,000/. would
be sequired, which they proposed to raise by the issue of
20,000 row 20/. shares, to be divided rateably among the
present Proprietors at 21. Fee share; and if any of the
Proprietors refused the offer, then the remainder of the
Proptietors to have. the option of taking them ; and should
the whole not be disposed of, then the remainder to be
offered to the public. Such shares to be paid for in the
fullowing maener :—A first instalment of 10s. at the
time cf the allotment, and other instalments of 10s. each
on the 15th of July, 12th of Oetob' r, and 15th of January.
Thu Company had entered into an asrangement with the
principal c,editors to let their claims stand over for
twelve months.
Mr. LOCKE V.iSbed to know the amount of the claims
on the Company. He considered it better to abandon the
concern altogether, or sell it to some other Company,
than to swamp it by the issue of the 20,000 shares.
Mr. DUNCOMBE, the solicitor to the Company, rose for
the purpose of moving resolutions to carry out the recorn-
ineadations of the Report. Something must he done to
take the concern out of its present situation. The road
at present was unfinished, and consequently useless, and
teiless some'hing were done to complete it before a long
time had elapsed, the Proprietors would take back the
land at their own price. He considered that by the pro-
position of the Directors, the great sources of traffic would
be touched, tamely, the Gtand Junction Canal and Abe
Keen :gton Canal, and two great sources of profit
would be opened. The cost of the completion
of the single tine had been estimated at 32,000/.
There were several small debts, amounting to about
1,000/ which it was a !fume to leave unpaid ; but
40,0001 would accomplish it all, and the Directors con-
sidered that they had proposed to the Proprietors the best
mode of raising it. The other claims on the Company,
including the Solicitor's bill and the Directors' salaries,
amounted to 9,773/. 1 le. ld. These claimants hied agreed
to wait for their claims, so that the 40,000/. would be en-
abled to be entirely devoted to purposes specified. There
were a second class of claimants,:whose claims amounted
to 1,6541., who bad also agreed to wait, leaving only
721/. 16s. 9d. to be paid out of the 40,000/. The only
made, as it struck him, to raise that money, was that
which had been proposed by the Directors, and which had
been adopted with success by several other Companies. It
was, in fact, merely making an addition to their capital
from themselves, as he did not believe a single share would
find its way to the public.
Mr. WHITE wished to know if the bonds were included
in his statement of the delt'.

The CHAIRMAN said not, as there were questions de-
pending between the Kensington Canal Company and the
R9•ilroad Company.
Mr. WHITE held mortgege bonds to the amount of

1,5001., and protested agiiins—t those claims being conaPro:
miied by his taking part in the present proceedings. He
intended to move three amendments, for he had never
heard more fallacious representations than those made
by the gentleman who had just sat down. The plan
which he should propose might be carried into effect for
10,0001. It was for a single line of rails for horse tree.
Lion to the Uxbridge road. That would embrace the Grand
June:ion Canal and the Birmingham Railway, and might
be carried int ) effect entirely on their own grounds. The
cast of a locomotive railway would be enormous. He
would pass over the point for the present. He was happy
to hear that the crediti,r; had consented to grant them
time. He did not think that anything could be done
with the Great Western Railway until they showed that
Company they were independent of them. On the 23d
Jatiutry last the Greet Western Company had taken up
their rails and placed others of a new construction, which
would preclude any connection with them. They had
taken away the rails, and merely made a little notch in
those which they had laid down in their place. The plan
which he propn;e:l would open a communication from the
Paddington Wharf with a populous
.and increasing dis-
trict, and would enable that er trict to be sup_
plied with coal from the wharf at 25;.. a ton. He
had no objection whatever to carryieg on the works to the
nsi,igton Canal if they would pay the Canal Propr'etors
all that was due to them, and raise the. 40,000 t, but that
they would not be able t.) do according to the plan of the
Directors. The inevitable consequence of adopting the
Directors' suggestions would be that the shares would fall
and in a very 1 ttle time those 21. shares would be at 10. s:
The land they possessci was daily increasing in value;
land in that neighbourb:!od had hem sold for 1,150/. an
acre. They would sacrifice all the value of their land by
doing what it was proposed they should do. They bad
never been informed what the profit would be when they
came to work, and the Directors should have laid before