The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-12 00:00:00

DIRECTORS,

KENNETT KINGSFORD, Esq., Chairman.
BENJAMIN IFILL, Esq.. Deputy Chairman.
Ale..ander Anderson, Esq. James Hartley, Esq.
Joha Atkins, Esq. John M`Gutfie, Esq.
James Bidden, Esq. John Maclean Lee, Esq.
Captain F. Brandreth. J. Marmaduke Rosseter, Esq.
ALMITons.
11. H. Canaan, Esq. I Robert E. Alison, Esq.
ADMlR—Marshall Hall, M.D., F.A.S., L. and B.
Szcarraar —John Emerson, Esq.
SOLTCITORS—Messrs. Palmer, France, and Palmer.
THIS IS THE ONLY COMPANY who are bound by their deed
of constitution not to dispute any- policy, unless they can prove that
It was obtained by fraudulent misrepresentation ; the great aim and
object having been to render Life Policies COMPLETE SECURI-
TIES and NEGOTIABLE DOCUMENTS, which shall owe their
value to the certainty of the contracts upon which they are founded,
and be independent of the liberality or caprice of those who shall be
in the management of the affairs of the Company when the claims
arise ; and for this purpose the Company have, by a clause in their
deed of constitution, unhesitatingly deprived themselves of the
power of objecting to any policy, unless they undertake to prove that
it was obtained front theist by fraudulent misrepresentation. The
regulations common to all other Life Companies, which make the
validity of assurance contracts dependent upon the perfect correct-
ness of the many statements required from a proposer for a Life
Policy, and which have given rise to almost all the questions which
have been argued in the Courts, and to many extra-judicial com-
promises, are thus entirely abrogated ; and nothing but fraud, proved
to have been consnaitted against them, can vitiate a policy &wanted by
this Company.
THIS IS THE ONLY COMPANY from whom the assured on the
mutual principle, receive the whole of the mutual accumulations,
and also a guarantee from the Shareholders for the sums assured.
THIS IS THE ONLY COMPANY who bind themselves to pay
the sums in the policies, although the debts for which they were
effected shall have been liquidated before the claims arise. The
Company considering It only just towards the assured that where
premiums have been paid for assuring a given amount, that amount
should be paid; and they undertake to de so without reference to
the state of the accounting between the assured an his debtor.

THIS IS ALMOST Tifft ONLY COMPANY who grant in favour
of creditors whole world policies, whereby the debt is secured,
although the debtor should go beyond the limits of Europe.
The premiums calculated according to the Carlisle Tables, are
lower thaa usual upon young lives, where participation is the profits
is not required ; and for chart assurances, which, at the option of the
assured, may be continued for life, the rates are as low as a due re-
gard to complete security will permit.

TRIENNIAL ASCENDING SCALE TO ASSURE £lOO.

BY THE HALF PREIVIIIIM PLAN only one-half of the first
seven years' premium is required, the other half being payable at
at the convenience of the assured; thus allowing a Policy to be
continued for seven years at one-half of the usual rate, or to be
dropped at one-half of the usual sacrifice, and entitling the assured,
seven years hence, when loss of health may prevent him from
effecting a new Assurance, to continue a Policy at a rate of premium
applicable to an age seven years younger. The Half-premium plan
of Assurance, as practised by this Company, thus enables persons
to retain to their own use the one-half of the premiums for the
first seven years, at 5/. per cent. interest. Thus, suppose the or-
dinary premium for an assurance of 5001. to be 101., the first pay-
ment by the half-premium plan will be five guineas, being the one-
half of the 10/., and interest for the retained half; and, if death
should occur in the first year, the sum of 5001. would be paid less the
5/. retained. The assured may thus have the use for the first year
of 5/. ; for the second, of 101. ; and so or till the end of the
seventh year, when the retained sums, amounting to 351., may either
be repaid, or retained at 51. per cent. interest until death, when the
35/. would be subtracted from the 5001. then payab. -V the Company.

TO ASSURE OWE EU DEED POUNDS ON HALF PENI/A.UM SYSTEM.

s. d. Age. s. d.
- 0 16 1 40 - - 1 11
. 0 13 0 45 1 16 6
25 - . 1 9 7 59 - 2 3 9
30 - - 1 3 6 54 - - 212 5
Prospectuses and schedules are forwarded to applicants, free of ex.
pens., by the Manager and Agents.
ALEX. ROBERTSON, Manager.
AGENTS.
Tyrrell, Wm., Merchant
toborts, C. 11., Surveyor
Lipscombe, L,, Solicitor
Davis, W., Postmaster
Crosse, M., Civil Engineer
Sill, R., Solicitor
Broadley, J., Wine Merchant
Salmon, W.,Solicitor
Nicholson, t. T., Publisher
Brown, S., Tea-dealer
Morris, C., Solicitor
Kennett, W., Solicitor
Jones, J. Manufacturer
Griffiths, E., Postmaster
Keutgen, C., Merchant
Mitchell, C. C., Solicitor
Deacon, F., Solicitor
0. Emerson and Son, Merchants
Boyd, Wm., Brewer
Cutler, F., Merchant
Maybery and Williams, Solicitors
Coates and Lefebure, Merchants
Williams, T. W., Auctioneer
Pascoe, T., Draper
Plodgson, T. H., Solicitor
Davey, J., Land Agent
Box, W. 8., Solicitor
Roberts, John, Land Agent
Whitehead, T., Accountant
Dimmock, J., Printseller
Adney, F., Solicitor
Kempton, J., Bookseller
Robinson, J., Agent
Prowse, J., Draper
Johnson, W., Merchant
Hart, W., jen., Merchant
Pike, W. and 1., Wine Merchants
Taylor, W. 1., Druggist
Lanham, Hy., Agent
Brothers, J., Chemist
Tucker, H., jun., Solicitor
Froud, J., Chemist
Hamilton, J. B. and IL, Booksellers
Rankine, W., Merchant
Bytes, M., Solicitor
Wilson, J., Draper
Davis, S., Merchant
Darling, J., Bookseller
Cooley, C. E., Land Agea
Balle, T.,Bookseller
Veitch, ames, Attorney
Kernaghan, T., Merchant
Stone, R., Surveyor
Wright, A., Grocer
Fisher, T. 8., Draper
Needham, J., Bookseller
Powis, J., Harmer-street
Costello, J., Wine-merchant
Queripel, E., jun., Solicitor
Erskine, H., Merchant
Lovell, G. W., Academy
Robertson, C., Banker
Elphick, G. W., Conveyancer
Reynolds, W., Auctioneer
Paxon, F., Plumber
Roberts, R., Banker
Burgess, J.,
.Ironmonger
Dutell, L., Merchant
Harrison, G. Postmaste
Battye, T. H., Solicitor
Hewitt, T. F., Merchant
Allen, G. L., Grocer
Garlick, M. P., Solicitor
Mills, W. P., Surgeon
Heinsworth, C. W., Douglas
Prentice, B. M., Banker
Saunders, H., Solicitor.
Jenard, P., Solicitor
Jones, R. L., Merchant
Griffith, J. Appraiser
Parry, T., Chemist
Dawber, W., Merchant
Compton, N., Architect
Davidson, J„ and Elliston, E., Merchants
Cassells, W. G., Merchant
Cowan, J: Agent
O'Connor, M.' Merchant
Kidd, H. IL, Academy
Edwards, II:, Solicitor
Trull, J., Surgeon
Digby, G. W., Solicitor
Langston, E., Sharebroker
Bartlett, S., Silversmith
Fleming, J., Surveyor
Fitzgerald, J. Brewer
Wilkinson, S., Stationer
Reid, T., Solicitor
Wardroper, E., Solicitor
Simpson, A., Bookseller
Richards, J., Draper
Long, E. S. D., Solicitor
Uyett, 11. A., Chemist
Warburton and CO, 8440400ra
Jones, W., Printer
Pywell, H., Selicitor
Browne, J. Q., Surveyor
Wray owl Nprnallts
Long, S. M., Auctioneer,
Brice, 4001tSeller
wnshend, J., Stationer
itby, F., APPPulltril4
Ugh, Hugh, Banker
Britton, A. K., Banker
T lovd. R hanker
•
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n er
Doti, lianke;'
Aldridge and Crab!), Merchants
041,41firtl1 Accountant
Orr 4.1 ginger}olesnrorth,.Y:,Solicitor
Mitchell, S., Accountant
hiatfeiTell.f.T.prir4Per
Am ~ i!itgF
Hunter, D., Merchar4
Kearsey, W. W., Solicitor
Upetteii, printer
Boyle, J., Xereliii4
Merry, W., Academy
Crompton, W. M., 401!9itc:
FullOr4,
fin ter
Wkltgß y, ,B. Auctioneer
ThoinaS, J., SOkitog
T. Ir. liarri4,43ot.
Sterming and Cornell, Sol elt4ll
DelVes; J.;gn~o Agent
Jacobs, A., Jeweller
Braithwaite, F.,Solicitor
Williams, W., HOY 4,
Walkington, J., Chemist
Joyce, J., Chemist
Banter, 4., Solicitor
Beater, CollectOr
Ny. 11., agent
cfospilit, W. G., 11411ker
i591c19.111 14.‘ SOleltUr
ctwarcis, h., Draper
Oainol, H,, Banker
rainier, C., Academy
W.. Town Clerk
Carson
Faitht;ill, E. C., Solicitor
ttollb, J., Solicitor
rOggitt, J., liookaellef
Crocker, G., Irounkrof
Witt ON Q. B.r 801101t9Z.
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Age.
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Abingdon - •
Aberporth - •
Alresford - • •
Aberystwith • -
Atliy - •
Ashby de la Zouch
Bath - - -
Bury St. Edmund's -
Berwick • - •
Brentwood - - -
Bristol - - - -
Brighton - - .
Broseley - -
Bishop's Castle - -
Bremen - - -
Bruton -
Bridgewater - - -
Belfast - - -
BallinaSloe - -
Bordeaux - - -
Brecon - - -
Cork- - -
helmsford - - -
Chichester - - -
Carlisle - - -
Canterbury - -
Cirencester - -
Corwen - - -
Chatham - -
Cumbridge - • -
Chard -
C hertsey - -
Church Stretton .
Chudielg,h - -
Carlow - -
Cape Town - - -
Dublin -
Darlington - -
Dorking -
Deal - - - -
Devonport -
Dorchester - -
Drogheda - -
Donegal - -
Dawlish - .
I)unse -
Enniscortky -
Epsom .
Ellesmore - -
Exeter - - -
Edinburgh - - -
Enniskillen - - .
Emsworth - - -
Gosport - -
Greenwich - -
Gloucester - • -
Gravesend - - -
Galway - - -
Guernsey - -
Greenock - - .
Gainsborough - -
I loniton -
Horsham - -
Haverfordwest - -
Hampstead - - -
Holyhead -

Hastings -
Havre

'linden -
Huddersfield

Hitchers -
Halifax
Ipswich -
Isle of Man -
Kilkenny -
Kidderminster
Kingsbridge
Limerick -
Lewet -
Lampeter -
Lincoln -
Leeds -
Liverpool -
Leith - .

Loughrea .
Listowel - •
Lostwithiel - •
Lynn - - •
Lolcester - - •
Mahlon - - •
Ilanchoter
Maidstone - •
Monaghan • - •
Mullingar - •
Morpeth - -
Moffatt . -
*Midhurst -
Newmarket - -
Newtown - -
Wor Wick -
Newbury . -
Newcastle -
Newcastle Emlyn
Ziarthvapton -
ewingtqlt
tieWP9ll wigiin -
Newport (lionmontlis.)
04WktTY
Oakitainplon
Oxford .
Pw!hell .
"—mince -
Portmadoe •
Peters&ld •
Plymouth - -
Parts - - -
Poole • -
Reading .
Rochford . .
Rochdale .
Sheftleßl • •
St. Columh
St, Austle -
soutbilcaptoll
Stroud - •
Shaftesbury •
Sligo •
Scarborougll
Stonrbridge
SsMOW
tlsrhorjle
somercoft r r
Tewkesbarp'
Thornbury 7 .•
Tunbridge
Tunbridge Wells •
Torquay
Pruro -
Totaes
Tenby

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rtrioc«) .
Teivimemtu
Tlrrnbury
W9PIWIPti
Worciititef
Wsishpool
Viliteanton •
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Weste,
Wigton, NA.
Wlnehestor • .
Xarmouth
Yarm • •
Yeovil
T•rk ;

THE KING OF SAXONY'S TOUR.
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
His Majesty arrived at Corpach about- twelve
o'clock on Thursday evening, in the Brenda steamer,
from Staffa and lona, and proceeded to Mr. Robert-
son's inn, where apartments had been prepared for
him. Friday morning, most unfortunately, being
very wet, and the mountains enveloped in mist, his
Majesty was prevented from ascending Ben Nevis,
fis he had at first intended, and in consequence altered
his route for the lovely Glenfirman, rife with the
most interesting and romantic associations, as here it
W 45 that Prince Charles unfurled his standard in '45.
Majesty of Saxony appeared much interested in
surveying the bold and wild scenery, of which he had
a view from the top of the monument, where there i 4
a very fine statue of the Mince} to a most ex-
Nejlpnt the thoe is turned towards the pass from
whence he expected the brave Lochiel and his gallant
follOwers to join him, and of whose loyalty he conhi
not for a moment clqnbt. Imaqination, tiirrie4
Back to those sir.{ngx ititrleg NYAlen; enry glen and
mountain poured fnyth thA hart sons of the mist, to
they considered, Charles, their lawful Prince;
sal one cannot but admire the generous entligiyal
of a people who could scorn to rtF,c,ciit to teMpting
hr i 4 9ff9rFq for the 'OFtyal 4"tbe-Vrttio-e. Although
his retreat was Icno.ivn to mans, not one could be found
to. act' the part of a traitor. The King of Saxony
laid his hand on the head of the statue, as if in p,ity
tafitof,tiinat fm4 ttlel.l sq.P.qing, re,
to the' rfaverO! Wext morning his
lajeSty'set off for Gaevloohy, where fritkembarli...:l,, on
board the Helen
._.,,sor, captain Turner, for
Inverness. All were anxious to give his Maijesty
a Highland welcome, and pay the 4e,fer.ence due to his
rank and sAtion,

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—Lieut. Jeays, her Majesty's
ship Albion, having been suspended, attempted to commit
suicide on the passage from Dublin to Cork. Providentially,
however, the attempt was not successful, and he is now in
hospital at Hawlbowline, and likely to do well. The senior
mate and clerk in charge having been absent without leave,
the junior lieutenant was ordered to take the command. The
ship was brought into harbour by the second master.—Cork
.

Mr. Willoughby was called to the Chair.
The jury having
been sworn, and a Foreman chosen,
the Chairman briefly explained the nature of their du-
ties and the particular subjects requiring their atten-
tion. They then, accompanied by two of the officers of
the Court, left to examine the locality alluded to, seve-
ral coaches having been, fur that purpose, provided for
their accommodation.
The jury having thoroughly investigated the dis-
trict to which their notice had been directed (than
which no part of Westmimter snore courted inquiry,
as a stagnant ditch of the most abominable charac-
ter, offensive alike to the eye as to the other senses,
supplies the only drainage, if such it may be called,
for a considerable neighbourhood) returned to Greek-
streetin about an hour and a half, and their names
having been called over,
Mr. SMITH, the solicitor to the Court, explained to
them- the manner iu which juries, similarly called,
had acted ; and he particularly remarked that, by the
simple process of amercing the parties immediately
concerned in, extending that nuisance (namely, the
occupiers of houses in Garden-street and Upper
Garden-street) in a certain amount, the real owners
of the property, who were the Dean and Chapter of
Westminster and the trustees of Tothill-fields, would
be likely to come forward to take the responsibility
off their tenants' shoulders. That mode, though ap-
parently harsh at first sight, inasmuch as the tenants
were ot the poorest class, was really the most merci-
ful, because, although these fines were hanging over
the parties, the Court did not take immediate steps
to exact them, for it had been proved, heretofore, that
the very knowledge of their power to do so
was a sufficient stimulus to set about an improved
mode of drainage, and so he felt confident it would
be in that case. He would call two of the officers of
that Court before the jury; the first to prove—what,
indeed, they themselves had but too well seen—the
enormity of the evil from an experience of many
years, and the frequent complaints of the sufferers in
the vicinity ; and the other to lay on the table an
estimated cost for the construction of a new sewer in
that quarter.
Mr. Robert Jenkins, the clerk of the works, was
; and Mr. Dowley,
thethen
surveyor,exam examined ds t onut e d the
that firstthe expense for the construc-
tion of a sewer sufficient for the neighbourhood would
be from 850/. to 900!.

After some more evidence of an unimportant cha-
racter had been tendered, the jury retired, and re-
mained some time in consultation. On their
entrance into Court,
The FOREMAN said that their presentment would
be put into proper form by the clerks ; but, in the
meantime, he might give the result of their consulta-
tion. It was the opinion of the jury that the tenants
whom they had marked out (on the map) had com-
mitted a nuisance by discharging their drains into the
ditch ; and the ;ury had decided that they—thirty-
one in all—should be amerced in the sum of 301.
each, making a total of 9301., unless such nuisance
were abated, or such works commenced as would
satisfy the Court of Commissioners of Sewers. The
jury also desired that their verdict should be for-
warded to the Dean and Chapter of Westminster and
to the Trustees of Tothill-fields, and they hoped that
those bodies would see the necessity for the filling up
of the ditch, and the construction of a sewer.
This being the only business for the day, the Court
then adjourned.

TRIUMPH OF FREE TRADE OVER
MONOPOLY AND CHARTISM.
On Monday last an important meeting of the in-
habitants of the town and county of Northampton
was held at that place, pursuant to advertisement.
Some short time back a requisition was forwarded
to Messrs. Cobden and Bright, signed by 1,200 agri-
culturists, manufacturers, and others, inviting them
to attend a meeting at orthampton, for the purpose
of discussing the great question of Free Trade, a re-
quest with which those Hon. Gentlemen immediately
complied. A second requisition,
signed by 91 sup-
porters of the corn-laws, was subsequently dispatched
to Mr. Stafford O'Brien one of the Members for the
county, and Chairman of the Publishing Committee
of the Agricultural Protection Society, calling upon
him to meet and refute the arguments of the Members
for Stockport and Durham. An answer was received
from that gentleman declining to be present, on the
ground that the requisitionists were quite able to form
their own opinions
without calling in the aid of
strangers.
The Northampton branch of the Ishmaelite section
of Chartists also dispatched a third requisition, which
was accepted, to Mr. Feargus O'Connor, who, it was
intended, should act in concert with the Hon. Mem-
ber for the county, whose presence was confidently
anticipated, from the important situation he was
known to hold in the great Central Society for the
maintenance of the corn-laws. Lord Fitzwilliam,
the Mayor, and several of the most respectable inha-
bitants of Northampton, were severally proposel. by
the free-traders as chairman of the meeting, all of
whom were successively objected to by the Chartists,
who intimated their determination to allow no person
to fill that office except Mr. Grundy, a retired trades-
man of the town, who is held in great estimation by
them. Notwithstanding the palpable unfairness of
this dictation, the free-traders knowing Mr. Grundy
to be a gentleman of integrity and high respectability,
acceded to the proposition and the meeting was ac-
cordingly presided over most impartially and honour-
ably by that gentleman. Commodious hustings were
erected in the noble market-square, a space capable of
ac3ommodating with ease 50,000 persons, At the
commencement of the proceedings the numbers pre-
sent amounted to about 5,000, which was soon aug-
-A- great number of the most- influe-
ential tradesmen and gentlemen of the town and sur-
rmoeunntedidnsto 6d,iostOrOic.ts
were present, including many
farmers, several of whom held up their hands in favour
of a repeal of the corn-laws.
Mr. COBDEN, contrary to his usual practice, sub.
mitted to the meeting
a resolution in favour of free
tra
ottode, which having been seconded by Mr. Alderman
Cn,
Mr. FEARGUS O'CONNOR came forward and
proposed a long and desultory amendment, recognis-
ing the great evils of the corn-laws, but declaring
ptowhfrhtieesicneehdmepdreot
amendmentbbway
ibtlthehy iinwi Charter.oast
tpi
eara
supportedhistorylparallel
isl ttoofbi syhp
eoatl
the
otes:
licnvt
:go; 1
votes
asaa
trri 1
lot
foi
:nans
parties
that
their repeal to be inexpedient and injurious, unless
numerous and flagrant derelietion* of principle too
Charter and the
to both of which
all the Conservatives of Northampton, including most
hostility in
VAndineit re-
of their
commended)distnguished leaders, notwith
overthrowr the free-traders.
ntagenistic bodies,
tumhlmeasures
mshuaortpeeea trthehap
eettywa
by
ohyo
afpv :et:l:per oce spoi!
meet iarobthnei
corn
- .the
repeatedly avowed
toshn_o 0 f
there
1, t ;
,I,
'ex-
Bodies of Chaftists
tr ex-
tremes,
theym
had been brought in from the
NT-rounding districts, and every exertion was made to
be
en
ephraibniceiciplteoutte
secure the defeat of the Anti-Corn.la I( League.
Mr. GRUNDY having beqs voted to the chair, read
e should and
the requisition conyening the meeting, and called upon
Mr. Conn k; who was received with loud
cheers,
The jionourable Gentleman called upon the meeting
to discuss the question in the terms 4 the requisition,
with reference to the interest of the farmers, the la-
bourers, aed the community in general. He then
traceeded, in his usual lucid manner, to show that
he corn-law had been positively injurious to ail those
classes. 'With reference to the interests oaf the farmer
in the corn-law, as 4MlTinli 14011 Prioes, if the pre-
sent harypst we *e weil got in, wheat, which is now as
low aa es., would, before next Christmas, be down
to 425. Mr. Cobden then alluded to the efforts made
by the working classes in 1815, to prevent the pass-
ing of the law, and in suhsequent years to procure
its repeal, It Might be asked, why had not the
isastei-s then united with the men for that purpose ?
The reason was, that there was not that union
which ought' to have existed betwen tio two
bodies ; but that was no Argument against the
present veneratica. easing more wisely than their
fathers then' did, especially as we have had
thirty years experience of its injurious weT4irkg.,
He (Mr. Cobden) was at is..llgol at that period, and
there ore mild not be blamed for any sins of omis-
sionf or pommission which were made at that time.
Whenever bread had been low, wages had risen in
the manufacturing:distric ,
ts and poor-rates and deaths
had diminished in an equal proportion. If the corn-
law had thus injured England, would any Irishinpo
stand ferward on that platform and vilair4tah, that it
had benefited Ireland E If so, he would appeal to
the highest authority with reference to that country

Mr. O'Connell himself, who always voted in Par-
liament for the repeal of the corn-laws, and had at-
tended all the League annual Meetings at Manches-
ter. The corn-laws were only maintained for the
benefit of the landlords. (A. voice—" And the cot-
ron lords.") It could not be for the " cotton lords,"
for there were only some fifteen of them in Parlia-
ment, out of the 658 Members. After referring to
the reduction of the duty on wool, Mr. Cobden re-.
verted to the case of hides, leather being an article
with which the inhabitants of Northampton were well
acquainted. The effect of prohibiting the importa-
tion of hides would be the same as
_the prohibition
upon wheat—there would not be half enough for ge-
neral consumption. People would be "compelled to
wear wooden shoes, or go without, and the trade at
Northampton would be ruined. It had been said that
there were important interests connected with the
corn-law, and, therefore, that it should not be imme-
diately abolished. 'That point had been well settled
at a public meeting by a man in fustian, who asked,
"Why do you dispute about doing away with the corn-
law all at once ? Did they not put it on all of a ruck?"
There was a certain duty imposed on French shoes ;
but the smugglers brought them into this country at
half the money ; but wheat was a more bulky article,
and could not be so dealt with, and the landlords had,
therefore, the best of the bargain. Let them, then,
have free trade in corn, for they had already done
their-worst with shoes. There were other questions,
no doubt, of very great importance to the country;
but let them not endeavour to carry those important
points by frustrating the achievement of that which
they acknowledged to be a great good. The League
would not go out of their way to interfere with any
other agitation, but, in any work where the road was
long and the journey arduous, a man would not be
worse off by having plenty of bread procured for him
by the way. He himself had voted for the motions of
Mr. Duncombe and Mr. Sharman Crawford. With
regard to the sugar question, his (Mr. Cobden's) ob-
ject had always been to get the people as much as
possible, and at as cheap a rate ; and for ought he
cared for mere political parties, he would sell either
Whig or Tory, provided he could gain for the people
a reduction of id. per lb. in sugar. Mr. Cobden con-
cluded by proposing the following resolution:—
"That the corn-law and all other laws restricting
trade for the benefit of a class are unjust, and ought to
be forthwith abolished."
The Hon. Gentleman concluded amidst loud cheers.
Mr. Alderman COTTON seconded the resolution.
Mr. FEARGUS O'CONNOR then came forward amidst
loud cheers from the Chartists, and addressed the
meeting for upwards of an hour, chiefly vituperating
the manufacturers and the Anti,-Carn-law League.
He said that the requisition, in pursuance of which
he attended the meeting, contained 153 signatures
more than that of Mr. Cobden. He denied in their
presence, and that of the Great Ruler of events, upon
his honour as a gentleman, and his oath as a man,
that he had ever received a farthing, or the fraction
of a farthing, from man, woman, or child, Whig,
Tory, or Chartist, corporation, or individual, in the
whole course of his existence, or had ever travelled
one mile, or had eaten one meal, at the expense of
anybody. When the poor men met at Peterloo to
petition for the repeal of the corn-law, it was the
Manchester manufacturers who came upon them and
cut them down. What had caused the change in the
spirit of their dream ? They were then in political
power, and now they wanted to gain their lost influ-
ence. Mr. O'Connor then proceeded to read ex-
tracts from the prize essays published by the Anti-
Corn-law League, which he • alleged contained
great contradictions, one set of arguments being
for town and another for country—in the former re-1
presenting that the manufacturers would get cheaper
bread, and in the latter that the farmer would get
higher prices. The League were only for pruning
the rotten tree ; he was for laying the mattoc and
the axe to its root. He was for free trade all over
the world, but not for being monkeys or tame cats•to
any party ; his object being to secure the poor man a
share in the benefit which the manufacturers wanted
to deprive him of. Mr. Cobden had spoken of the
operatives being possibly reduced to wear wooden
shoes, but they actually wear them at this time, and
were glad to get them. Where was now (Mr. O'Con-
nor asked) a working man's clock, -his- feather bed,
chest of drawers, and other things which he used to
have ? They - had all gone ; while the manitfae-,
hirers boasted of possessing as much wealth as
would pay the national debt. He did not ()barge
the fault upon Mr. Cobden, but- it was nevertheless
true that a workman had been disehidged from that
gentleman's employ for reading. the Northern Star.
Mr. COBDEN emphatically denied the assertion.
Mr. O'Cossoa proceeded to read some extracts
from " Almack's Character and Proceedings of the
Anti-Corn-law-League," but the purport of them,
save for abusing the League, and thereby avoiding
the question of the expediency of the corn-laws, no
one could discover. After uttering a great quantity
of irrelevant matter, he concluded by moving the fol-
lowing amendment
Resolved—That we, the inhabitants of the county
an d town of Northampton, in public meeting assembled,
are of opinion that the repeal of the corn-laws, unac-
companied by a fair and equitable adjustment of the
several interests that would be affected by the chirapi
must lead to a confiscation of the properti
^s of the most
weak aad unprotected, and lbe centralization
of all manufactui operations in the hands
of those who would be most capable, from the
DaSiession of large capital, and most ready, by
the possession of a large amount of inaminAte
machinery, to take advantage of the chanet. That,
while we declare ourselves hostile and or,;"p'oied to the
principle of restricting commerce by.iPierferin. with the
rights of exchange, we nevertheless feel assured that the
question of free trade is one which -must be dealt with as
a whole, and not upon mere ?arty grounds. And as we
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finally settled by any other tribunal than that constituted
by the Whole people, or by representatives fully, fairly,
arAd tively elected by them ; and inasmuch as such
full, fair, and free representation cannot by possi-
bility be accomplished through
,other: principles than
those contained in the document entitled ' The People's
Charter,' we hereby pledge ourselves, in spite of all op-
position, to continue our glorious struggle until the
people's charter is made the basis of the British consti-
tution,"

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BRIGHT
isecondingotahme amendment,
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amidst loud cheers,
and spoke as follows :-1 'nave listened with the ut-
most attention to the two speeches that have been
made by the mover and seconder of the amendment
which is now before you ; and I confess that, with
respect to the speech of the mover of that amendment,
I am unable at this moment to discover any very clear
ground ftir forming an opinion as to his views on the
question of the corn-laws; he spoke against and for
them in about an equal quantity; but, if I had been
under any difficulty with respect to his speech, that of
his seconder has wholly cleared up that difficulty,
for I have perceived during the progress of that
speech a repetition of the arguments in favour of the
corn -laws which are poured forth to a small portion
of the readers of the public newspapers in the columns
of the Morning Post, the Herald, and the Standard.
—(Cheers and laughter.) That gentleman might,
without any impropriety, be the writer of those
articles, so clear is the resemblance, so entire the
identity between his views on this • question and those
of the high protectionist paper, the Morning Post. I
address this meeti4. with the impression that if there
be one class in this country more deeply interested
than another in the discovery and adoption of truth,
that olass is the great mass of the
_people who live
by their industry.—(Hear, hear.) It may be that
the aristocracy and the clergy benefit by a law which
is unjust in principle and injurious to the rest of the
people; but there can be no injustice practised in this
country by the Legislature under which we live which.
can be advantageous to the millions of the people,
who have no property but their labour, and no income
but their wages. Being, then, impressed with this
opinion, I am conscious of no anxiety on the subject
but that of discovering the truth. I am willing to
and do assume that in your minds also there is an
entire wish, to perceive the truth, and act upon it. I
shall, therefore, go into no extraneous matter that
can possibly avoid. I shall not heap obloquy on this
or that man—(Hear, hear)—but I will ask you
as a class of' intelligent men, the thousands here
assembled to hear the arguments fairly on this,
momentous question, to judge impartia.lly, and
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ranny inflicted on a people shall be swept away, and
your' industry and mine shall be free.—(Cheers.)
.
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But, before Igo to that, there is just one point. with
orst
respect to Mr. O'Connor that I must be permitted to
.d
litraYnwbd
which
allude to, and lam sure he will not object to iv, I said
ehvaesrt e n
I was unable to discover from his speech what were
his views on this question, and if I leave to-day out of
consideration, And look back to former periods, I
anA equally unable to discover anything like a clear
course which he has pursued on this occasion. Mr.
O'Connor was a member of the House of Commons

in the year 1834. la that year, immediately after

the passing of the Reform Bill, Mr. flume, a gentle-
man whom the last speaker has thought fit to place
hefOre you in terms neither fair nor complimentary,
moved for a Committee of the whole House, for the
purpose of abolishing the then existing corn-law, and
substituting for a time a much lower fixed duty, with
a view of ultimately coming to the principle of total
free trade. Mr. O'Connor was in Parliament then,
and what said he on that motion ? Did he then say
that he was in favour of free trade-with all the world,
but that he would not have free trade because the
working people were not represented. No ; he did
nothing of the kind. Mr. O'Connor got up in his
place in Parliament and there and then defended the
corn-laws, and not upon any of those grounds which
he has advanced here to-day, but upon grounds totally_
different. Mr. O'Connor may not be to blame in
this matter ; he may have changed his mind from
conviction since.
Mr. O'CONNOR—Not a bit of it.
Mr. BRIGHT continued—lt will not be amiss if I
give you a portion, or, if he please, and you have no
objection, the whole f his speech on that occasion. It
is taken from Hansard's publication of the Debates.
It has been before quoted in Mr. O'Connor's presence,
and he has never disputed the accuracy of it :
" Mr. Feargus O'Connor—My Hon. and Gallant
Friend, the Member for Bolton, has appealed to the
Irish Members upon this subject, and has called upon
me more especially, as being the representative
of the largest agricultural county in Ireland, to
give him my support. Sir, I am going to
give him my support, but it will be in the spirit
of a guardian angel, to protect him from sacrificing his
interest and his happiness upon the shrine of that block
called political economy; The Hon. Member for Middle-
sex has said that this question is now at rest. I agree
with him, and it is the only part of his speech with which
Ido agree. It is high time that question, which, at
present, not only agitates the manufacturing and agricul-
tural interests of England, but also the agricultural inte-
rest of Ireland, should be set at rest. It is due to this
House that I should point out certain fallacies into which
those who support the present motion have fallen, and
lay before it the different situation of Ireland, as con-
trasted with the situation of this country. The situation
of Ireland is this—we are a great agricultural country
without manufactures, and we depend, as a vent for our
produce, on the markets of England. If, then, you ad-
mit the importation of foreign corn, duty free, you will
throw us completely out of the English market ; agricul-
ture in Ireland will be neglected ; and not only will you
sacrifice the only interest existing in that country, but
also the landed interest of England, for the benefit
of the Continental growers of corn. When we shall
have ceased to cultivate our land at home, and
when foreign nations find that we have so ceased,
they will take advantage of our want of home
production, and raise the price of their owl-,
corn at pleasure ; and thus we should se left
at the mercy or the whim and caprice eg.' the foreign
market. It has been said that the Irish Members are una-
nimous in their determination to oppose it. I think I
speak the sentiments of a large majority of those Mem-
bers, when I state that the agitation of this question will
do considerable mischief in Ireland, and that mischief will
be increased, if a determination to put it aside for some
time is not manifested by a very large majority of this
House. This is the only question, as it appears to me,
in which the interests of the two countries are completely
united and identicaL The Hon. Member for Middlese›;
says that this is a question of justice against injus-
tice—of the many against the few. But what is the rea-
son that we have not heard of any manifestation of public
opinion against the corn-law ?It is this—that while
those persons who oppose the present system reside in
large towns, and are easily called together in order to
express their wishes to this House, the great agricultural
population, who are interested in the continuance of the
system, are spread thickly over the face of the country,
and have not the same facilities for meeting together
to declare their opinions upon the subject. It is said
that the repeal of the corn-laws will make bread
cheap without reducing the value. of the land. This
is a doctrine I cannot comprehend. If you reduce
the price of the produce, rent must fall ; if you keep
if not, how can you give the people che
up the standard of rent, you cannot reduce prices . and
rose with a determination not to
LI up any extra-
neous matter with the subject of-'
again to the House not P 7, bread? I
;Ids debate. I appeal
away by the absurditiee or assertions of the Hon. Member
for Middlesex.
:trout troubling the House any farther,
4,,0 allow itself to be led
I conclude
c°nsick:e this as a neutral question, threatening, in its
ty imploring the members from Ireland to
04:nsequences, if carried, the annihilation of the liberty,
rights, and protection of the poor man, and unanimously
to resist the motion."
Mr. Bright proceeded at considerable length, with
great force and eloquence, to refute the calumnies
and fallacies of Mr. O'Connor, and to demonstrate the
benefits which would accrue to all classes from the
adoption of free-trade principles.
The CHAIRMAN then took the sense of the meeting,
when there appeared a decided majority in favour of
the original resolution of Mr. Cobden.
Mr. O'Corson came forward and questioned the
accuracy of the Chairman's conclusion, and requested
a division.
The CHAIRMAN replied that there could by no pos.
sibility be a doubt upon the subject.
Notwithstanding the indecencj of impugning the
decision of a chairman ki;.pointed by themselves, the
Chartists separate;', krom the rest of the meeting, when
their minority, had there bzren any previous doubt,
became still more appari:alt.
Mr. CORDER rno‘r'ed, and Mr. BRIGHT seconded, a
vote of thanks to the Chairman.
The CHAIRMAN briefly returned thanks, and de-
cla!(l. the meeting dissolved ; notwithstanning which,
after the departure of the Free-Trade party, Mr.
O'Connor remained and harangued the meeting.
CLARKE, one of the colleagues of Mr. O'Connor,
then proposed a vote of confidence in that gentle-
man, which, as a matter of course, was carried.