The Sun.
London, England, 1826-10-28 00:00:00

THE FUNDS.

CITY, Twelve a' Cinch.
The British Funds have exhibited scarcely any business all the
morning ; Consols opened at 811 for money, and 81i 2 for ac-
count, and no alteration has since been. quoted. The transactions
in the Foreign Funds are equally dull ; Mexican Bonds, 62k ;
Colombian, 384 ; Greek, 13 i ; Russian Stock keeps up its
price very firmly, and is 84151 ; Spanish, 11 # ; Brazilian Mines
have declined to 11 12 pm. ; Colombian have advanced to 9 10
per Share.

Three per Cent. Consols, 81, ; Ditto for Account, 811 2 ;
India 4 per Cent. Bonds, 41 3 pm. ; Exchequer Ilills, 24 6 pm.
Foaxicx FuNns.—Bracilian, 644 5; Buenos Ayres, 62 3;
Milan, 374 8 ; Colombian, 1824, 381 ; Mexican 5 per
Cent., 524 34; Ditto 6 per Cent., 63 ; Peruvian, 30 1 ;
Greek, 13 4 ; Russian, 84 5 ; Spanish, 111
Mixes.—Anglo Mexican, 424. 40 dis. ; United Mexican, 12
114 ; Pasco Peruvian, 144 134,dis.Real (ICI Montt, 110
20 pm. ; Bolanos, 100 20 pm. ; Tlalpuxabua, 40 60 pm. ;
Brasilisn, 11 12 pm.; Bolivar. .2 4 pm. ; Colombian, 9 .12 per,
Share.

Suaaxe.—British Iron Company, 27i 6 die; Welch Iron
and Coal Company, 18 18 dis.
THREE 0' CL 0 CK.
buyers.
LOSING PRICES.
Danish Bonds
Greek Do. 1825 13i
Mexican Do. 1825, 63i
Peruvian Do. 30
Russian Do.
Spanish Do. 11+

Consols for Account, 8
FOUR o'CLOCK—i
Consols 81i
Do. for Ac. 82
Brazilian Bonds
Buenos Ayres Do.
Chilian Do. 37i
Columbian, 1824, 38i

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

LLOYD'S.—(Tnts Dar.)
DIAL, Ocr. 27.—The wind throughout the day has been
from about S.W., blowing fresh in squalls, with thick weather
and rain. The Ada, Pauline, Matchless, Hussaren, and a bark
from the South Seas, remain. Arrived, and sailed for the River,
the Posthumous, from Quebec ; Desire, Barclay, from Cadiz;
and the Princess Charlotte, Gosby, front Sierra Leone. Sir Neil
Campbell, the Governor of Sierra Leone, had arrived at the Colony
in his Majesty's ship Lively, just before the Princess Charlotte
sailed. None of the outward-bound that jailed yesterday hare put
back. A brig, apparently foreign, came in front the Westward
this afternoon, with loss of bowsprit. The Arden, Mary, and
homeward-bound, sailed for the River this day.
PORTSMOUTH, Ocr. 27.—Wind S.S.W. and N. by E.—Ar-
rived, the William Manning, Smith, from London, for St. Kitt's ;
and the Hibberts, Drysdale, from Antigua. Off the Wight, the
Glaphyra, Fowell, from London, for Antigua ; Saltown, Mason,
from ditto, for Dominica ; and the Sir Peter Parker, ditto, ditto.
Sailed, the Edmundsbury transport, for Cork and the West In-
dies ; and his Majesty's ship Pelican, for the Mediterranean,

MEETING OF THE OPERATIVES
AT MANCHESTER,

0,1 THCRSIMY EYENING, OCTOBER 26, 1826.

BY EXPRESS.

A statement appeared in the British TrateUrn not many
aye since, that the working classes of Manchester were very de-
sirous of holding a public meeting, but that in consequence of their
extreme poverty, they could not club sufficient amongst them to
pay the expences of a room, or buy the necessary quantity of
parchment to contain their petition and signatures. It seems how-
ever, that the resources of the operatives had been under-rated
by the Correspondent of the British Traveller; for early this
week a notice, addressed to the working classes and others, ap-
peared, informing them that a Public Meeting of the body would
be held in the Manor Court Room, to consider the propriety of
petitioning Parliament for a repeal of the Corn Laws ; a reduction
of taxation ; and also to discuss the favourite question of Parliamen-
tary Reform ; to devise some more effective system of Represen-
tion ; to prevent the waste of public money, and the recurrence
of bankruptcy and ruin, which were now devastating the country,
and threatened to reduce England, their once free and happy
England, to the condition of the poorest and most despotic coun-
try in the world !" This notice had its due effect, for long before
the &ore were opened, the avenues leading to the Manor Court
Hoorn were crowded to excess, by the very lowest of the rabble.—
When the doors were opened, the room was almost immediately
filled. A table, with a kind of rostrum placed on it, had been
provided for the " Ciceronian operatives," "rho were to address
the less talented portion of their community ; and a quarter
business was commenced by
before eight o'clock,
man--consedere duces, et vulgi stante corona, electing a chair-
Mr. Ertsev was called to the Chair, and his stentorian lungs
especially qualified him to preside over the aseembly. The Chair-
man told them he would do his best, and more could not be re-
quired of him ; and he informed those persons who felt inclined
to disturb the harmony of the meeting, that he would allow no
personalities', no calling of names ! that the Reformers did not
want such persons amongst them, therefore they had better go
home—(Applause)---bence much confusion was created by a per-
son named Clarke, attempting to address the meeting, without

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proposing any resolution, Novae, at length compeueu to amid ,•
he seemed very indignant at the existence of torn I aws, but Mora
so at having such an adsthbly summoned to meet by CandiMiglii
in an obscure garret ; after sortie Cite silenee was obtained, and a:
Mr. MURRAY, in proposing the first ResolutiVii; addressed the
meeting as fond:iv:l :-----Fellow-labourers and felloW-cilized, I ant
very sorry that any interruption should take place amongst
the doctrines of the country have caliet:*.t together, and there-
fore the most perfect harmony should exist t us.—(Ap-
plause.)—With respect to the time and place, I shall offel et few
observations ; we hate all our daily avocations, we are employed
in the services of our respective rtiertthi and we have appointed
this hour, and this place, as the best adapted, itiirt our daily avo-
cations were over,74This explanation seemed to satisfy the Meet-
ing.)—The resdlution which„l shall read to you, will, I am afire'
meet with your support.—(The Resolution w,as expressive of the
dissatisfaction of the rneetin,z;, that in the 12th Oar of peace, the
manufacturers should be atript of their property, and that pi!oiler-
ism, the prolific source of religiiins and political events, should de •
vastate the ebtir4i4l, all waste its energiee;)—This (said the
Speaker) is a self-evident propelitloli; It needs no logic nor argu-
ment to support it.—(No, no!)—The GdiEltE ?lei proclaimed if,
and I can bear witness to it myself; for my master, 1& Wheise
honourable and industrious character I have such a high respect,
has had 30,000/. swept away, by the deluge of misery and misfor-
tune which has covered tie land. Gentlemen, the Corn Laws I
reckon one of the chief causes of our suffering'-...Elie misery which
exists from their operation is unbounded—not a lane, tiof tt street,
not an alley, but brings evidence of its existence; the beggat 0110
goes from door to door, to the King upon his Throne, feels its
pressure, and perhaps there are among you many who feel the
truth of this, whose stomachs are in unison with the words I now
express. We should feel grateful for the liberal stints which haVe
been subscribed for our relief—but for which we certainly should
have perished. I feel I nth becoming tiresome to you.—(Yes,
yes, enough.)---I shall only add, that our sufferings hare taught
the working classes some practical lessons of political economy, and
will in a short time make them all real philosophers !
The Resolution was seconded by Mr. Baooas, and passed
unanimously.

Mr. DROOLS next rose, be enlarged on the injustice and mono-
poly of the Landholders, *lto lint starred and persecuted the la-
bouring classes, and then called them " poor devils," by way of
commiseration, and poor devils we are (said this Demosthenes) if
we do not oppose our oppressors by just and constitutional mea-
sures, and weary them out of their injustice. It was the mechanic
who sprung up when the energies of the country were nearly ex-
hausted, and saved it by his ingenuity and industry—and shall
this mechanic be supported by the subscription of London boxers?
(who lately subscribed for his relief), fellows, with whom he
would not be seen in the street : but, said the Speaker, when the
petitions are prepared, do not play shilly, shnlly, and care no more
about them afterwards—to have your petitions succeed, you must
feel interested in their success, and I am convinced, some crisis
must approach, unless our exertions avert it —No Father would
wish to see this country fall as Prance did—if there were such a
person in the assembly, he pitied him, but still exertions must be
used or some fatal crisis must arrive. The mechanics will be
starved if they continue in this country, for the Landholder, who
wishes to provide handsomely for his sons, with an hundred acres
each, compels the fanner and other labouring classes to work, and
yet will not give them the opportunity of exchanging their goods
for foreign productions, lest the interchange, might upset
the monopoly of the Landholders.—(Applause.)—Mr. Henry
Hunt (immense cheering) had lately proved that he had not for-
gotten them ; though persecuted he was not overcome.—(Ap-
plause.)-14e proved that the labouring classes were duped by
the rascality of fellows, who could not see farther than their
noses • but let the mechanic and farmer be united, and they must
succeed.: They must however come to the root of the tree ; the
branches must in time follow its decay. (This speaker sat down
amidst much applause, and was listened to with marked atten-
tion.) The next resolution was for the reduction of taxation.

Mr. Wirxxtrca expressed his disapprobation of the Breael-tax
law, which was carried at the mouth of the eannon and the
bayonet ; and shall the labouring classes quietly submit to this
horrid enactment ? No, no ; if you go to Dover you buy a quan-
tity of bread for twopence, which you can get at Calais for half
the price, and yet you dare not bring it across for fear of the ex-
ciseman. The speaker had a large loaf made when he visited
France, but when he brought it across the water, the exciseman
immediately claimed it as his property, and bore it off in triumph.
—(Laughter.)

Mr. Hon(lntim—Some say the working classes should not
petition Parliament, as it is sheer impudence in them to do so—
others say their petitions will have no effect, because Mini-
sters are determined to confine the present system of things ;
but let them remember what Lord Liverpool said on the late
Queen's trial, " Be just and fear not ;" and yet he threw up his
Bill after a vain attempt to pass it.—(Great
too, shod tears on the occasion ; but he would not undertake to
say whether crocodiles, tears or not ; and my Lord Castlereagh
was implicated in this business, and this was one act of his life,
and they had since heard of another.—(Applause.)—lle would
not violate the property of another, but a remedy must he ap-
plied, and whether Cobbett, or Eldon, or Lord John Russell re-
commend it, if the remedy be good, it ought to be adopted. The
Duke of Devonshire went lately to Russia ; he carried with him a
ton and a half of plate, and yet there were British citizens perish-
ing for want (instances. of which the speaker related), and we
have thousands thus squandered in profusion to support mere pa-
geintry.—(Much disapprobation.)—This speaker next adverted
to the expences which the Royal residence cost, and said that such
sums would astonish any hut an Englishman, in whose ears mil-
lions were continually tolled. In the reign of Qnsen Ann, 1701,
the taxes were five millions per annum. England had just con-
cluded a war with France, in which she had been successful. But
now the taxes are eleven times that sum, part of which are
direct, and part indirect, viz. taken imperceptibly, or
by legerdemain. The speaker here specified the peculiar
articles which were taxed, and wished that any of theta
gentlemen who voted and imposed the taxes were sent amongst the
old women at tea-time, to collect the duties upon their favourite
beverage, as he was convinced the shower of kettles, pitchers,
tongs, &c. would prove to him how popular this impost was.—
(Much laughter and applause.)—The speaker admired Mr. Can.
ning's eloquence, but his trip to France reminded him of a cir-
cumetance which took place at his own house this week : a pedlar
came into the neighbourhood, to mend kettlee, bellows, &c., he
came to his house, and having obtained his bellows, which want-
ed repairs, he told him, on inquiry, that the cost would be tri-
fling; but when the job was completed he was obliged to pay this
pedlar a shilling for what was not worth threepence, as he could
not obtain his bellows without making the payment. Shortly
after this act of extortion, the same pedlar returned to ask for a
cup of broth, which had been preparing while he was employed
at his job. "Moister," said he, "please to gie' me a little o'
your broth." To which, I need not tell you, my friends, I did
not consent. Now, Mr. Canning has gone amongst the French,
whose old bellows (the Bourbons) we have been repairing at a
very high price, and blowing, too, as we pleased, and I believe
Mr. Canning will receive the same answer from the French as tl,e
pedlar did from me.—(Much laughter.)—The speaker relate.!
several anecdotes, and sat down amidst general end continued ap-
plause—having spoken, we believe, for more than an hour.
Third Resolution, the purport of which was, that the Crown
lands and enormous surplus revenues of the Church should be
either applied to their original purposes, or else sold to liquidate
part of the National Debt.

Mr. DK Rocniu spoke on this resolution ; for a considerable
time he commented on the original intention of tithes. lie also
entered very utiutely into the state of the Irish church, and con-
cluded a long speech by proposing such a reduction in the expen-
diture of the country, and such an appropriation of its revenues to
legitimate objects, as shall insure to its inhabitants their national
benefits.

This Resolution was carried with three times three.
The next Resolution was the necessity of Radical Reform, Uni-
versal Suffrage, and Election by Ballot.
Mr. FORMER. rose to propose this resolution.—He observed
that there was much said about the ignorance of the lower orders,
but let it be remembered that the present evils are not their work,
it was the " Collective wisdom " which brought the country into
present circumstances, " the wiaebeads," the Solomon, of
IL% 'Lard." it
Much had been said about Mr. Pitt, some supposed
him to he the pilot, who weathered the storm, but he thought him
the pilot who steered the vessel into her difficulties, and when she was
en her beam-ends, left her, having run away in a wooden jacket.
Earl Chatham was a Reformer ; Earl Grey is a Reformer ; and
hin Pitt commenced by professing to be a Reformer ; but when
be got his spoon into the political apple-pie, he forgot his early
professions. Castlereagh commenced by being a Reformer, he
changed from this to hole-digging, and his end proved that he
was a proficient in his newly adopted employments. Mr.
Robinson endeavoured to abuse the Reformers, in consequence of
the prosperity of 1824, but was that prosperity permanent? did
not the fictitious prosperity end, as they had
predicted it •
would ? During the riots at Blackburn, when the wee
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Vera were conspiring against their " cast iron" Point'
clay,l3 t°lolsfwglAotlelinlr. ietvteeharinysniitnoge Englishmank said
;d1- thl et
unlessviou dedhAahlvere. aue'.ofillw"lYdolu sh
in ortly
eels
P-n
lifde hack
UPOn Old Sarum, and abolialt standing armies and sinecure+, this
never could happen, nor would England again poeseis those neat

Cottages and contented inhabitant*, which were the thine of her
Poets :!1:1 the pride of her Historians.
111 r. PATTEN seconded the Resolution, and it was carried with
tirreamatioAs.

The next Resolution was proposed by a Mr. flows en, at an
adVanced hone of the night. This speaker had commenced a
discuesion on the principles of society, but he was called on,
for his resolution, which contained an invitation to the Catholics
to join tile' 14eformers in their endeavours to obtain the benefits of
the British Constitution, and the real rights of British citizen-
ship. An amendment was proposed to this resolution by another
siteatff, who considered that several numerous classes in society were
as much degraded as the Catholics, and his amendment, " pepposing
to call upon all sects, creeds and parties to aid them, was carried
unanimously. Ii wits then agreed that a Petition, founded on these
rat/t/tiOnti, should be presented to the houses of Lords and Com-
mons ; List Petition to the House of Lords to be entrusted to Lord
King; that to the House of Commons to Joseph Hume, Esq. It was
propOsed at one title to present their Petition merely to the King,
procedure, and also as they anti-
cipated this was subsequently overruled, as much benefit did not in
attrarthigthellis modefro tobfe new Parliament. After a vote
ofcgienpaterhtedaanl krmessatunoly'ithe Chairmle, the meeting broke up at 11 o'clock.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH—GuluniALL—(Tnis DAY.)

LLOYD AND OTHERS, V. FRESIIIIEhD ANY► ANOTHER.

'phis action was brought by the plaintifisf who were Bankers in
town, against the defendants, Messrs. Freshfielc and Kaye, Solici-
tors in the City, for money advanced to the defendants.—Plain-
tiffs nonanited. '