The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-08 00:00:00

hope you will continue to look. after this important
case, and particularly to the mod -? ofstriking the jury.
Mr. Latouche—l shall use my best discretion.
As the parties were retiring fr . am the office,
Mr. Cantwell observed—l wo' old not strike such a
panel for any consideration. 1•1 othing could induce
me to sign such a registry of hif ;otry.
ANTI-CORN-LAW MEETING.

On Thursday evening a n eting was held in the
Ebenezer Chapel, Bacup, ti promote the subscrip-
tions to the League Fund of 100,0001.
The Rev. SIMPSON TODD , Baptist minister of the
place, opened the meeting b, r singing and prayer.
EDMUND DAWSON, ESQ., of Mount Pleasant, was
in the chair.

The Rev. S. TODD, and t. fie Rev. THOMAS DA.W-
SON, Baptist minister, move 3 and seconded the reso-
lution to " support the Lea' pt, 3 in its endeavours to
obtain a repeal of the corn 7ut inopoly," which David
Whitehead, Esq., slip Porte followed by Henry,
Ashworth, Esq.. of Turt6:l, who stated that the po-
pulation of the forest of Ros sendale 300 years ago
consisted only of ten famil 'es, comprising eighty
souls • and that these eighty persons memorialised
that they might be allowed to use their exertions in
manufacturing pursuits, and II a hoped that the thou-
sands of individuals who now- a ppeared in Rossendale
as the descendants of these ei'g hty souls, would show
that they possessed the s; to 2e laudable spirit of
enterprise. He claimed a : a sympathy With the
inhabitants of Rossendale because he was
also a descendant of one of those ten fa-
milies ; because the bones of liis forefathers were
mingled with those of their father s, in the hills and
valleys by which they were su rr ounded. To show
what manufactures and machine ry had done for Ros-
sendale, he needed only to remin 4 them that one acre
of land in Bacup was now wo' ..th as much as the
whole forest was worth two hu ,ndrcd and fifty years
ago.
Mr. COBDEN then said, tha t havirig seen some of
the Bacup people at the great, meetings in Manches-
ter and witnessed the unostentatious manner with
which they announced their subscriptions, he was
very desirous of meeting the inhabitants of Bacup;
and, from what he saw M. the meeting (for he was a
bit of a phrenologist) he thoi ight that those he had
seen in Manchester were bi it a fair sample of the
sack. He then exposed, i'n a most excellent speech,
many of the fallacies which are brought forward in
opposition to the League it istructing them how to
meet the opponents of the League, who talk about
"protection of labour," th .e "evils of machinery,"
and other nonsense of the s a, me description.
Mr. R. R. MOORE coal x ienced announcing the
subscriptions by stating th a t the gentlemen from
their own neighbourhood had already subscribed the
following sums to the fund -Robert Munn, Esq..
500/. ; John Lord, Esq., 3001. ; Thomas, David, and
Peter Whitehead, Esqs., 3001 . The following sums
were subscribed in the meeting. , and announced by Mr.
Moore :-James Hall, 1/. ; 1-ohn Howorth, Shaw-
clough, 1/. ; Richard Howolri ;h, Water, U.; James
Moorhouse, 1/. ; John 'Wood 13, cad, 55.; James' Nut-
tall, 1/. ; Richard Picup, 5s '; William Rows, 1/. ;
John H. Law, 21.; John Pi. ling, 1/. ;. George Ash-
worth, Waterfoot, 21.; Joh 2 Whittaker, 11.; John
Nuttall, 103. ; John Pilling, 1/. ; Dawson and Ho-
worth, 50/. ; Joseph Travers, 31. ; John Barcroft, 1/. ;
John Nuttall, 11.1 s.; James Ashworth ss. ; Joseph
Clegg, 1/. ; Henry As hvvorth, 1/. ; James
Howorth, 11.; John TV Wood, 75.; Dionysius
AWhittle Friend,s, 05s1. d ; Clough,ohn
ii
Law, II.; Richard Holt, 5 s.; A Friend, 1/.; J.
dosesi.; JamesVlhite Ashworth,
head,lOs
olv1.o;r tl-11 , i
1/ • . , James Ashworth, Acre I till, Si.; Wm. Hudson,
2/. 2s. ; A Friend, 2s. 6d. ;- A Friend, 1/. ; " Bees
Wing." 55.; " Well Wishor," 1/. ; " Total Repeal,"
4/. ; Richard Howorth, U.; George Nuttall, 10s.;
" A Friend to the cause,'" 5/. ; A Friend, by Mr.
Munn, 51. ; C. Nuttall, 31. ; Lawrence Ingham,
2s. 6d.; A Friend, 2s. 6d.; A, Friend, ls. ; Benjamin
Ashworth, 1/. ; A Friend, 5 s. ; William Trewitt, 10s.;
A Friend, 10s.; " One wl lc, does not like to see a
working man carving a quarter of a pound of bacon
amongst his family of eigh t children," 10s. ; George
Hamilton, Irwell-terrace, 215 1. ; John Fowler, ss. ;
Jas. Blackburn, ss. ; A Friel id, 1/. ; J. Howorth, Lane,
1/. ; John King, Rawtensall, Is.; Nothing last
year," 2s. ; A Friend, 11.; J: un.es Dearden, 1/.; Henry
Whittles, 305.; A Friend at I 40,ngholme, 11. ; J. Holme
1/. ; A Friend, ls. : A Friel id, 13. ; A Friend, by Mr.

Lord, 1/. ; A Friend (new), :1/.; " First chapter of
Genesis, 29th verse," 1/. • Jraites Hargreaves, 55.; A
Friend to " free trade," 11.; John Pickup, 1/. ; Henry
Gregory, 55.; John Earnsh ivc• (new), 21 guineas ;
Timothy Nelson, 55.; Tho mas and John Aitken
(new), 10 guineas ; John Nruttall (double), 65.;
James Emmett (last year 2;5.), now es. ; A Friend,
55.; A Friend, ss. (paid) ; J,)li n Mills, 2s. 6d.; " A
Friend to the cause," .ss. • A F ri( sad, ss. (paid) • John
Lord, Tong, 11. (double) ; lie nry Tattersall, 21.;

Isaac Taylor, 2s. 6d. ; A F,riE na, 2s. 6d.; John
Barcroft, 2s. 6d. ; William II op wood, 10s.; Joseph
Moss, 1/. Is. ; A Friend, Is. ; " Success to the
League," 21. 2s. ; Well-wishtr," 1/. ; A Friend,

ss. -(paid) ; " A Friend to the League," 10/. ;
James Ivison, 55.; William Holt (double), 55.;
James Hargreaves (new), 2s. 61d.; William Smith,
(double), 10i.; " Humanity," 1/. ; A Friend,
2s. 6d.; Abraham Ashworth (new), ss. ; " A Drop
before the Shower," 51. ; a friend (paid), 2s. ;
Emanuel Smith (quadruple), 1/. ; John Whittaker
(new), 1/. ; " John Clegg, 10s.;
John Bannister.,-(double), 2s: ; Abraham Jackson
(double), 10s.-; George Law (new), 2s. 6d.; " Anti-
Humbug," 11. ; A Friend, 10s.; Join). Stansfield, 10s. ;
ta t(tne reswa 1)1,
2s. (new),6d. ; 531. e
s"
Shepherd, 2s.
ds
;;
John Stansfield, jun., 10s.; James .Floworth, 10s. ;
JGoehoiriglel
John Collins (double), 53. ; Edmund Lord (double),
5A.; William Taylor (double), ss. ; " Down with all
monopoly," 2s. 6d.; Isaac Hoye, 10s. ; John Ash-
worth, 55.; John Clegg, a working man
(second donation), 103.; Charles Hardman, a
working man, 7s. 6d.; A Friend (new), ls. ;
"By two women power-loom weavers at Stackstead's,"
55.; Richard HorroCks, working man, :;`11.; Is. ;
John Riley, 'li.; A Friend; is •;. jarnes Lord; work-
ing man, gave ss. last year, gives 10s. this year, and
15s. next, if required ;" ")o good in thy lifetime,"
2s. 6d. ; Charles Stansfield, working- man (ss. last
year), 11. ls. • " Juvenile subscriber," 2s. 6d. (paid) ;
New subscriber,
55.; Edward Barcroft (double),
working man, ss. ; James Lord (double), working
man, 10s.; James Inson (double), working man,los.
Total amount of subscriptions in the meeting,
2151. 10s., making a total for Bacup and the neigh-
bourhood of One Thousand Three Hundred and Fifteen

Pounds Ten Shillings!
JOHN EARNSHAW, Esq , moved, and Mr. JOHN
DAWSON seconded, " That this meeting cannot appre-
ciate too highly the exertions which have been made

by R. Cobden,-Esq., R. It. Moore, Esq., and Henry
Ashworth, Esq.; and that the thanks of this meeting
be given to those gentlemen fur their attendance this
evening." .

Mr.COBDEN, in reply, stated that he did not think,
that considering the size of the place, that the Bacup
subscription had been exceeded anywhere in the
kingdom.

R. MooRE, Esq., said, that though he had sub-
scribed to a large amount, he believed that the work-
ing men of Bacup had subscribed more than he had

done according to their ability.
The meeting then separated at eleven o'clock.

ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND.—
It is the intention of the Council of the Royal Agricultural
Society to give premiums of SO guineas each for the best prize
essays during the present year, on the agriculture of Norfolk,
Cheshire, Essex, and Wiltshire.

THE 'QUEEN DcwAGE;.--Her Majesty's nephew,
Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, with the Rev. Canon Wood
and his amiable bride, spent the Christmas with her Majesty.
Her Majesty, with her usual liberality, has been dispensing
her seasonable benevolence to an immense number of poor
families in the vicinity of Witley Court, and in several in-
stances she has personally relieved the wants of the indigent
and distressed at their humble dwellings.— Worcester Chron.
GENERAL POST-OFFICE ORDER.—ALTERATION OF
POSTAGE TO JAMAICA.—On and after this day (Friday), all
letters passing between the United Kingdom and any place in
Jamaica, when conveyed by packet, will be subject to the uni-
form rate of is. 2d. the half ounce, and so on in proportion, in
accordance with the scale now in operatian in the United King-
dom. Letters, however, addressed to, or posted at Kingston,
the packet port in Jamaica, will only be chargeable with the
packet-rate of Is. per half ounce, as at present, such letters
not being liable to internal colonial postage.—By command,
W. L. AIABERLY Secretary.
INTERVALS OF EATING.—The ordinary time requi-
site for the completion of digestion is from f.Jur to five hours,
and we evidently ought not to eat more frequently than this ;
if we do, we keep the organs performing the different pro-
cesses of digestion in a perpetual round of action, and allow the
stomach no rest. Instead, therefore, of recommending one
with an enfeebled digestion to eat "little and often," I am con-
fident the better advice would be to substitute the word " sel-
dom" for " often."—Dr. H. Weatherhead on Diet.
THE GREENACRE TRAGEDY.—Sarah Gale, the com-
panion of the notorious Greenacre, and who, for the robbery on
his unfortunate victim, was sentenced to transportation, is liv-
ing at Port Philip as assistant in a confectioner's shop. She
is described by a person who recently saw her in that colony as
having regained her health and looking very comely ; her hag-
gard appearance at her trial showing the relics of a countenance
of considerable prior attractions.
THE CONDEMNED POACHERS.—Respecting these
unhappy men, we have been informed that on Friday last,
their friends, accompanied by their legal adviser, proceeded
to Knowsley Hall, to solicit that a recommendation to mercy
might be sent, on behalf of the culprits, to the Secretary of
State. The deputation just saw the Earl of Derby, who de-
clined to interfere. The female friends then waited upon
Lady, Stanley, who stated that she never interfered with her
lord's business. Lord Stanley was in the fields at the time,
and the deputation having waited until his return, his Lord-
ship declined to interfere. He said information had reached
him, through Sir James Graham, of so many gamekeepers
having been murdered by poachers that it was necessary an
example should be made. An application of a similar nature,
we are also informed, was made to Mr. Justice Wightman, on
Friday last. His reply was, that if they could show him any
grounds, he would have no objection to recommend the cul-
prits to her Majesty's mercy, but as the case stood at present,
he saw no such grounds. We understand Ann M'Corraick
still persists in asserting her innocence of the crime of which
she has been convicted, and that her health is in so precarious
a state, that she is not likely, even if reprieved, long to sur-
vive.— Liverpool Mercury.