The Sun.
London, England, 1819-08-10 00:00:00

MEETING AT SANDBACH.

The most numerous and loyal meeting ever wit-'
nessed in the town of SAndbach, took place on
Friday, at the Market-hall, where some patriotic
Resolutions were entered into, expressive ,of -the
firm determination of the Subscribers to aid, to
the utmost of their power, the Civil Authorities,
in maintaining ptiblir peace and tranquillity at the
present crisis. Before the conclusion,. " Goti
save the King." %%as sung in full chorus by the
whole assembly. I was eminently di:tingnislietl
by a loyalty and unanimity ii;gltly gratifying to
every.lover of his King and Country.

LEEDS, AUGUST 7.
Last Saturday a select Meeting of Mere!'At,
and others was hid at the Court-House in this
town, to take into consideration the propriety of ,
affording to 120 croppers and theii
amounting in the whole to about 500 individuals,
the means of emigrating to America. This mo.-t—
-ing was held at the earnest request of. the suffer-
ing workmen. After about two hours spent
deliberating, it was determined, that it would
not be advisable at tAte present time to originate
any public subscription for the proposed purpose,
but that if no material improvement should take
place in trade before the next spring, the matter
should at that time be re-considered 6 and if it
was then judged proper, a subscription should be
set on foot, for enabling such of them as were'
then inclined to quit the country, to proceed tu
Canada. .

We hear with great pleasure, that the cotton
trade has improved considerably within the last
three weeks. The raw material has advanced,
about three-halfpence a pound, and the manu-
factured article will sell for at least 10 per cent.
more than it would have fetched a month ago.
Calico weaving, which was one of the most de-
pressed branches of the trade, has undergone a
material improvement, and the advance to the
weaver may be state:) at 20 put. cent., upon his
former wages. This improvement in trade is said
to arise from an increased Continental demand,
And not from any hOme speculations.
The Sub••committee lately appointed by the
Board of the Workhouse have now made their re-
' port on the causes of the present increase o' pau-
perism, and the means of remedying it. They
have come to the conclusion, that the only general
resource is in the soil. They therefore recommtnd
that the Guardians of the Poor should provide for
each of the partly-employed families from half a
rood to a rood of ground, as near as possible to
their habitations, on which they may raise po-
tatoes, "cabbages, beans, &c. for their families,
and employ their leisure time in this kind of per-
manently productive labour. " A rood of po-
tatoes and a pig," say they, " will begin to raise
the cottager into independence, and for them he
will love his country the better,"
The next source of relief they suggest is the cul-
tivation of wastes. Domestic colonization, upon
a small scale, they think should be tried; the
requisite funds for which they suppose might be
raised in Leeds, by voluntary contributions.
The last point to which they directed their at-
tention was emigration. They do not reject the
idea ; they feel a conviction, that, under certain
cirenmstances, with the concurrence and aid of
Government, it might be rendered advantageous ;
but it appears from their correspondence witts
Lnrd BathUrst, that Governmcnt do not contem-
plate, as yet, the interference of parish officers 111
the wot k of foreign colonization.