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The public dinner of this Association was held' yesterday
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Strand. Upwards of 200 persons sat down. Mr. P. A.
Taylor, jun., He the Chair. On the removal of the cloth,
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when nec:sity required, England should not be backward in
prompting her young men towards a career full as praiseworthy.
The next toast was--" Colonel Thompson."
Colon,' THOMPSON on rising said, that it was true he was
the first who had struck the pick-'axe into the mound and dam
which kept us from the enjoyment of - Heaven's bounties. It
was fifteen years since he began, and from that time to the pre-
sent
he had not ceased. He was glad to see a Young Men's
Anti-Monopoly Association, which Assured them of the certainty
of their haying a legacy of resistance to the wrongous laws In
existence. As young men he saw fit them those who were to
bui:d up faMilies, who were to be the leading men of the king-
, dom, and one day to hold in their hands the strings'of public
opinion. He exhorted them to persevere, and slacken not in
energy. They were properly men who ought to rise to the top of
society by virtue of their simple industryand powers, but oppres-
sive laws kept them down, and restrained their efforts. He
would give them what he called his private opinion : he would
adjure them not to enter into family bonds, to ally themselves
to no women who would not submit to the extirpation of the
Corn-laws, for in doing otherwise they were but multiplying
slaves.—(Cheers.) When deep feelings, such as these, entered
into men's natures, they were sure to work effect. It was tho-
roughly amusing to observe the trivial shifts by which the se-
rious and grave attentions of the people were sought
to be diverted at the present day. _(Cheers.) First
Prince Albert is supposed vastly to relieve trade by
altering the cut of his pantaloons to a certain length and
fashion. The next move will be to shorten his pantaloons in
order that the maker may be benefited, or probably he will
finally reject them-altogether, and, getting rid of his small
clothes, appear in a kilt.--( Laughter.)
Mr. CO.TES, and several members of the Association, then
addressed the assembly in able and excellent speeches, after
which the party separated at an advanced hour.

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from AFRICA, especially with reference to the Effcrts
bAyNsDlels73.,LL,4Ensgqrn.,aF;oreßigronwsoTncaer;d
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Will be acted an entirely New Romantic Drama, by E. Fitaball,
Esq., with extraordinary effects, entitled OMBRA ; or, the SPIRIT
of the ROCKING STONR.
Alter which, TEDDY THE TlLER.—Teddy (with Songs), Mr.
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Norma, Signor Neville-i ; Adelgisa. Signor Walton-i; Pollio, Sig..
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Added io which, JACK JUNK.—Jack Junk, Mr. Walton.
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of the law, and concluded that it must be
beneficial, because _the_Ltgislature passed it for that
purpose. He inconsistently said be would not repeal it,
n hile he admitted that it does no good. We can assure
him and his party that he has given up the whole case
in stating that manufactures are more useful to agricul-
ture than a Corn-law.

We shall return to Sir ROBERT PEEL'S speech,
which was a mere piece of special pleading be-
tween manufactures and agriculture, as it' the
whole community consisted of cotton lords and
landlords. It had no smack of statesmanship in'it, and
he insists that the Parliament is not responsible for
the distress of the people. We must now conclude by
saying, that when he resumed his seat, a little before
one o'clock, there was, for a considerable time much
noise and confusion in the House, between the calls for
an adjournment, and for a division. Lord JOHN Rus-
aSlElLowL
erdeacOnßoimppeonded thatrtunit3,o every
f expressginegntlan s
heimsopiithiooudnls; be
at
length Sir ROBERT PEEL acquiesed, and the motion of
Mr. JOHNSTONE for the House to resume, and the de-
bate to be adjourned, was agreed to.

The annual official accounts of the trade and naviga-
tion of the empire have recently been published, and,
feeling much interested in the reputation of Sir R. PEEL,
' we turned at once to the article " TEA" to ascertain to
It a t extent the public *distress had been caused by the
interruption of the trade with China, to which it has
been more than once partly ascribed by the great teacher
and head .of the nation. To our satisfaction,
but not to our surprise, . for we knew the
man, we found that the tea taken into home.
consumption in the year 1841, • :36,396,078 lbs.,
exceeded the consumption of 1840, 32,262,892 lbs., by
4,133,186 lbs. At the same time we must state, that
the quantity imported in 1840, 28,021,882 lbs., exceeded
the quantity imported in 1841, 17,242,106 lbs., by
10,779,776 lbs. This appeared some confirmation of Sir
ROBERT PEEL'S statement ; but it was stated in the
Times of Feb. 2, in its City article, which is generally
good authority for such matters, that the ships entered
inwards from places within the limits of the Company's
charter in 1840 were 592, tonnage 235,440, men 12,764,
while in 1841, the number of ships entered inwards was
788, tonnage 318,980, men 16,304 ; being, says our Con-
temporary, an increase in favour of the year just closed
of 196 ships, 83,540 tonnage, and 3,540 men. Of this in-
crease 23 ships were from China, 19 from Penang and
Singapore.
A similar increase took place in the ships cleared out-
wards for places within the Company's charter, which
was in 1841 above 1840, 74 ; tonnage, 49,040 ; men,
1,438 ; the number of ships in 1840 being 932, tonnage
359,567, men 19,954 ; and for 1841—ships 1,006, ton-
nage 408,607, and men 19,954. The increase, says the
Times, comprised seventeen ships for China, seven for
Ceylon, and five for Singapore. So much for the inter-
ruption of our trade with China in the year 1841, which
Sir R. PEEr., in his zeal to uphold the Bread-tax, insisted
was one of the causes of the distress of the people. We
may add that the increase of the East India and China
trade during the last year with the port of London, is
more than the whole increase of that trade in the year,
showing that some other branches of trade must have
fallen off considerably.
Another part of these returns points out a more fea-
;ible source of our distress than the falsely presumed
interruption of the China trade. The tonnage entered
inwards in 1840 was 4,105,207, and in 1841, 3,982,129,
showing a falling off of 123,078 tons. The tonnage
cleared outwards, however, was in 1840, 3,392,626, and
in 1841, 3,543,456. So that our imports were falling
oft; while our exports were increasing, or more was
going out of the country than was coming in. It
must not be said that this does not show actual values,

nor actual quantities ; we know that ; but, presuming
that the relations of value continued nearly the same in
1841, as in 1840, and the number of vessels which came
and went away empty were, in both years,
about the same, the fact we have quoted is
valuable as an indication of the cliange which is
going on. According to the old commercial theory,.
it would have been considered an advantage, as the ex-
cess of imports, it would have been said, would have to
be paid for in the precious metals; but we are better in-
, formed,.and know that it is the imports and not the ex.
ports which are the realisation of the merchant's venture,
and the means of enriching the nation.
Prosperity consists in continual increase, and when we
find the quantity of cotton taken into home consumption,
fallingoff from 531,197,8171b5. in 1840, to 440,297,1011b5.
in 1841, the quantity of timber imported diminishing,
the quantity of dye stuffs diminishing, no great increase •
in our home trade, and a positive falling off of our
foreign trade ; we say that it is high time that the
nation placed its interests in the keeping of other hands
than those who insist on taxing its bread, and are not
ashamed to make false but plausible statements in de-
fence of their injustice.—Since this was written, we
have heard Sir ROBERT PEEL'S lame defence of his
statement about China, and Mr. liAsTlE's reply, and we
think the Right Hon. Baronet has not come off with
flying colours.

DISTRESS IN THE MANUFAC-
TURING DISTRICTS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Star—The corn-lords and their supporters
,deny the exist-
ence of extreme distress in the manufacturing districts. I
only. wish that those who doubt the truth of statements of
ruined tradesmen and starving operatives, had to earn thelr
living in my calling. For many years I have been on the
road, but never did I see and feel so much misery (on trading
accounts) as Ido now. Since the beginning of this year I
have gone through Lancashire and Yorkshire, and find the
prostration of business really " awful." I cannot collect my
accounts, and orders (from those likely to pay) are dwindled to
almost nothing. The chief topic of conversation in this
neighbourhood is the probability of a hearty union between
the middle and lower classes. It is the general belief that Sir
Robert Peel, in the last fortnight, has made more Chartists
than Feargus O'Connor has done in all his life time,
I am, Sir, yours respectfully,
A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER.
Huddersfield, Feb. 23, 1842.

BOROUGH OF MAP. YLEBONE.
NEW AND IMPORTANTMOVEMENT AGAINST THE CORN-
LA Ws.—Last night one of the most crowded preliminary meet-
ings that has ever been held on the subject of the Corn-laws
within the borough of Marylebone, took place at the Mecha-
nics' Institution, Cirens-street, New-road. There were present
members of all the Marylebone Branch Anti- Corn-law Asso-
ciations, and members of the Chartist Associations.
Mr. POTTER was called unanimously to the chair at eight
o'clock, and opened the business of the evening by stating
that the meeting was held to make arrangements for a great
public meeting of the inhabitants, of all political parties, in
the borough, to express their vie ws on the Government Corn and
Provision-law measure; and also to express their entire want
of confidence in the Government itself. It appeared that a
broad basis of political co-operation had been arranged pre-
viously between the Marylebone Anti-Corn-law advocates and
the members of the Chartist Associations. This basis was i
stated to be sufficiently broad to erect a tower of strength
upon, and several speakers enlarged, during the evening, on
the advantages of union, and the best feeling prevailed. It
was stated that Marylebone had, en former occasions, set an
example to the whole kingdom, and that she was now about
to act in her former grot character. A printed
circular from the Metropolitan Anti-Corn.law Associa-
tion, urging on all its members arid Committees
to exert themselves to the utmost in instructing the
people in the mischief of the present Corn-laws was
read and approved. The opiniou of the people on the Go-
vernment measure was advocated as desirable to be attained,
and Mr. MscConnell urged, that to this end it would be desir-
able that every Member, on presenting a petition against the
Corn-laws, should stand en his right of requiring the clerk to
read the prayer of every such petition at length.
It was then unanimously resolved, " That a Public Meeting
en the broad basis aforesaid, and for the aforesaid object, be
called on Monday next, at the Workhouse-yard, at 12 o'clock,
by board-men and hills ; and that both the borough Memloril
be invited to attend the said meeting." Mr. Hume he.rs been
invited to preside; and a large farmer from (?;no, in the
United States, will alste. be present.
This preliminary meeting, whin} was conducted in the best
Per7e until a very late hour.
S posslblo spirit, did......not.dis

-suNITA or A FEMALE..-.-Yesterday an inquest was
441"':i before Mr. Wakley, M.P., at the Cock and Lion, Wig-
more-street, Cavendish.square, on view of the body of Sarah
Ann Shrimpton, aged 36. It appeared from the evidence
that the deceased was servant to Mr. Marslin, coach.
builder, 22, in the before named street, with whom she had
lived five years. She was good-tempered and well disposed.
Latterly she had been very low-spirited, forgetful, and
strange in her manner, and had suffered much from rheumatism,
and pains in her head. On Saturday afternoon last, about half an
hour after she had attended to the dinner table, heimistress had
occasion to go into her bed-room, and was horror.struck at behold.
ing her hanging by a cord tied round her neck, and fastened to a
hook in the wall. No cause could be assigned for her committing
the rash act, Verdict—" Temporary Insanity.''
A letter from Vienna, of the 9th inst. says :—" The
severity of the winter increases here every day. The thermometer
stands, morning and evening, at 12 and /3 degrees below zero of
Reaumur, or from 1 to 2 Fahrenheit, and the poorer classes are
suff,ring dreadfully, on account of the high price of fuel. The
accounts from Hungary, Transylvania, Wallachia, and Servla also
speak of the excessive cold, and state that the roads have become
almost impracticable from snow. Some parts of these countries are
overrun with wolves. The last courier but one from Bucharest
was attacked by wolves on the Hermanstadt road, and escaped with
difficulty. The last courier asserts that he saw a diligence on the
road without horses, or driver or guard, but with the luggage and
letters intact. Of the two men and several horses, almost the only
traces were their bong"

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The following news appears it: the form of a ttitgra.;
phis despatch in the French :—" The fort -of
Sebdon, or La Frasna, ten leigues south of Tlemcen,
was entirely destroyed on the 9th instant. This was the
last place of the second line of the Emir. The enemy in
this campaign has abandoned to us, in his flight, 14
pieces of cannon, of which seven were field-pieces cast
at Tlemcen. Fifteen tribes have made their submission.
The Emir is in the territory of Morocco, near the -fron-
tier. We are making rapid pry gress in the west."
, It-appears from a recent staten.ent that the number of
law tribunals in France is and the number.-of
t judges and magistratefx, viz., Lusticel; tie paix, 2,65.8, with
the same number of judges ; iribui:als of first instance,
360, With 2,593 magistrates ; tribunals of commerce,
220, with 1,242 magistrates ; cnnrs royales, 27, and 922
. magistrates ; courts of cassation, 1, and 57 magistrates
sour des eoinptes, 1, and 104 ma;-,,istrati.s. The number
of counsel enrolled xi the lists of the sours roysles, on
the Ist of January in this year, e $,619.
"In England," observes the Presse, "the annual ex-
pense of each soldier upon an avcmge is 540 f.-- conse•
quently the number is but few. Li France the expense
is 3401, in Austria, 240 f., in Prussia, 212 f., and' in
Russia, 120 f."
" We learn from Madrid," says the Messager " that
on the sitting of the Cortes of the 16th inst. a bill was
presented for mobilising, in case of need,- 50,000 National
Guards."
Accounts from Barcelona of the 15th inst. state, that
it was rumoured in that city that the Junta of Vigilance
was on the point of being re-established. The Jourital
des Debats, however, which publishes this report; con-
siders it to require confirniation.
PARLIAMENTARY.
The Lords did not meet yesterday.
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In the CommonS the petition --of the QueenborotO
burgesses was ordered to be minted,
.after a short de-
bate, for the use of the Members only.
Sir James Graham, we gathi r from his answer to
Captain Pechell, means to put an end to the Gilbert
unions, by his now Pobr-law Bill.
Lord-Stanley is tct state-what he knows, t')-day, about
a massacre which has taken p'ac'e in Jamaica.
A debate took place on a motion of Mr. Wason
to call Sir Thomas Cochrane to the bar of the Hotise
to answer the allegations of Mr. Ashurst's petition re-
lative to the Ipswich Election, but in the end, the motion
was withdrawn.
Sir Robert Peel, in reply to Mr. Buller, expr, ssed his
determination to pioceed with no odic r business till the
Corn-law question -was settled.
The Marquis of Normanby's two Bills to regulate
buildings and to make improvements in boroughs win-0
put off for six months by Mr. Fox Maule, because they
trespassed on the privileges of the house, and are to be
brought into the Commons hereafter. lre gather from
what Sir James Gral am said that the Government mill
support them.
The debate on the Corn-laws was resumed by Mr.
Ewart, and occupied the House the remainder, of the
evening. There was a considerable number of speakers,
but the impatience of the House hardly..allowed them to
be heard. The House rose at One o'Cloek.

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