The Sun.
London, England, 1842-12-15 00:00:00

T. WAKEFIELD, Esq. (Mayor of Nottingham), in
a very lucid and eloquent address, seconded the reso-
lution.

Mr. CRIPPS, of Nottingham, then moved the second
resolution, viz. :—" That this meeting cordially ap-
proves of the endeavours of the Anti-Corn-law League
to repeal the Corn and Provision-laws, rejoicing that
their views are so rapidly progressing among a class
hitherto opposed to them."
Mr. JOHNSON, of Derby, in an able manner, se-
conded the resolution.

J. BRIGHT, Esq., of Rochdale, viewed the meeting'
as one of the most influential ever held, and made an
urgent appeal for subscriptions.
The following contributions were then announced
—S. Bean, Esq., of Nottingham, 100/. ; E. Strutt,
Esq., of Derby, 3001.; Mr. Harris, of Leicester, 1001.•
Mr. Biggs, 501.; Mr. G. Bradley, of Nottingham,
501.; C. Paget, Esq., 501.; Boden and Morley, 50/. ;
Messrs. Hollins, 501.; Messrs. Foster and Stevenson,
25/. ; and others, making a total of 9971. This sum
will be yet nearly doubled.
After a vote of thanks to the Chairman, the meeting
separated.

SIR WILLIAM NOTT.
It may not be generlly known out of Carmarthen
that the father of the gallant General, the fame of
whose glorious achievements in India will occupy as
bright and distinguished a page in our military annals,
was a very respectable innkeeper in this town,
(Carmarthen). The hostelrie of Nott, mine host of
the Ivy Bush here, was a well-accustomed one; and
Mr. Nott, brought up well his three sem :thelytmgest
of whom, William Nott, is the soielier = Outline,
on whom her Majesty, a few days since, bestowed.
the Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath. A sur-
viving elder brother of General Nott is now residing
at Carmarthen. General Nott, when a lad, assisted
in husbandry operations, ploughing and harrowing
with his own hands; so it may be said, in this case
literally, that the ploughshare was exchanged for
the hero's sword. Carmarthen is justly proud of
having given birth to so great a General, who is also
believed to be a very amiable man. A corre-
spondent supplies the following anecdote :—" Soon
after the landing of the French at Fishguard, last war
it will he remembered, almost all the inhabitants of
the different towns in Great Britain formed them-
selves into volunteer corps. There was one at Cow-
bridge, commanded by a Major Bevan. The present
General Sir Wm. Nott was at that time at school
there, under the tuition of Mr. Thomas Williams,
master of the mathematical academy at that town.
The boys, on field days, generally got a holiday;
and it happened on one occasion, when the corps
was out firing ball-cartridge at a mark, that some
of the boys asked permission of Major Bevan
to be permitted to, fry their skill also. The
Major good-naturedly complied, and desired
some of the men to load a few muskets for the
lads. When the boys began to fire away, up comes a
Mr. Thomas, of the Cross, an attorney; he endeavoured
to take a musket from one of the young gentlemen,
which Nott perceiving, he immediately went to the
assistance of his schoolfellow, and wrested the piece
from the attorney. high words ensued, and young
Nott took off his coat to fight, though the man was
a sort of elephant, as big again as himself, but the
officers interfered and stopped the fight. Nott was al-
ways considered high-spirited, and in this case it was
the general opinion that he would have thrashed his
man had he been permitted. Young Nott was con-
sidered as the hero of the school, and the junior boys
took shelter under his wing in all their little difficul-
ties."—The Welshman.

GOLD :MEDAL.—We have much pleasure in men-
tioning that his Majesty the King of Prussia presented
a beautiful gold medal to Douglas Morison, Esq., a
British artist, of great promise, during his recent
visit to Germany. On one side of the medal there
are representations of figures in alto-relievo, of Sculp-
ture, Music, Poetry, Architecture, and a good like-
ness of his Majesty " Friedr. Wilhelm IV., Koenig
v. Preussen:" On the obverse the Temple of Fame,
and Apollo riding in his chariot drawn by four horses,
and attended by the four Seasons. His Majesty was
so much pleased with Mr. Morison's views of Haddon
Hall, Derbyshire, that he not only bestowed a medal
of the highest order awarded to artistical merit
in Prussia, but was graciously pleased to invite
Mr. Morison to a regal birth-day banquet,
and expressed his unqualified admiration of
Mr. Morison's forthcoming work, consisting of
Views of the Ducal Palaces, Castles, and Hunt-
ing-seats in Saxe Coburg-Gotha. Many of
these views are singularly beautiful, particularly the
Palace of Ehrenburg, the birth place of the Prince
Albert, and the Citadel of Coburg, the fortress in
which Luther was concealed during the merciless and
protracted persecution to which he was exposed.
Although it is gratifying to see a British artist stimu-
lated to renewed exertion by the patronage of such
illustrious persons as the King of Prussia, the King
of the Belgians, the Duke and Hereditary Prince of
Saxe Coburg-Gotha, and by other foreign Princes, it
is more satisfactory to know that Mr. Morison's work
will appear under the patronage of her Majesty the
Queen and the Prince Albert. While Mr. Morison
was taking the above mentioned views, he was
honoured with the most distinguished kindness by his
Serene Highness the Duke of Saxe Coburg-Gotha,
from whom he also received a very handsome medal.
BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.—We believe we may state
with confidence, that the Directors of the Birming-
ham Railway have for some time contemplated plac-
ing a carriage between the tender and the first passen-
ger carriage of every train. Several experiments
were made to ascertain the description of carriages
best suited for the proposed object. A carriage truck
was first tried, but experience proved that the only
carriages suitable were either second-class carriages
or parcels vans. A number of parcels vans were then
ordered to be built to supply advanced guards for
each of the trains, and until these carriages are com-
pleted an empty second class carriage will be used as
;substitute with every:train. We are happy to hear
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ROYAL
meeting was held on Monday evening (W. R.
Hamilton, Esq., F.R.S., President, in the Chair),
when several valuable presents were announced. A
letter was read from Mr. Warrington, British Consul
of Tripoli, giving some account of the present state
of geographical science in that country. They had
few instruments for observation, but some important
geograjhical information had lately been obtained
from 1H rench and German travellers, and there
was every probability of a commercial intercourse
being shortly opened with the interior. A letter
was next read from the British Consul at Panama,
opened containing some particulars highly interesting
across
there-
garding a communication beinglsthmus of Panama, which vas likely to be a very
important one. The Chairman read a letter from
Sir W. Parish, giving a description of a map of
Pekin, given to him by a relative who accompanied
the expedition of Lord Macartney into China. He
had forwarded the map for presentation to the Society,
but it had been shown to Lord Stanley, who had
taken it to her Majesty, at Windsor. There are some
young Chinese at Rome, who are educating as Mis-
sionaries, by whom the map was translated, although
some difficulty was met in the reduction of Chinese
to Italian miles. The whole circumference of the city
might, however, be stated as 26 miles, and the map
was very full, containing the names of all the streets,
public offices, gardens, canals, treasuries, Sze., being
complete in every respect. It was stated by a mem-
ber that a similar map was at St. Petersburgh, in
which the circumference of the city, which had nine
gates, was stated as 23 miles.

DISMISSAL OF FARM SERVANT'S AND REDUCTION
or WAGES.—We regret to say that the Income-tax
is producing, in the county of Suffolk, its most mis-
chievous results. It is now pinching the poor, who
supposed that it never would have touched them. In
the neighbourhood of Walsham-le-Willows we hear
that no less than twenty married men with children
have been dismissed, as their masters cannot afford;
employ them any longer ; at Otley, nearly as many
have been discharged; and at Stowmarket and vari-
ous other places, wages have been reduced from 9s. to
7s.—lpswich .Express.

THE CORN-LAWS.
I MEETING OF THE MANUFACTURERS.
NOTTINGHAM, DEC. 13.—The merchants and ma-
nufacturers of the counties of Nottingham, Leicester,
and Derby, held a most enthusiastic meeting this
morning, in the Independent Chapel, Friar-lane, Not-
tingham, the attendance being so great that the Town-
hall was not sufficiently capacious.
Present of Nottingham :—T. Wakefield, Esq.,
Mayor; S. Bean, Esq., President of the Complete
Suffrage Conference ; Aldermen Frearson, Wilson,
Newton, Herbert, Rogers ; the Reverends P. T.
Gilton, J. Wild, J. Gilbert, T. Keyworth, Z. Taft,
H. Hunter ; D. Bradley, Esq., Cripps, Esq. ; and
Messrs. Cartwright, IVilson, Pfunget, Steegman,
Biddle, Neuberg, J. Smith, Bacon, Corah, R. Sutton,
Dunn, Eddison, and an immense body of other gentle-
men manufacturers.
From Derby, there were many of the leading in-
habitants, and by a special railway train from Leices-
ter, there arrived the Mayor of that borough, and
three hundred manufacturers. Many came also from
Langlilic.
On the motion of Mr. Alderman FREARSON, J.
HEARD, Esq., was unanimously called to the chair,
and after making a few observations, called upon W.
Biggs, Esq., the Mayor of Leicester, to move the first
resolution.
W. BIGGs, Esq., then, in a very elaborate manner,
spoke of the truly unprecedented depression of trade
in the three counties. The resolution he moved was
expressive of a conviction, that the distress in the ma-
nufacturing districts was rapidly extending to the
agricultural.
The CHAIRMAN announced to the meeting that R.
Cobden, Esq., would be present at the tea party in the
evening.