The Sun.
London, England, 1842-01-28 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, THURSDAY. - The Queen and
Prince Albert took their usual walk this morn-
ing, and again promenaded in the afternoon.
Prince Albert enjoyed the sport of shooting
in the neighbourhood of Cumberland Lodge,
accompanied by Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Co-
bourg, the Princes Augustus and Leopold of
Saxe-Cobourg, the Duke of Wellington, the
Marquis of Exeter, and Col. BouVerie.
The King of Prussia and Suite left at a quarter
past ten fbr London, but returned 'to-dinner.

The Lord Chancellor, Countess „Jersey, and
Lady Clementina Villiers' the Earl and Countess
of Westmoreland, and Lord and Lady Stanley,
are expected to arrive at the Castle ,to-night, on
a visit to her Majesty.
The Marchioness of Exeter, the Duke of Buc-
cleuch, and the Duke and Duchess of Suther-
land, took their departure this morning.
Mr. G. E. and the Hon. Mrs. Anson, Colonel
and the Min. Mrs. Arbuthnot, Hon. Sarah
Mary Cavendish, Mrs. Bouverie, and Mr. and
Mrs. Hakcourt, of it. Leonard's Hill, will have
the honour to join the Royal Dinner Circle this
evening.

Mr. Moon had the honour of submitting to the
Queen and Prince Albert, an engraving from
Cattertnole's Picture of the Baronial Hall in the
Olden Time, and received her Majesty's commands
to engrave the Picture of the Royal Christening
by Hayter.

The King of Prussia left Windsor Castle soon
after ten o'clock yesterday morning, attended by
the Chevalier Bunsen, M. le General Nutzmar,
le Baron de Humboldt, le Comte de Stolberg,
M. le General de Neumann, M. Muller, M. de
Megerinch, M. de Brauchitsch, and by the Earl
of Hardwicke, Lord in Waiting, and Captain
Meynall, Groom in Waiting. His Majesty and
Suite went to Slough, and left by a special
train for Paddington, from which terminus they
were conveyed in three of the Royal carriages to
Buckingham Palace, where they arrived a quar-
ter before twelve o'clock.

Her Majesty held a Court for the reception of
the Foreign Corps Diplomatique.
The French Ambassador, the whole of the
Foreign Ministers (including those accredited
on special mission), and also the different
Charges d Affaires, resident at the Court, at-
tended. The Baron de Renduffe, Portuguese
Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Prussia,
was also present.

The Vice-Chamberlain and the Comptroller of
the Queen's Household conducted their Excel-
lencies to the presence of the King. The Che-
valier Bunsen, his Majesty's Minister Plenipo-
tentiary on a Special Mission, presenting all the
members of
sthe Corps respectively to his Ma-
jesty. The Baron de Schleinitz, Prussian Charge
d'Affaires, and the Baron de Canitz, attache to
the Mission, had previously arrived at the Pa-
lace, and attended his Majesty, with the other
gentlemen of the Suite, at the reception.
'The Diplomatic Corps having retired, his Ma-
jesty and Suite were served with a dejeune.
At ten minutes past two o'clock the Corpora-
tion of the City of London arrived at the Palace
to present an Address of Congratulation to his
Majesty. The Lord Mayor in his State robes,
and %veering his Collar, came in his State coach,
drawn by six greys, preceded by the City
Marshals on horseback, and also by Marshalmen
and Footmen in State liveries. His Lordship
was followed by the Sheriffs in State carriages,
and by a numerous deputation.
Among those present were Aldermen Sir Peter
Laurie, Sir Chapman Marshall, Sir George Car-
roll, Thomas Johnson, Gibbs, Lainson, John
Johnson, and Farneomb ; the Recorder; Mr.
Sheriff Magnay, Mr. Sheriff Rogers;' the Chew-
berlain, the City Remembrancer, the City So-
licitor, the Common Pleaders, Messrs. Bul-
lock, Gurney, and Ryland, and other Officers
of the Corporation. Also 117 Commoners
of the City of London, including Mr. Stevens,
the mover, and Mr. Wire the seconder, of the
Address; Messrs. King, R. L. Jones, Cope,
Wheelton, Parker, Edward Harrison, and West-
wood.

The King received the Address in the Library.
His Majesty was habited in the uniform of the First
Regiment of Prussian Foot Guards. His Majesty
wore the Ribband of the Garter with the Bade
appended, and also the Star of that Most Noble
Order.

The Lord Mayor and the very numerous De-
putation were conducted to his Majesty by the
Vice-Chamberlain, and the Comptroller of the
Household.

The Earl of Harduicke, Lord in Waiting, and
Captain Meynell, Groom in Waiting, attended
the King, as also his Excellency the Chevalier
Bunsen, and the gentlemen of his Majesty's suite.
The Recorder then read the following Ad-
dress :

" To his Majesty the King of Prussia.
" The Address of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and
• Commons--of the City of London, in Common
Council assembled.

" May it please your Majesty,
" We, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of
the City of London, in Common Council assembled, ap-
proach your Majesty to offer our sincere congratulations
to your Majesty on your Majesty's auspicious visit to our
beloved and gracious Sovereign the Queen.
" Deeply interested in every event which affects the
domestic happiness of our beloved Queen and her Royal
Consort, we hail with the greatest pleasure and satisfac-
tion your Majesty's presence as one of the Sponsors to a
Prince, who, we trust, will in the fulness of time ascend
the throne of these realms, the protector of the religion
and liberties of this nation.

" Permit us, Sire, to express our earnest wishes that
your Majesty's presence in this country may tend to in-
crease and perpetuate a friendship and alliance so essen-
tial to the Protestant interest, and eminently calculated
to promote the liberties, the happiness, and prosperity of
the British and Prussian nations.
" By Order of the Court,
(Signed) " H. WOODTHORPE."

The Recorder having read this Address, gave
it to the Lord Mayor, by whom it was presented
to the King of Prussia.

His Majesty then read the following Answer:
" Lord Mayor find Gentlemen,
" I thank you most warmly for the interest you take
in my arrival in this country.
" I have seized with particular pleasure the opportu-
nity which the kind invitation of the Queen has afforded
me, of showing the high regard and sincere friendship
I feel for your justly-beloved Sovereign, and of being
one of the Sponsors to the Royal Infant, whom .I pray
God may bless.
. .

" It will be to me a source of high gratification to
find that my visit to this country may contribute to in-
crease and perpetuate the friendly relations so ]sappily
existing between the two countries—relations so im-
portant for the maintenance and development of all the
blessings of peace, and for the furthering of that civilisa-
tion which is founded upon Christian piety and virtue.
" I am glad to have had this opportunity of expressing
these my feelings to the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and
Commons of the City of London."

His Majesty banded his answer to the Lord
Mayor, by whom it was delivered to the City
Remembraneer.

The Lord Mayor then presented to the King,
the Aldermen present, all the Officers of the
Corporation, Messrs. Stevens and Wire, the
mover and seconder of the Address, and also
Mr. King. His Lordship and the Deputation
then retired.

The King of Prussia, attended by the Earl of
Hardwiclre, his Excellency the Chevalier Bun-
sen Captain Meynell, General Natzrnar, 13aron
de Humboldt, Count de Stolberg, General de
Neumann, M. Muller, M. de Meyerinck, and M.
de Brauchitsch, left town ten minutes before
three o'clock for Hampton Court Palace, to view
"The Cartoons." Lord Ernest Bruce, Vice-
Chamberlain, and the Right Hon. G. Dawson
Darner, Comptroller of the Household, received
his Majesty on his arrival at Buckingham
Palace, and conducted his Majesty to his car-
riage on his departure for Hampton Court.
The Grand Wine Cistern, the largest and
finest piece of plate on record in Europe, made George
for his Majesty King the Fourth, by
Messrs. Rundle and Bridge, was used at the fes-
tivitieS at Windsor Castle in honour of the Royal
Christening. Its contents on this occasion were
forty gallons of spiced claret, and it was placed
in the Waterloo Gallery. Her Majesty and her
August and Royal guests were served from it,
and drank the health of his Royal Highness the
Prince of Wales.
Many pieces of the Regalia were also made
use of at the Royal Festivities on this occasion,
having been brought from town by Messrs.
Rundle and Bridge, to whose custody the whole
of the Regalia had been committed immediately
after the conflaFration in the Tower, by the
Lord Chamberlain.
The ancient Salt Cellar of State, richly adorned
with precious stones, placed. between her Ma-
jesty and the King of Prussia on the banquet-
table, is the model of the White Tower. The
embrasures in it are filled by miniature cannons,
placed on carriages, wrought in gold.
The ancient font in St. George's Chapel, from
which his Royal Highness the Prhice of Wales
was baptised, had been re-gilt, and, together with
numerous articles of plate displayed in the Wa-
terloo Gallery and St. George's Hall, had been
brought from town with the Regalia and State
Salt-cellar.
Yesterday was the birthday of his Royal High-
ness the Duke of Sussex. His Royal Highness
received visits of congratulation from their Royal
Highnesses the Duchess of Gloucestey and the
Duke of. Cambridge. In the afternoon the Royal
Duke went to Marlborough House to pay a visit

to hei Majesty the Queen Dowager, and after-
wards returned to Kensington Palace.
The Duke of Cambridge visited her Majesty
the Queen Dowager yesterday.
A Cabinet Council wag held at two o'clock
yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office. Sir
Robert Peel and the Earl of Aberdeen arrived
from Windsor Castle, to be present.
The Council sat two hours and a half.
Sir Robert Peel and the Earl of Aberdeen
afterwards left town on their return to Windsor
Castle.

Lord and Lady Stanley left town yesterday
afternoon on a ♦isit to her Majesty at Windsor
Castle.

Mr. Wood, Chairman of the Excise, had an
interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer
yeterday, at his official residence in Downing-
street.

Captain Trotter, the senior officer in command
of the Niger expedition, has arrived in town,
and yesterday transacted business both at the
Foreign and Colonial-office.

THE CITY ADDRESS TO THE
KING OF PRUSSIA.
Yesterday the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, i nd
Common Council, and principal City officers, as-
sembled at the Guildhall for the purpose of
waiting upon his Majesty the King of Prussia
with the Address voted on Monday last, in the
Court of Common Council, upon his Majesty's
visit to Queen Victoria, as sponsor to his Royal
Highness the Prince of Wales.
fly, order of the Right Honourable the Lord
Mayor the bells of several of the churches in
the City were rung during the day in honour of
the occasion.
The procession set off from the Guildhall at a
little after one o'clock.
There were in the procession, besides the Lord
Mayor, Aldermen Sir Peter Laurie, Sir Chapman
Marshall, Thomas Johnson, Gibbs, Farncomb,
Lainson, Sir George Carroll, John Johnson,
Sheriffs Magnay and Rogers, the City Cham-
berlain, the Recorder, the Common Pleaders,
the Retnembrancer, the- City Solicitor, the
Comptroller, the Secondaries, and 119 Common
Councilmen.
The Corporation were received in the most
gracious manner by his Majesty.
The Recorder read the Address, and the King
returned a most gracious Answer (for which see
Court Circular).
On Monday his Majesty will visit St. Paul's,
and afterwards the Mansion-house, and partake
of a dejeuner with the Lord Mayor and Lady
Mayoress.

THE ELECTRO-MAGNETIC RAIL-
WAY-TRAIN CONTROLLER.
Yesterday afternoon a private lecture was delivered
by Dr. Bachhoffner, at the Royal Polytechnic Institution,
for the purpose of explaining the peculiarities and ad-
vantages of a recent invention for controlling the motions
of railway-trains, the authors of which are. Messrs.
Wright and Bain, the latter of whom is known to the
public as the ingenious contriver of the electrical clocks,
upon which principle one is now going in front of the
Institution. The agent employed in this railway-train
controller is electricity ; and its application, as in the
instance of the clock, is effected by means of an electro-
magnet. The object contemplated by the patentees is
to compel the galvanic fluid to act as a preventive against
any ordinary accidents to which railway travelling is
exposed,. and this they purpose accomplishing by first
laying down wires along the whole length of a line be-
tween the rails, and then furnishing the locomotive with
a galvanic battery, and a pilot engine with an electro-
magnet, electrical communication between both being
established by curved springs which travel along and
upon the wires. When this electrical communication is
broken, which it would be in the case of impending
accident to the train, an instantaneous warning is
given to the engine-driver, by which means the danger
is avoided and should the engine-driver, or his as-
sistant, take no notice of such warning, the interruption
of the voltaic current immediately puts some self-acting
mechanism in motion, the result of which is that the
steam is by it shut off, and the breaks put down. The
pilot engine we have mentioned is first started at about
two miles a-head of the passenger or goods train.
Should a slip of earth take place, the stoppage caused in
consequence to the pilot engine would be at once com-
municated to the advancing train, and a similar effect
would be produced were the earth to fall between the
pilot engine and the train. In like manner, if a side
gate were left open, through which carts or carriages
might cross the line, the train would be stopped, and were
a train accidentallyLto get upon the wrong rails, and thus
become exposed to the danger of meeting another, col-
lision between the two would be jprevented. The same
may be observed of one train overtaking another. An
explanation of the scientific and most ingenious means
by which these effects are produced would be unintelli-
gible without drawings, but enough has been stated to
explain the general objects of the invention.

PUSEYISM.

THE PRIMATE OF ALL ENGLAND SUSPECTED.

Addresses are pouring in daily to Lambeth
Palace, calling upon the Chief Shepherd of the
flock to guard them against wolves in sheeps'
clothing. Protestants begin to suspect that he is a
dumb dog that cannot bark, and, if we judge from-
the answers of the Primate, to their earnest and
conscientious entreaties, they certainly have cause
for alarm. The answers to their applicationsare all
the same, and simply amount to this—" I will
give due consideration to the subject." While the
subject agitates the whole kingdom, and threatens
to make an awful schism in the Church, the
most Reverend Father in God, Primate of all
England, and Metropolitan, seems to look at it
as a matter which he has yet to take into his
consideration. The following address and reply,
just published, show that there are good reasons
for fear, independent of the fact that one of his
Grace's Chaplains is a distinguished contributor
to the Tracts for the Times. The Catholics re-
joice and say, the present successor of Thomas-
a-Becket will yet perform high mass at Canter-
bury :
TO THE MOST REVEREND FATHER IN GOD, HIS GRACE THE
LORD ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY, PRIMATE OF ALL
ENGLAND, AND METROPOLITAN. •

We, the undersigned lay members of the Church
of England, inhabitants of Bristol and its vicinity, re-
garding with dismay the views recently inculcated by
the authors of the " Tracts for the Times," and their ex-
tensive and baneful influence amongst the members
of. our Church, venture to address your Grace, as the
chief ecclesiastical guardian of the Church of Christ, in
England, persuaded that many of those writings are
utterly repugnant to the Word of God, at variance with
the plain meaning of the Articles, Liturgy, and Homi-
lies of the Church of England, and contain the essence
of many of the most fatal errors of the Church of Rome.
This tendency was clearly discerned, and joyfully hailed,
two years ago, at Rome itself, as appears from the fol-
lowing extract from a publication issued under the sanc-
tion of the Propaganda College :
" The attention of all good Catholics, and especially
of the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith,
cannot be enough excited by the present state of religion
in England, in consequence of the new doctrine propa-
gated with so much ability and success by Messrs. New-
man, Pusey, and Keble." The extract concludes with
these words :—" In such sort as to leave but little dif-
ference between their opinions and the true faith, and
which difference becomes less and loss every day. Faith-
ful ! redouble your prayers, that these happy disposi-
tions may beincreased.'
We, therefore, humbly entreat your Grace to take
such measures as may seem most advisable for obtaining
from the Episcopal Bench their authoritative and united
condemnation of those opinions, of which several of the
Bishops have already expressed their individual disap-
probation at their triennial visitations, and amongst the
est, the Lord Bishop of this diocese on a very recent
ccasion.
'We now solemnly and earnestly commend this matter
to your Grace, to whom the charge and oversight of
the flock of Christ in this part of the United Kingdom
hal been committed by the Chief Shepherd and Bishop
of our souls; and with the utmost respect we beg to
subscribe ourselves,
Your Grace's most obedient and faithful servants.
REPLY OF ISIS GRACE.

Lambeth, Jan. 24, 1842.

GENTLEMEN—I have the honour to acknoWledge the
receipt of an address, very numerously and respectably
signed, by lay members of the Church of England, inha-
bitants of the city of Bristol and its neighbourhood ; and
I request you to inform them that in compliance with
their request, I will give due consideration to the subject
to which they have solicited my attention.—l have the
honour to be, Gentlemen,
Your most obedient servant,
W. CANTUAR.

LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAIL-
WAY.—On Wednesday last the half-yearly meeting of
the Proprietors of this Company was held in Liverpool,
Mr. Charles Lawrence, Chairman of the Board of Di-
rectors, presiding. The Secretary read the half-yearly
Report of the concern, which commenced by alluding to
the existing distress and embarrassment, and to the in-
fluence which they had on the concern. The Report in-
cluded a statement of the accounts, from which it ap-
peared that the receipts were, for the past half-year, in
the coaching department, 80,5491. 14s. 7d. ; merchandise
department, 53,9741. 19s. 11d. ; coal department, 3,0061.
3s. 4d. ; total, 137,5301. 17s. 10d. The gross expendi-
ture for the same period was 70,080 L ss. 7d., leaving a
net profit for the half-year ending the 31st of December,
1841, of 67,4501. 12s. 3d. Add to the profit the surplus
from the half-year ending June, 1841, and the disposable
fund, is 74,1821. 9s. 7d. The number of shares entitled
to a dividend is 12,090 hundred pound shares. The Di-
rectors recommend a dividend of Si. per share, amount-
ing to 60,4501. Also the payment of a third instalment
of the reserved interest on 5,100 original 1001. shares,
1/. per share, 5,100/. ; and on the 5,100 first quarter
shares, 2s. per share, 5101. ; total, 66,0601., which being
deducted from the available fund, as above stated, will
leave a balance of 8,1221. 9s. 7d. to be carried to the next
half year's account.
DEATH OF THE HON. ROBERT LEEsoN•--
This Hon. Gentleman died at Thorne, near Penrith, on
the 14th instant, in his 70th year. He was the youngest
son of Brice, third Earl of Milltown, and uncle to the
present Earl.

BIRMINGHAM DISTRICT ANTI-
CORN-LAW MEETING.
FURTHER ACCOUNT.
The following is a more lengthened report of the
speeches made towards the conclusion of the meeting
on Wednesday than appeared in The Sun yesterday :
Mr. SCOTT, speaking of the Stourbridge district, said,
—The wages of the glass-cutters between 1838 and 1842
had been much reduced. In 1838 employment could be
readily obtained, but at the present time great numbers
were out of work, while others were only partially em-
ployed. He held in his hand a list, showing the reduc-
tion which had taken place in wages in the various
branches of the glass-cutting trade, which he proceeded
to read to the meeting. It was as follows :
Price in 1838. In 1842.
s. d. s. d.
1 3 per inch ... 0 11 per inch
If
Decanters

Dishes

7 0 „ ... 5 6
5 0 „ ... 4 0
3 0 „
The wages paid for wines, clarets, champagnes, tumblers,
&c., exhibited the same rate of reduction. Mr. Scott
then referred to the price of food, in connection with
the foregoing facts, showing that the poor workthan was
not only suffering from reduced wages, but that he had
to pay considerably more for his food than when he ob-
tained a higher remuneration for his labour in 1838.
Again, with regard to the article of parchment, a con-
siderable quantity of which was manufactured in his
neighbourhood, principally for the American market.
Their climate gave the people of this country almost a
monopoly of the article, for it could not be readily manu-
factured in the United States, where there was a con-
stant demand for it; but the Americans could not pay
for it, and we refused to take their corn in exchange.—
(Hear, hear.) Were we permitted to import corn from
America, the men who were now unemployed would
obtain constant work, the trade would revive, and the
manufacturers would be enabled to dispose of the heavy
stocks which they had lying on hand —(Hear, hear.)
The. Honourable Gentleman afterwards described the
depressed state of the coal and iron trade, and
tne general distress which prevailed in Stour-
bridge and neighbourhood. Nothing, he observed,
was more astonishing to him than the endurance of the
people, pledging everything they were possessed of to
keep them from that _fearful resource, the workhouse.
In visits paid recently amongst the poor, many of the
houses were found without a bed, and the family huddled
together in a corner, with a few rags to cover them, en-
deavouring to procure warmth and without a morsel of
food to sustain life.—(Hear, hear.) This was not a soli-
tary case of destitution, and although he knew that dis-
tress would be found to exist more or less at all times,
yet he firmly believed that the present misery and suffer-
ing were almost entirely owing to the state of trade, and
the operation of iniquitous laws pressing down the ener-
gies and trade of the country.—(hear, hear.) He would
not detain the meeting on that occasion by making a
speech on the general, principle of the Corn-laws, but
proceed at once to the resolution which he held in his
hand. It was as follows:—" That the avowed object of
the Corn- laws was to create a monopoly in the food of man.
That the operation of the Corn-laws has been to counter-
act the designs of Providence, by restricting the ex-
change of the productions of industry, to deprive the
working classes of the just remuneration for their labour
by shutting up markets—to ruin the trade of Great
Britain by circumscribing its intercourse with other na-
tions, and to induce a fearful state of general and un-
precedented distress which daily becomes more intense,
and threatens to destroy our commercial prosperity, and
and our very existence as a nation." It might, perhaps,
be considered a rash assertion to say that the operation
of the Corn-laws tended to counteract the designs of
Providence, but if Providence intended that man should
enjoy the fruits of the earth and the honest reward of
industry, the observation would not be misapplied to
laws which deprived him of both.—(Hear, hear.) Their
opponents were fond of referring to the home trade of
England, as affording a market for her commodities ;
but they forgot that the very act which destroyed their
foreign trade would reduce their home trade to a win-
entity.—(Hear, hear.) He defied their opponents to
point out a town or village in the county, in which their
home trade was in a flourishing condition. Their home
trade was, he asserted, in a most depressed state, and
unless some immediate legislative change took place, he
was convinced that universal ruin would swallow up the'
trade and prosperity of the country.
Mr. DnrlocK, of Bilston, seconded the resolution, in
an excellent address.
Mr. TAUNTON, of Coventry, supported the resolution,
detailing the state of trade in that city, and the distress
which prevailed amongst the working classes. He had
frequent opportunities of observing the habits of the
working classes, and the very offal which was now
eagerly purchased in pennyworths by the people, and
the rags which were bought to cover them, afforded suf-
ficient indications, if he had not more conclusive proof,
of the misery to which working men and their fami-
lies were reduced.
JOSEPH WALKER, Esq., of Wolrerharnpton, moved
the next resolution :—" That inasmuch as the compli-
cated evils under which the country now suffers are
shown to be the natural fruits of monopoly, this meet-
ing earnestly deprecates all legislative interference with
industry, and pledges itself to adopt all peaceful and
legal means to obtain the total and immediate abolition
of the Corn and Provision-laws." He did not think
that the present was the fitting occasion to go into the
general question of the Corn and Provision-laws, as they
would have an opportunity of discussing that question in
the evening. He would therefore proceed at once to the
immediate subject before them—that of communicating
information in reference to the trade andmanufactures of
the town which he represented. The staple of Wolver-
hampton was hardware, and he would just premise that
the articles were not such as depended upon the caprice
of fashion ; neither were they in the position of other
manufacturers in the country, who depended upon
foreigners for a supply of the raw material. They had
coal and iron almost at their doors, and at a cheaper
rate than could be produced in any other part of the
world. They would therefore judge by the prices which
they paid for articles of hardware in 1836 and 1841
whether trade was improving or declining. Mr. Walker
here read the following list, showing the relative prices
of the articles mentioned in 1836 and 1841 :
Cost in 1836. Cost in 1841.
s. d. s. d.
Bolts 6 o 3
Buckles .
Chest handles
Currycombs 5 6 3 6
Door springs
Hinges (forged)
Hinges (cast)
Locks (iron door)
Ditto (mortice)
Ditto (iron chest)
Ditto, brass lO 0 7 ()
Ditto Trunk Locks 2 0 1 2
Ditto, iron pad
Ditto, brass pad
Ditto, stock -locks
Latches (iron) door ll 0 7 6
Coffee mills
Rat traps 9 0 7 6
Screws l2 0 8 0
Bed screws
Now, in none of these articles, he might safely say, was
there such a thing as a machine used.—(Hear, hear.)
Therefore the argument of those who contended that
the evils under which they suffered arose from machi-
nery, here fell to the ground. But the comparison of
prices did not exhibit the whole of the evil, in order to
arrive at which they must take into account the quan-
tity of the necessaries of life which could be obtained
in the former year for a given amount of labour, and the
quantity which they could now obtain by the same
amount of exertion.—(Hear, hear.) After entering into
this view of the subject with great force and perspicuity,
Mr. Walker proceeded to observe that charity,ilowever
munificent, could not meet the evils under which the
industrious classes were suffering—it would be only
taking a slice off one poor man's loaf to give it to
another. -It did not increase the amount of food. If
they went to buy up food in a place where there was
only a fixed quantity, it immediately raised the price;
it brought a fresh customer into the market, and
the landowner, in fact, pocketed the amount of their
charity.—(Hear, hear.) He defied any man to point
out any other means of increasing the comforts of the
people of this country, and of adding to the quantity of
the necessaries of life, but by opening the ports of Great
Britain. Mr. Walker concluded amidst the cordial plau-
dits of the meeting.
Mr. WYNNE, of Wolverhampton, seconded the reso-
lution, which was unanimously adopted.
The Rev.. Mr. M'KEAN moved the adoption of a me-
morial to the House of Commons, embodying the prin-
ciples and views set forth in the foregoing resolutions.
The memorial was seconded by Mr. BROMFIELD, of
Coventry, and unanimously adopted.
The following gentlemen were then appointed as a de-
putation to wait upon her Majesty's Ministers, for the
purpose of laying before them a statement of the effects
of the Corn-laws on the trade of the district :—Joshua
Scholefield, Esq., M.P. ; G. F. Muntz, Esq., M.P. ;
T. Thornely, Esq., M.P. ; Hon. C. P. Villiers, M.P. ;
Robert Scott, Esq., M.P. ; Messrs. Joseph Sturge,
Joseph Walker, W. Boultbee, Corbett, Taunton, and
the Chairman.
The next resolution was moved by Mr. SMITH, of
West Bromwich, viz. :—" That this meeting rejoices
that the National Anti-Corn-law League have convened
a meeting of deputies to assemble in London, on the Bth
of February ; and this meeting earnestly recommend to
the deputies, when assembled, to take prompt and effi-
cient measures, irrespective of the course which may be
pursued by the Government for testing the opinions of
the Members of the House of Commons on the total and
immediate abolition of the Corn and Provision-laws." It
was also suggested that deputies from the different Asso-
ciations throughout the country should attend the great
general meeting on the Bth of next month.
The resolution was adopted.
Mr. Alderman WESTON proposed, " That the Com-
mittee of the Birmingham Anti-Corn-law Association be
requested to forward to the Metropolitan Anti-Corn-law
Association a statement comprising all such statistical
information as may be best calculated to promote the re-
peal of the Corn and Provision-laws."
SAMUEL GODDARD, Esq., in seconding the resolution,
said he would make a few observations on the trade be-
tween this country and America, with which he was in-
timately connected. It was his intention to have handed
to the committee a mass of statistics in support of the
business of the day, but when he set about collecting
them, he found the evidence on all hands so abundant
and conclusive, that he shrank from the task of making
a selection. He had, however, during the meeting,
handed to the Chairman some account of the manufac-
tures of the United States, and also a list of articles
now made there, or imported from the continent of
Europe, which, previous to the passing of the Corn-
laws, were obtained almost entirely from England.—

EVENING SUET '7

-- ,;
(Hear, hear.) This list comprised carpenters and-joiners - ii:
tools Onerally, in which three-fourths of the trade was It - -
lost ; agricultural implements, of which seven-eighths—_-_-:
were lost ; buttons, of which about one-half were lost ;
brushes of all kinds, of which the whole of the trade ' '
was lost ; the same with respect to combs, and lead in :M
various shapes ;_ and nearly the whole of our export of
glass. Mr. Goddard also enumerated the trade m iron,
leather, nails, and other articles, the whole of the ex-
ports in which were altogether lost, or nearly so. He
added that, notwithstanding the prodigious increase of
manufactures in America, that market had continued to
take a larger amount of goods from Great Britain annu-
ally than the amount of produce taken in return, thus
clearly evincing a disposition to take goods to the full
extent of the means of payment, and not to require gold.
He thought it only fair to suppose that the trade would
greatly increase were flour and provisions generally al-
lowed to be sent to this country. In this case there would
be a much greater trade under more certain payments.
—(Hear.) When the Corn-laws were passed the argu-
ment was, " Oh, the Americans can never manufacture
for themselves ; our industry, skill, and machinery, will
prevent that." But now it was said the mischief was done,
and it is too late to remedy it. But he would undertake
to say emphatically, that although much mischief had
been done, it was not too late to prevent much in pros-
pect.—(Bear.) They had heard a good deal of specu-
lation about new markets, and especially respecting the
China markets. But, although he was of opinion that
the more markets they had the better, he thought it
highly probable that a larger amount of manufactures
was consumed in America by seventeen millions of
Anglo-Saxons than in the whole empire of China. It
was his firm conviction that if they repealed the present
Corn-laws they would have a great and flourishing trade
with the United States, but that if they continued them
they would not only lose irretrievably that market, but
create amongst that people competitors in every market
under heaven.—(Loud applause.)
At the close of the meeting a vote of thanks was pre-
sented to W. Scholefield, Esq., for his kindness in pre-
siding.
In the evening a tea-party and public meeting was
held in the Town-hall, for the purpose of receiving in-
formation on the subject of the Corn-laws. Mr. Curtis,
of Ohio, Colonel Thompson, Joseph Sturge, Esq., and
most of the gentlemen who took part in the morning's
proceedings, were present. The hall was crowded, and
the addresses were llstened to with great interest.

IRELAND.
CITY OF DUBLIN ELECTION.

DUBLIN, JAN. 2e,.—The polling re-commenced this
morning at nine o'clock. Long before that hour the
booth M.. the chief stronghold of the Liberals, was beset
by crowds of voters. This booth has been placed in the
open street, and notwithstanding the torrents of rain fall-
ing all the forenoon, the Reformers, drenched to the
skin, have been waiting patiently, in the hope of getting
forward to record their votes for Lord Morpeth. There
are nearly 2,000 voters allotted to this booth, not more
than one-half of whom can possibly poll in the five days
allowed by law for the polling. On the other hand, the
Tory booths, fitted up with convenience and comfort,
have, several of them, not 500 voters to poll. It is under
such circumstances, according to the management of
Lord Dc Grey's Tory Sheriffs, that the Liberals are
struggling to effect the return of Lord Morteth. If there
were anything like fair play, Lord Morpet 's return, by
a very large majority, could not for a moment be doubted.
But whilst the Reformers are obstructed by all sorts
of contrivances, the Tories are pouring in the votes of
non-resident freemen, although the law expressly declares
that no freeman is eligible it' he reside seven miles be-
yond the boundaries or the city.
The unqualified freemen, not six months registered,
admitted by wholesale on the last day of 11layoralty
by Sir John Kingston James, are also polling. But this
question is now before the assessor.

STATE OF THE P.iLf. AT TWO O'CLOCK ON WEDNESDAY.
Lord Morpeth
Mr. Gregory 6Ol
Majority on this day - 36 • .
STATE OF THE POLL AT THREE O'CLOCK. .
Lord Morpeth
Mr. Gregory 839

Majority for Gregory this day 37
Majority, yesterday 230
Gross majority for Gregory - 267
In the hour between two and ee o'clock, Gregory
gained but one vote. It would appear as if the Tory ad-
vance had been effectually checked.
-The Tories claim a majority of 57 on this day, the
difference amounting to 20, being made up from objected
votes of yesterday, decided by the assessor in their favour
day.
The weather is terrible, it is blowing a hurricane all day.
STATE OF THE POLL THIS EVENING.
1,004
925

Mr. Gregory
Lord Morpeth
Majority fur Gregory this day... - 79
GROSS POLL.

Mr. Gregory 2 149
Lord Sforpeth
Gross majority - fir 309

This day the assessor decided a new point, that " hold-
ing," instead of house, is an illegal description. This
disfranchises a large number of Liberals.
In fact, the people have no real franchisethe Reform
Bill has become a mockery.
LETTER FROM. MR. O'CONNELL ,B`,ZO THE
. ELECTORS OF DUBLIN."

The following letter appears in the Pilot of to-night :
" Mansion-house, 26th January, 1842.
" Fellow Citizens,—Our prospects are beginning to be
clouded. There is an appearance of apathy or neglect.
The bigoted faction that has so long oppressed our un-
happy country threatens a new triumph over us. Yet
We have the means of success in ourswn power. •
" I shOuld not experience the bitterness of disappoin
meat if we were deflated by the superior strength of th'e
enemy ; but I confess that I feel it painfully discredit-
able to be bound to admit that we run the risk of defeat,
not for want of strength, but for want of activity and
energy. •
"Rouse, then, electors of Dublin !: Let there be nol,
apathy—no neglect—no delay ! Sho' you have a deter,.,
mined spirit to resist those who vilify your creed and tka-'1:
duce your country.
" Surely you cannot mean to shrink from your duty.
You, cannot mean to give a victory to those who would
reduce:your country to a base servitude, and tarnish-your
religion with the name of a vile idolatry !
" If I possess any influence with you, permit me 4 in
the name of Ireland, to call you at once to the poll. Re-
collect, that if you triumph now, you defeat the worst
Anti-Repeal party—the interested enemies of our Legis-
lative independence.
" Recollect that if you succeed, you show the energy of
the Repealers, and the liberality which they entertain to-
wards the friends of Reform.

" You also show your political hostility to the enemies
both of Reform and Repeal.
" I conjure you, then, in the name of all that is dear to
patriots and to Christians, to hasten to the poll, and once
again to record your votes in favour of Old Ireland
" nave the honour to be, fellow-countrymen, your
ever faithful devoted servant.
" DANIEL O'CONNELL."