The Sun.
London, England, 1842-11-19 00:00:00

1 the electoral franchise will look to their duties irre-
spective of the two great political parties.—(Hear, and
cheers.) They must not ask whether a man is a Whig
or a Tory, but whether he will vote for measures that
will benefit them and the rest of the community, and if
he will, no matter whether he be a Tory or a Whig,
vote for him, and if he be a Whig, and will not, then
Ireject him.--(Renewed cheers.) And just now I heard
from my friend in the chair, that we had some present
who do not usually attend. I think he said they were
gentlemen of a particular party. I never mention the
Inames of parties at Anti-Corn-law meetings. I hope
every free-trader will banish from his vocabulary the
names of the old parties by which the country has been
so long pestered.—(Hear.) But we are told that some
are here for the purpose of obtaining information—to
hear what is said. Well! what can be the objection
urged that they can desire to hear answered against
the principle of free trade that they have not heard
expounded by Mr. Buckingham, in so able a manner
that it would be useless to attempt to add to his ar-
guments. I will tell you the answer advanced in their
own coteries—that is, the honest one of which they
make use. I will tell you their difficulties. They say
you will throw the agricultural labourers out of em-
ployment if you bring
in foreign corn,—and if you
give employment to the people in the manufacturing
districts, they tell you it will also throw out of em-
ployment die labourers in the agricultural districts.
We are told by the Duke of Buckingham, be-
cause they put forward the labourers' cause at all times
as that likely to win the sympathies of the public.
But have we not proofs to the contrary ? 'What said
the late Lord Leicester ? "We must have no Corn-
law."—(Hear.) What says the Earl of Spencer, Lord
Ducie, Mr. Smith of Deanston, who combines with
his other talents the talents of a manufacturer of ma-
chinery ? 'What says Mr. Greg, who has more land
in his possession than many of the monopolists ? He has
been to Scotland, and what says be ? Why, that if
England were cultivated as the Lothians are cultivated,
that produce in Lancashire and Cheshire would be
three-fold greater than it is at present, and that the pro-
duce in England generally would be doubled.—(llear.)
This is borne out by the Report of the Committee of
1836. If you were to improve agriculture and raise
this double quantity, you must call into activity a
greater amount of labour. You must call in increased
labour to give vitality to capital ; therefore it is beg-
ging the whole question.—(Hear.) I stepped into
the Athenaeum as I came down, and I saw the
Times of this morning. It contains a long article
against the Anti-Corn-law League, of course.
(The lion. Gentleman had not concluded when our

Express left.)

ATTEMPT AT ASSASSINATION.
This town was thrown into a state of great con-
sternation between eight and nine o'clock last night,
bi a report that the Rev. Edmund Mortlock,
} ellow of Christ's College, had been fired at by
his nephew, Frederick Cheetham Mortlock. Mr.
Mortlock, it appears, was sitting in one of his rooms
in the Fellows' wing of the College, about half- past
eight, in company with Mr. Thomas Mitchell, when
his nephew opened the door, and, making some ob-
servation, said he would sboot them both, ac the
same time presenting a pistol. Mr. Mitchell made
his escape, and the missile from the pistol, which
has not yet been discovered, grazed the clothes of
Mr. Mortlock, providentially without injuring the
Rev. Gentleman. The assassin, in the mean time,
made his escape, lashing two hunting whips together,
and dropping a height of three stories into the Fel-
lows' garden, having first bolted the door, which was
in vain attempted to be forced while lie was making
his escape

The unhappy young man has before been held to
bail, and imprisoned in default, for threatening his
uncles—Edmund, the object of the above diabolical
attack, and Thomas, the head of the eminent banking
establishment, for some grievance, real or supposed,
relative to his father's will, to which they arc execu-
tors.— Candiri,ke Independent Press.

FIRST-RATE PIGEON SHOOTING.—(From a Pigeon
Shooting Correspondent.)—A very interesting match
took place at Cambridge the other day between Mr.
Thomas Tarrant, of that town, and a Mr. Gannon, of
the Oxford University, to kill the greatest number
out of 50 birds each, at 21 yards distance, for 501.
a side, the birds to fall within 100 yards of the trap.
The coolness and skill of the contending parties were
highly spoken of; and a deal- of money was wagered
on them by their respective backers. The snatch
came off in a field near Barnwell, and the crowds that
assembled of " tOWII and gown " to witness the affair
were immense. Mr. Charles IVagg,staff of Cambridge,
and Mr. Jackson, of London, were appointed umpires,
and Captain Doria referee. Mr. Gannon, shortly pre-
vious to the match, offered to hack himself at 60/. to
501., and was taken by Mr. Dan Pate, a celebrated
' character in the sporting world of Cambridge.
There were other bets of a larger amount between
junior members of both Universities. Nothing could
exceed the excitement, especially during the first part
of the match. The firing was alternate, and Tarrant
having first shut, brought don n Isis bird within a cou-
ple of yards of the trap. His friends, who were in an
ecstacy at having "first blood," backed him at 6 to 4,
and were accommodated. 117msguant tutu fides, how-
ever, for Tom missed his fourth, seventh, twelfth,
seventeenth, twenty-second, thirty-first, third, fourth,
fifth, and seventh, and forty-second birds; whilst his
adversary's eleventh, twenty-fifth and forty-first got
away. Mr. Gannon, therefore, won by eight birds
in forty-three shots, to the great surprise of the Cam-
bridge folks, who seemed rather annoyed at being let
into the secret of their champion's interiority to any
pigeon-shooter in England, and doubly so when the
astounding fact was declared to them, after the match,
that on a recent occasion the gentleman who had just
drawn them for more than a trifle, killed 195 out of
200 birds.

TILE liessrAN EMBASSY.—The entertainment at
Ashburnham House this evening to his Imperial High-
ness the Archduke Frederick of Austria is to be on a
scale of unusual elegance. All the members of the
corps dVomatique, and above one hundred of the
drove AboAbo u tt
o threete io;
nAility now in town, have been invited to meet his
otetokn3po-esrticeer:
Imperial Highness.
Ir s.r
morningll I eas
cabrioletD Ea T DEATH.--About
yester-
day
station with a man who was supposed to be drunk.
The door of the cab being opened, 1 however, he was
found to be motionless, and to all appearance dead,
and upon his being removed to the station-house Mr
Coward, the police surgeon, was sent for, who ascer-
tained that life was quite • extmct, although there
was still warmth in the body. Policeman Dormer,
20.5 N, it appeared had
found the deceased lying
in the City-road, and - was about to procure the
stretcher to remove him to the •
station-house, when a
cab driver offered
to convey him thither in his
cab,.and did so. A gentleman named Burton, who ac-
companied them, said that previously to the arrival
of the police-constable he saw the deceased lying
apparently in a fit, and another constable of the G
division standing near him, as if waiting for assist-
ance, bytwhich time was lost. The deceased was
identified as a young man of the name of Butcher,
respectably connected, and it was stated that he had
been a lawyer's clerk, but for some time unemployed,
and known as keeping rather loose company. It was
ascertained that he was at the Eagle Tavern until
after one o'clock yesterday morning, but he does not
appear to have been intoxicated. Some bruises and
marks were observed upon the head and face, which
will form the subject of investigation before the Co-
roner's Jury, information of the occurrence having
been forwarded to Mr. Baker, the Coroner.
FIRE AT ROTHERIIITIIE.—ShortIy before eleven
o'clock last night a fire of a very calamitous character
was discovered raging in the lower part of the pre-
mises belonging to Mr. Smith, situate at No. 36,
Paradise-street, Rotherhithe,' within a few doors of
Paradise Tavern. A policeman immediately raised
an alarm, and with great difficulty awoke the
mates from their slumbers to a sense of th •
eir danger,
when a pitiable sight presented itself; I most of the
inmates had to rush through the flames almost
in
a state of nudity; but, unfortunately, a young
female of the name of she. Shea, in the excite-
ment of the moment, threw herself from the
second floor window, and, falling upon her back,
received such viole,it bruises, that her life is de-
spaired of. A messenger h • aving been in the interim
dispatched to the various engine-stations, with intel-
ligence of the outbreak, • m an incredibly short period
several engines bel •
ongmg to the London Brigade,
West of England
fire-office, and the different parishes,
were on the spot, but some considerable time elapsed
before they could be got into operation, owing to the
great scarcity of water. The large floating engine
was moored.along the side of the river, and set to
work, which being done a great body of water was
poured upon the fire, but owing to the ravages it had
made in the interior, the firemen were unable to save
any portion of Mr. Smith's premises ; finding that it
would be useless to endeavour to save those, Messrs.
Braidwood and Connorton, the superintendents of the
two bodies, directed the men to endeavour to save the
adjoining premises, which was, owing to indefatigable
exertions on their part, partially accomplished. About
half-past 12 o'clock the fire had burnt itself out.
1)r. Johnson, when in the fullness of years and
knowledge, said, " I never take up a newspaper with-
out finding something I should have deemed it a loss
not to have seen; never without derivingfrom •
in-
struction and amusement."

FAILURE Or A BANK.—The town of Henley-on-
Thames was thrown into great consternation on
Thursday morning, by the announcement that the
bank of Messrs. J. D. and T. Lydall, the only local
bank in the town, had suspended payment. It Was
market day, and the effects were very apparent, as
business was nearly at a stand. Bills were published
and circulated throughout the town, calling a meet-
ing of the creditors, to be held at the Town-hall this
day
affairs(Satun wiayin
be made b
at Ilo'clo; a C
kv , Nemhemnitateewho statementt
have o
their
been intrusted to make a preliminary inquiry.