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Honorary Members—Commander G. T. Gordon, R.N. ;
Captain T. Jordaine Clarke, 11. N. ; Commander C. Rooke,
; Commander Hon. Robert Gore, R.N.
Two Cups of 50/. each to be sailed for this year ; open to
all yachts of the squadron, except the, class sailing for the ,
Queen's Cup this year. One to be sailed for on Monday,
August 15, the other on Friday, August. 19.
The ball will take place en the 16th of August, the Queen's
Cup will be sailed for on the 17th, and fireworks in the even-
ing, and the annual dinner on the 18th.
By the above it will be seen that the Royal Yacht Squadron
Regatta will commence on Monday, 15th August, with a match
for a Cup, value 50/. ; 16th, the Queen's Cup, value 100/. ;
17th, the annual display of fireworks ; 18th, the annual dinner ;
19th, a Cup, value 501.
Subscriptions are about to be entered into by the inhabitants
and visitors for a number of rowing-matches to take place on
the different days. G. E. Brook, the spirited proprietor of
East Cowes Park, proposes an archery meeting on his grounds,
and a variety of attractive and interesting amusements, to
conclude with a brilliant display of fireworks—indeed, all seem
inclined to strive to make this year's Regatta one of the gayest
of the gay.
Hambro' Castle, between Ventnor and Niton, is fitting fur
the Dowager Queen ; her Majesty has taken it for three
months.

Ou opening a quarry, or pit, in the parish of Hartington,
Derbyshire, a finely variegated shell, crystal, and strata marble
has been discovered, containing a quantity of fossil substances.
THEATRICAM.

In consequence of the death of the Duke of Orleans, the per-
formances announced at the St. James's Theatre for this even-
ing will not take place.

COI:3.*XtT-PASTLXOI•SAXII.E.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter have returned to
town from a brief visit to Brighton.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Queensberry have taken
Smiley Lodge, Bognor, where they have already arrived.
The Earl and Countess Grey had a dinner party on Wed-
nesday.

The Countess of Leicester, accompanied by her sen, the Earl,
left London yesterday for Antwerp.
The Earl and Countess of Jersey receive a select circle to
dinner this evening.
M. Dedel, the Minister of the Netherlands, returned to Wil-
ton-crescent last Wednesday from the Hague.
The Duchess of Buccleuch has issued invitations for a select
circle, at the Duke's villa at Richmond, on Monday next.
The Countess Brownlow held her last assembly for the sea-
son last night in Be!grave-square.
Countess Danneskiold Samsoe, daughter of the Marquis of
Aylesbury, arrived on Tuesday last from Denmark.
Croxteth Hall, the seat of the Earl and Countess of Sefton,
is full of company during the Liverpool meeting.
ztEr.:X.CELIS...II-MOVS.

Sir Robert Wilmot; Bart., died at Kemp-town, lirighton,
on Wednesday. His eldest son by his first marriage, Air.
Henry S. Wilmot, born in 1801, succeeds him. He married
secondly, in 1817, Mrs. Craufurd, widow of Major• General
A. Craufnrd.

COWES, ISLI OF WIGHT.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE.
ARRIVALS.
JULY 7.—Midge cutter, John Petre, Esq., from Ports-
mouth ; Corsair cutter, John Congrave, Esq., from Guernsey
and Jersey.
Bth.—Cynthia cutter, Richard Frankland, Esq., from Ire-
land and Guernsey; Wave cutter, Captain James Kean, R.N.,
from westward.
9th.—Emerald cutter, J. S. Symonds, Esq., from South-
ampton; Flower of Yarrow cutter, Marquis of Cenyngham,
from Southampton.
12th.—Resolution schooner, Duke of Rutland, from Port-
land Roads.
13th.—Sapphire cutter, Lord H. J. Cholmondeley, from
Ryde.
14th.—Ganymede cutter, I. W. P. S. Pigott, Esq., from
Guernsey and Torquay. •

The roads forming at East Cowes are in a very forward state,
they are 6t3 Fret in width: about MO men are employed on
them. Five villas will be proceeded with in a short time, but
the principal buildings will not be begun till next spring, when
all the roads will be finished. The botanic-garden formed,
rustic bridges, pieces of ornamental water, and cascades, are
in progress ; numerous vi,itors arc even now attracted to the
spot, the scenet of which is very beautiful. Numbers abo
Rock to view East Cowes Castle. which, being for sale, the
public can go over on obtaining tickets for that purpose.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
LIVERPOOL JULY :11EETINO—TitunsnAv.
The Foal Stakes of 100 toys. each, h ft. Once round and
a distance.
Loyd G. Bentinck's Peloponesus (Rogers) 1
Lord Westminster's Bona Fide
Sir R. W. linlkt-icy's b c by, The Mole—Acanthus ......... 3
6to 4 agst the winner, and 6to 4 agst Bona Fide. Won by
a length.
The Chesterfield Stakes of 15 sm. each, 10 ft. T.Y.C.
• No race.
THE LIVERPOOL CUP.
The Tradesmen's Cup, or Plate, of 200 toes., with 100 soys.
from the fund, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 25 toes.
each, 15 ft, and 5 only if declared ; the second to receive SCI.
out of the stakes, and the winner to pay 30 toss. to the
Judge. (91 Subs. ; 60 paid. )
\lr. Holmes' Vulcan, 5 yrs, Bst 91b (J. Day) 0 0
Lord Chesterfield's Rhodanthe, 5 yrs, 75t... (Chappcil) 0 0
Duke of Richmond's The Currier. 6 yrs, Bst 71b... 0 0
Lord Westminster's Satirist, 4 yrs, Bst 71b 0 0
Lord I?glinton's Bellona, 6 yrs Bst 51b
Lord Al iltown's Cruiskeen, aged Bst

Mr.. Peace's The Lord Mayiir, 6 yrs, 7st I llb 0 0
Mr. Jone,.' Pm trait, 4 yrs, ist 10110
_

Mr. Mostyn's Prince Caradoc, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b
Mr. Bower's Collina, 4 yrs, 7st 91b
Major Hay's Retriever, 6 yrs, 7st 81b 0 0
Mr. Bowes' 13Iacl Beck, 5 yrs, 7st 81b
Mr. Lichtwald's Miss Stilton, 4 yrs, 7st 7th 0 0
Mr. Graydon'. Clinker, 6 yrs, 7st 61b
Mr. Hornby's Champagne, 5 yrs, 7st 41b
Mr. Bell's Thirsk, 4 yrs, 7st 41b
Col. Cradock s Pagan, 4 yrs, 7st 21b 0 0
Mr. Watts' Forester, 4 yrs, 7st
Mr. Treen's Una. 4.yrs, Est 101 b ................ ....... 0 0
Mr. Allen's Phaon. 4 yrs, 6st 91b ... 0 0
Betting at Starting.-9 to 2 agst Thirsk, sto 1 agst Una, 8
to 1 agst Miss Stilton, 12 to 1 agst Black Beck, 12 to 1 agst
Prince Caradoc, 14 to 1 agst Retriever, 16 to I agst Vulcan,
16 to I agst Rhodanthe, 20 to I agst Portrait, 25 to 1 agst Sa-
tirist, 25 to 1 agst Collina, 25 to 1 agst Pagan, 30 to 1 agst
Clinker, and 30 tot agst Phaon.
A dead heat between Vulcan and Rhodanthe. The deciding
heat had not been run when our account left.
The Derby Handicap of 10 soya. each, with 80 added.
One Mile.
Mr. 'foke's Ermengardis. 43rs (A lad) 1
Lord Westminster's William de Fortibus, 3 yrs
Prince Caradoc, Dr. Caius Lady Mary, Cent°, Phaon,
Mary Monk, and L'Uccello ;Iso ran, but were not placed.
Won by a length.
Free Handicap of 10 toys, each, and 25 added. Mile and a
Quarter.
Mr. Graydon'. Clinker, 6 yrs (Nat) 1
Mr. Loy's Arserat, 6 yrs...
5t04 on Clinker. Won by a length.
NORFOLK AND NORWICH RACES.—TuasnAY..
The Light Weight Stakes of 5 soya. each, and 501. added.
Heats, once rouad and a distance.
Lord Stradbroke's cby Emilius —Memina, 3 yrs (Mann) 1 1
Mr. Bignold's Camilla, 6 yrs 5 2

•
Mr. Skingslq's Fama, 4 yrs
Mr. Pettit's Ensebia, 3 yrs 2 4
Captain Tres' Folly, 5 yrs
The Norfolk and Norwich Handicap of 25 sows. each, 15 ft.,
and 5 only if declared.
Lord Orford's Y. Quo Minus, 4 yrs (Mann) 1
Mr. Price's Oneida Chief, 3 yrs 2
Match, 100 sovs., mile and dis.—Mr. Thompsons Petition, 3
yrs ( Bartholomew),. beat Mr. H. Stracey's March, 3 yrs.
the Tradrsmens' Plate of 301., addeti to a Sweepstakes of
3 sovs. each ; the second saves his stake. Heats, once
round and a dis.
Mr. Button's Evasion, 3 yrs (Pegg) 0 1 1
Mr. Turner's Alice Hawthorn, 3 yrs
Mr. Thompson's Passion Flower, 3 yrs
Sister to Glenco and Sweatmeaat also ran.
The Hurdle Race was won in three heats by Mr. Blyth's
Fidelity (Brett) beating Y. Protempore and Romp.
WEDNESDAY.
The Norfolk and Norwich Plate of 501. Heats, twice round
And a distance.
Mr. Thompson's Petition, 3 yrs • (Bartholomew) 1 1
Mr. Button's Evasion, 3 yrs _

Three others ran.
The Light-weight Stakes of 5 sou. each, and 50 added
Heats, once round and a distance.
Mr. Price's Oneida Chief, 3 sts (Bartholomew) 0 0 1 1
Mr. Pettit's Lang°lee, 4 yrs
Mr. Bignold's Camilla, 6 yrs
The Members' Plate of 301., and a Sweepstakes of 3 toys.
each. Heats.
Mr. Skingsley's Fame, 4 yrs (Macdonald) 1 1
Mr. Blyth's Fidelity, 3 yrs

SAILING S.
JULY S.—Arrow cutter, Lord Godolphin, for Southampton.
14th.—Kestrel yawl, Commodore Earl of Yarborough, for
Plymouth and other western ports; Brilliant schooner, G. H.
Ackers, Esq., for Plymouth and other western ports ; Flirt
schooner, Sir B. R. Graham, Bart. ; Corsair cutter, John
Congrave, Esq. ; Will-o'-the-Wisp cutter, Captain Williams,
R.N.; Midge cutter, John Petre, Esq..; Cynthia cutter,
Richard Frankland, Esq., for Plymouth and other western ports,
in company .with the Commodore; Resolution schooner, Duke
of Rtuland, for Southampton.
YACHTS AT AND ABOUT THE STATION.
Schooners—Hawk, Merlin, Harriet, Jack-o'-Lantern, Ca-
Mills, Peri.
Cutters—Nautilus, Liebe, Emerald, Petrel, Phcebe, Nymph,
Charm, Talisman, Sapphire, Medina, Fanny, Ganymede, In-
trepid, Flower of Yarrow, and Alarm yawl.
At a general meeting of the members of the Royal Yaoht
Cowed, Fquadron, telt! at the Squadron-house, on the
• Frida
Bth of July, 184'2 ; y,
Present—Commodore Earl of Yarborough in the Chair;
Vice-Adm:ral Sir G. E. Hamond, K. C.B. ; John Fleming,
Esq., M.P. ; A. W. Corbet, Etq. ;James Lyon, Esq. ; Cap,
taint James Kean, R.N. ;
Captain A . L. Corry, 11.,N, ;John
eorigraVe, Lyon, Esq. ; Sir John Bayley,
Bart. ; Lord Godolphin ; Richard Frankland, Esq. ; Sir B.
R. Graham, Bart. G. H. Ackers, Esq. ; John Petre, Esc,.
F. P. Delme Radcliffe, Esq. •
, the Earl of Tyrconuel, G.C.
Captain C. H. Williams, R.N. ; Sir E. Scott, Bart.
The following candidates were elected :
• Members—Captain Charles Bulkeley, Peel, schooner, 58
tons • C. H. Coote, Esq., Turquoise, cutter, 77 tons ; Sir W.
P:-Garway, Bart., Spider, cutter, 33 tons.

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY _EVENING, JULY 15, 1842

which are about two hundred yards distant, and procured a
candle and lanthorn ; that they returned to the barn, stuck the
lighted candle in the roof, left the lanthorn behind them, and
ran away.
Sir John A. Ommanney has been most indefatigable in his
inquiries, and he is deserving of the thanks of the inhabitants,
not only of this county, but of the country at large, for his un-
ceasing exertions to bring the offenders to justice. Neither of
the prisoners exceed 23 years of age.

THE ANTI-CORN-LAW
CONFERENCE.
IS DAY.)

The Deputies met this day at a few minutes to twelve
o'clock, at the King's Arms Hotel,Palaee,yard.
P. A. TAYLOR Ebq., in the Chair.

The CHAIRMAN said that he, had two facts to announce
to the meeting. which he considered favourable to their
cause. The first was that the Tory papers were angry
at their proceedings, and the other was that the duty on
corn bad fallen eight shillings yesterday.—(:lea:, hear.)
New wheat was already iu the • market, and he was in-
formed it was proliable a very considerable quantity would..
come in ; and under these circatustances, they felt the
truthfulness of Sir Robert Peel's statement, when he told
the lauded aristocracy that his Cote-law would do very
little harm to them.—(Hear, beans. He would now read
the following communications to the intmit:o% The first
was from his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, for-
warding to Mr. Bright and the other Deputies, a copy of
the correspondence between his Roya! Highness and Sir
James Graham : . •
FROM HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF
SUSSEX TO SIR J. GRAHAM.

The Duke of Sussex haring been requested by a numerous
body of Deputies, now assembled in the metropolis from various
parts of the kingdom, to present the inclosed petition to her
Majesty, stating the great scarcity and dearness of provisions
throughout the country, and the consequent avant of employ..
merit and of wages in every part of Great Britain, but more
particularly in the northern counties, feels it his duty to forward
the same to the Right Hon. Sir James Graham, Bart., her
Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Depart-
ment, and to call his most serious attention to its contents. _ _

His Royal Highness would not have undertaken this painful
task, were he not fully impressed with the great importance of
the subject, as well as with the loyalty and hottest attachment
of those individuals towards the sacred person of the Sovereign,
and which have dictated to them to adopt such a course.
From the conversation which the Duke of Sussex has held
with the Deputation, Goth on Friday and Saturday last, he is
firmly convinced of the melancholy truth contained in the in-
closed statement, which he considers of such importance, that
he deems it right that. her Majesty should be made acquainted
with its contents, especially as the petition is drawn up in strong
though respectful language.
While his Ro3al Highness does not presume to give an
opinion on the mode of meeting this momentous question, he
cannot, however, avoid availing himself of the present oppor-
tunity to express to Sir James Graham his sincere sympathy
with the sufferings of so numerous and industrious a cla,s 'of
her Majesty's subj•,cts, and his serious alarm at the distressing
consequences which are likely to result should neither the Go-
vernment nor Parliament be able to devise a means fur the
employment of so large a portion of the community as, is now
cut of work.

The Duke of Sussex is confident, that after the observations
which he has considerid himself imperiously called upon to
make to Sir James Graham, that the Right Hon. Secretary of
State for the Home Department will take the earliest opportu-
nity of laying the tid petition before her Majesty, with the as-
surance of the loyalty and devotion which the petitioners enter-
tain for the person of their Sovereign, and which have prompted
them to lay their respectful and constitutional statement of
their actual distress at the foot of the throne.

Kensington "'dice, July 10,1842.
COPY OF art JAMES GRAHAM'S REPLY.

Whitehall, Jury 11, 1842.
Sir,—l have received from your Royal Highness a petition
addressed to her Majesty, and also a letter, which your Royal
Highness has been pleased to write to me. •
It will be my dsty to lay the petition before her Majesty
without delay.—l lave the honour to be your Royal Highness's
obedient servant,
(Signed) J. R. G. GRAHAM.
To his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, K. G. 4'
FROM SIR JdNIES GRAHAM TO HIS ROYAL
HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF SUSSEX.
Whitehall, July 18, 1842.
_ _

- .
Sir,—l have the ionour to inform your Royal Highness that
1 have not failed to. lay before the Queen the petition signed
by a numerous both of persons, which was transmitted to me
for presentation to for Majesty, by your Royal Highness on the
10th instant.—l an, Sir, your Royal Highness's dutiful and
obedient servant,
(Signed) J. R. G. GRAHAM.
To his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, K.G.
The CHAIRMAZ then read the folbming letters, or ex-
tracts of letters, f:orn correspondents in the provinces :
Haslingden, July 14.
TO C. A. TAYLOR, ISQ., CHAIRMAN or THE ANTI-CORN-LAW

toNFICRENCE, LONDON,

My dear Sir,—l nu extremely happy to inform you and the
Delegates who rennin in Local:, that we had a most glorious
public meeting, last night, in the open air. We had decidedly
the largest asseroblf ever known to be brought together in this
town. The °Nett of the meeting was to receive an account
of my mission to Lmdon, as member for this town. I suppose
we had upwards 0f3,000 present—some say we must have had
8,000, for many -...ame from Blackburn, Burnley, Baoup,
Acringtou, Edenfidd, &c. •
After I had gives an account of your proceedings up to Sa-
turday evening, at which time I left the Conference, the meet-
ing passed, with hree cheers, the following Resolution :
" That this meeing views with indignation the unfeeling and
unmanly conduct if the majority of the present House of Cotn.
mons, for refusingto afford that help which is in their power
to the manufactsong and labouring population of this country.
We therefore ple(ge. ourselves never to give up our efforts un-
til the unrighteoes and unjust laws which prohibit the free
importation of foe' is totally repealed.
" And as no cudidence can be placed in the House of Com-
' mons, as at presort constituted (for future safety), we deter,
mine to agitate tntil the principles of the document, denomi-
nated the Penple'sCharter, become the law of the land.

•° In order to efect so desirable an end this meeting recom-
mends the unity if the middle and lower orders of the people,
well knowing that unity is strength; and if a people would be
free they must will it."
Wishing you and the Deputies every success, I am, my dear
Sir, yours, &c.,

S. SMITH, Deputy for Haslingden.
Carlisle, July 14, 1842.
Sir,—On the otter side I transmit a copy of a resolution,
passed at a meetirg, held last evening, of the Council of our
Anti-Corn-law Association, and which by a subsequent resolu-
tion I was directed to forward to you, for the purpose of being
laid before the Conference.
I have only time to add that the Association much regret that
they have been unable, from various circumstances, to procure
the attendance of a Deputy from this place.
I am Sir, J. D. CARR, Secretary.
To George Thompson, Esq., Secretary to the Anti-Corn-law

Conference, now sitting in London.
" Resolved,—Thst inasmuch as the state of trade in this city
is still equally depressed, and the pressure of distress upon the
labouring classes coatinues equally severe as at the period when
the Deputies met in London in the spring of the present year,
except only in so far as the condition of the poor has been
alleviated by the advance of the season, and inasmuch as this
Associationst ill continues deeply impressed with a conviction of
the injustice of the Corn and Provision-laws, and the increasing
necessity for their total repeal. This Association would have
felt it their duty, had they not been prevented by unavoidable
circumstances, to send a Deputy or Deputies to the Conference
now sitting in London. That this Association offer their best
thanks to the Coriference for the course they have pursued, and
for the exertions they have made, and urge upon them to con-
tinue to use every means within the bounds of the law and the
Constitution, to force the adoption of a free trade is corn and
prkvisions upon the Government of this country."
Dear Friend,—The shopkeepers of this neighbourhood agreed
at their meeting last night to make their situation known to
Government; betwixt one and two hundred assembled and were
quite unanimous in opinion, that unless something be imme-
diately done to aleviate the distress they cannot get through
the coining winter. JOHN BEEVERS.
Todinorden, July 12.
TO JOHN MORRIS, ESQ., 99, MOUNT-STREET, GROSVENOR-

SQUARE, LONDON.

11Iv DEAR SIR,-1 have touch pleasure in'acknowledging
receipt of your various communications, It was intended by
the Association here to have dispatched one of their own num-
ber, with full particulars, as a delegate, to assist the other De-
legates in London representing Paisley. This, however, was
found impracticable ; and the embarrassments of Paisley were
so notorious that any written statement transmitted to London
was deemed superfluous.
Provcst Henderson and Bailie Smith, both of whom are
members of the Paisley Association, set out for London last
night, as a deputation from the Relief Committee here, to
represent to the Government the wretched condition of the
operatives of Paisley, and the inadequacy of the funds placed
at the disposal of the local authorit,es for the relief of the un-
employed. 1 have shown Provost Henderson and Bailie Smith
your letters, and those which I have received from the other
'delegates, and they have agreed to meet with you and the other
delegates, and communicate all necessary information.
I shall be glad to hear from you from time to time as to how
the good cause prospers, for I am much delighted with your at-
tention to the duties devolved upon you by the Paisley Asso-
ciation.-1 am, my dear Sir, your's truly,
Paisley, July 13, 1842. ROB. WILSON.
Dear Sir,—,Sly object in writing these few lines, is to inform
you that I visited Stockport on Tuesday last, and it is impos-
sible for the mind of man to coneeive a more miserable place ;
the houses unoccupied are almost innumerable. I walked
through one of the streets which branches from Hill-gate, and
there were only three houses inhabited on one side of the
street. Stockport appears to me like a town visited with the
plague. If Government will riot endeavour to remedy this
state of things,. I shall consider the country in danger, and a
civil war is of all things to be dreaded.

Bury, July 14, 1842.
The mills are doing very little, and all the manufacturers are
determined to give over as noar as possible, if there is not a
speedy alteration. Trade is no better, and the reports from
Manchester yesterday were of a gloomy cast. 1 here is to-day
more applications to the board (now sitting) than there ever
were before, and but for the funds sent down from the Relief
Committee, Ido not know what could be done. The number
of paupers are daily increasing.
Ce,lne, 13th July, 1842.
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Mr. WILCOCK, of Blackburn, then proceeded to ad-
dress the meeting. The people of the neighbourhood
which he represented were perhaps better off than the
inhabitants of oth'r towns in Lancaster ; but still their
condition was far from .being prosperous. If it Ivere so
they should not now have eight or nine mills totally stand-
ing. The first of these mills to which he should refer was
what was called a wide-mill, built with new machinery,
about seven years ago. The two 'partners had since
failed, and had gone to the United States. The ma-
chinery of the mill had been sold, and most of it had
since been broken up. 'The machinery of another mill,
which had closed about tl:e year 1839, had also been
broken up ; the proprietor IlL:d since died, and died of a
broken heart, as it was believed. The third mill to which
he would refer, had its machinery built about the year
1833; ihe.parties • who worked it failtA a short time since;
and another gentleman had since carried it on, but at a
loss, it was thought, to himself, and he was now desirous
to dispose of it., The fourth mill was situated a few
miles out of town ; it was built in the year 1834 ;
the
.parties failed in the year 1837 or . 1838.; the
litachinery_ had since -.been .sold, and rat. again into
the crucible.. - The -111th mill to: which he should
refer,- had had new machinery . built in the year 1834 ;
the partics had since _failed, and the place is now shut
up. • In the sixth mill two parties had failed at different
times, and the machinery had since.been . broken up.,
The seventh, mill which he should ptention, was what .w as;
ailed u power-loom shed, which bad beeii built,
in 1837 or 1838 at a cost of 5,0001. ; it

was sold the dtiler day for 2,000/. One of the I
parties, of the name, of *kVallate4 went to the' United
States. He was made a bankrupt, but did not
appear at his second meeting. He gathered up • all he
possesstdi 800/4 or 4001., and diddled his creditors, and
went away. The neat was one of-the most considerable
millowners in Blackburn, and he became bankrupt last
March. A large machine-shop, which used to employ
two or three hundred men in 1835, when provisions were.
low, and those parties we ye then earning from 30s. to 50s.
a week. That shop had been standing during the whole
of 1839 and 1840. What had become of the work-people
he could not tell because those artizans would not stop
to beg at home, for if they went round a town with salt
in a wheelbarrow to exchange it for bones, they. would
not do so at home ; they would go to another town.
(Hear, hear.) He (Mr. 'Wilcock) had received yesterday
two letters from his town, which he begged leave to call
the attention of the meeting to.
(The meeting had not concluded when we went to press.)

SIR R. PEEL AND THE ANTt-
C()IINLAW DELEGAIES.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE, SUA.

SlR,—When I applied the term " sinister " to the manner of
Sir Robert Peel, during his audience of the Anti-Corn-law
Delegates, I meant to speak of manner only, and to assert that
the bearing of Sir Robert. Peel had not the frankness and
singleness with which a deputation of British merchants should
have been met by the Prime Minister of this peat commercial
country ; thzt, on the contrary, there was a mournful and
constrained consciousness of all this in the bearing of the Min-
ister, and a dissatisfaction at his own position, which firmness,
and impassiveness, and seriousness of countenance, even if they
had been quite maintained, could no more have hidden, than
the impress of a coin can hide the metal of which it is com-
posed. We admired the command of countenance which the
Morning Chronicle has complimented Sir Robert Peel for
having preserved during his audience' of the Anti-Corn-law
Delegates, but we appeal-to every Delegate present, whether
the firmness of the impress concealed from any one the colour
of the metal—whether, in a word, Sir Robert Peel did not
look as if he were pla)ing, a part with which he was morally
dissatisfied? That dissatisfaction was not merely the pain of
refusing charity to a starving beggar, knowing that he may
work, and need not starve, but it was the pain of refusing jus-
tice to starving operatives and ruined merchants, who only de-
mand to be allowed to work, and sell the produce of their
labour for the food they are craving. It was this conviction
which grieved Sir Robert Peel to the conscience, even more
than to the heart. And when we employ the term " sinister "
to describe the impression which all this produced, we believe,
that indenendently of its being a correct, it is a fair descrip-
tion ot Sir Robert Peers manner. For to have supposed
him to have received the Delegates of the manufacturing and
commercial districts with haughty condescension or affected
plausibility, would be to confound his bearing with that
of inferior men. On the contrary there was nothing in Sir R.
Peel's manner which was unbecoming his position. It was the
mournful and unsatisfied bearing of a man of sense and feeling,
who' has undertaken to refuse the just demands .of persons
he both respects and likes, and in whose judgment he desires to
stand well. Lord Stanley might have dismissed the Delegates
haughtily ; Sir James Graham would halm received them plau-
sibly ; Sir Robert Peel did neither, and we like him all the
better. And though we felt something of the hysterica passio
when we heard sad accounts of. starving operatives and ruined
manufacturers, and could not repress a rising indignation at
the policy which refusts obvious and manifest justice, we were
conscious of never losing sight for a moment of respect for Sir
Robert Peel. We may he blamed for this confession by our
Whig and Rbdical friends, but the conviction was strong
upon us, this man understands and feels our commercial dis-
tresses—he cannot, he will not sacrifice the great commercial
interests of the country to the haughty insolence, or cold sel-
fishness, or thoughtless folly of the landowner. And, still as
we looked on that anxious care-worn face, we said, to our-
' selves, these details of the ruin of the manufacturer, and the
misery of the operative, are cutting him to the heart—there is
the impassive feature, but the shade is darkening—unless party
jealousy and party tactics prevent it, Sir Robert Peel will do
justice to the mercantile interests of this country yet.
Well does the poor, dying, Mercutio exclaim—" A curse on
both your Houses !" It is to the good and true man of all
parties that we look for justice to the merchant and operative.
We deprecate the:r interests and influence being considered to
belong to any party. We heartily wish this principle were
carried farther. We object equally to the corrupter amongst
the higher orders, the indifferent amongst the middle orders,
and the corrupted amongst the lower of ders. Is the union of
all that is sound in the State impossible ? What has
hunger, and wretchedness, and poverty, and despair to do with
party ? It is the fair representation ot' each of the three great
divisions of society, as a ell as of the three great parties in the
State, which we desire to see.
If we had this would either the land, the capital, or the
labour of the country be sacrificed ? But, if there be not such
union on fair principles of the good men and true, of all ranks
and parties, for a great and good purpose, it is plain that a
fearful struggle between selfish, partial, and party interests is
at the eve of occurring, from which no good can possibly come,
but only changes of evil.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
A DELEGATE OF THE ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE

THE MARKETS.-(T HIS DAY).
CORN-EXCHANGE.
This week's arrivals of Wheat have been good, but moderate
of other Grain. The Wheat trade was dull, and Monday's
prices were hardly supported. In other Grain little doing, and
Oats rather cheaper. Flour as last reported. London
average—Wheat, 5,346, at 665. 6d.
SMITHFIELD.
The supply was moderate, with a brisk trade, at little, if any,
alteration in prices. Beasts, 632; Sheep and Lambs, 9,930;
Pigs, 319; Calves, 420. Bref, 2s. Bd. to 4s. 4d. ; Mution,
3s. 2d. to 4s. 2d. ; Veal, 3s. to ss. ; Pork, 2s. 4d. to 4s. 6d ;
Lamb, ss. to ss. 6d.
COLONIAL MARKET.
There was a moderate business done, and prices of all articles
were firm.

TEA MARKET.
Although the public sales do not proceed so briskly as
could be desired, about 33,000 pnckages Lave passed auction,
rather more than um"- third of which has found buyers. -
TALLOW MARKET.
There is not the slightest variation in this market ; prices
nearly 48s. on the spot, and 495. for deli7er3.