The Sun.
London, England, 1842-11-21 00:00:00

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
reject 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
names 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 i
are here for the purpose of obtaining information— to
hear what is said. IVell ! 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 tbe labourers in the agricultural districts. .
e 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
Duck, Mr. Smith of Deanston, who combines with
his other talents the talents of a manufacturer of ma-
chinery? What says Mr. Greg, who has mcre land
in his possession than many of the monopolists ? lie has
been to Scotland, and what says he ? Why, that if
England were cultivated as the Lothians are cultivated,
that produce in Lancashire and Cheshire would be
three-foldgreater than it is at present, and that the pro-
duce in England generally would be doubled.—(ll ear.)
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 $
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greater amount of labour. You must call n increased
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labour to give vitality to capital ; therefore is beg
gng the whole question.—(Hear.)
After a few observations from Mr. MOORE, thanks
were voted to the Chairman, and the meeting separated.

THE RECENT LAW APPOINT-
MENTS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Six—The insertion in The Sun of the following
copy of a letter, sent this day to the Editor of the
Times, will oblige your obedient servant,

Nov. 18, 1842. COTTENHAM.
" TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.

" Sir—My attention having been directed to a pas-
sage in the Times of the llth instant, in which it is
stated that Martin West was generally considered
to have been recommended by no less a person than
Lord Cottenham,' I feel called upon to declare (in
justice to all parties, but more especially to Mr.
West) that what is so stated to be generally under-
stood,' has no foundation in fact; and that I had not,
directly or indirectly, any communication whatever
with any member of the Government with respect to
any of the legal appointments. Trusting to your
readiness to give publicity to this my unqualified con-
tradiction of the fact assumed,

" I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
" Nov. 18, 1842. " COTTENHAM."

JOURNEYMEN DYERS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—Seeing an article in your paper of the 11th
inst. upon health, copied from the Lancet, referring
to the number of hours of confinement the working
classes are subject to, allow me to offer a few remarks
upon the state of slavery of journeymen dyers, whose
hours are from six in the morning till eight? at night,
during which time they are more or less liable to the
following causes of impairing health, viz. dense steam,
draughts, respiring noxious gases ; one half hour at
work in a room of intense heat, the next in a part of
the dye-house of extreme cold ; and, even in the very
depth of winter, without shoes or stockings, sluicing
in cold water for hours. At eight o'clock they leave
off, or perhaps, to suit the master's convenience, work
till ten or twelve, for which they receive 4d. per hour.
Now, in this state of things, has a man time even to
improve his intellectual knowledge ? for on the Sa-
turday, when a man wants to get home to arrange
his small domestic affairs, he is still in yoke for the
same time ; so he is, from necessity, obliged oftimes
to defer till the Sunday morning what, in fact, ought
to have been done on the Saturday. Is it, then, to
be wondered that the Sabbath is not kept more holy,
when here is one great evil to remedy ?
What is the use of the beautiful and salubrious
Parks to this class of slaves ? Let any person gaze
on nine-tenths of the journeymen dyers, and they
will there see a slovenly, haggard, worn-out class of
beings. I could say a great deal more, but fearing I
have trespassed too much upon your valuable time and
columns, allow me to subscribe myself yours respect-
fully, A JOURNEYMAN DYER.

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 match
came off in a field near Barnwell, and the crowds that
assembled of " town and gown " to witness the affair
were immense. Mr. Charles Waggstaff of Cambridge,
and Mr. Jackson, of London, were appointed umpires,
and Captain Doria referee. Mr. Gannon, shortly pre•:
vious to the match, offered to back himself at 601. 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 shot, brought down his 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. Nusquant luta 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 inferiority 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.

THE RUSSIAN 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 diplomatigue, and above one hundred of the
nobility now in town, have been invited to meet his
Imperial Highness.
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 ()Teat difficulty awoke the in-
mates from their slumbers to a sense of their danger,
when a pitiable sight presented itself; 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 Shea, in the excite-
ment of the moment, threw herself from the
,shmo'irtht
second floor window, and, falling upon her back,
ineanlglininee-rsteaotilbolnys
received such violent bruises, that her life is de-
spaired of. A messenger having been in the interim
li
g enc dispatchedeof the to theoutbreak, variousperiodint
several engines belonging to the London
Brigade,
West of England fire-office, and the different
were on the spot, but some considerable parishes,
time elapsed
before they could be got into operation,
owing to the
great scarcity of water. The la
was moored along the side oflarge floating engine
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 fire
any portion of Mr. Smith's firemen
were unable to save
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.
knowledge, Dr. Johnson, when in the fullness of years and
said, I nevertake up a " newspaper with-
out finding something I should have deemed it a loss
not to have seen ; never without deriving from it in-
struction and amusement."
A meeting was held on Friday for the purpose of
remonstrating against the terms which the Portu-
guese Government tenders for the arrangement of the
loan of 1836, now amounting, with dividends accrued,
to about 700,0001. sterling. Sir Isaac Lyon Gold-
smid has in his interest 550,0001. of the sum, as the
portion held by himself and his personal friends and
connections, and he is in a condition, therefore, to
deal with ihe proposition in -his own way. He re-
mains firm in his determination to have his money.
Mr. Thornton and a few others were at the meeting,
but they could make no impression in opposition to
Sir Isaac, who seems to have no idea of *
making any
sacrifice in the business. The Thornton
party pro-
posed a public meeting to consider the plan of settle-
ment offered by Sir Isaac, but they were defeated:,
PoBt.