The Sun.
London, England, 1842-07-28 00:00:00

THE POTTERIES.

BIRMINGHAM, WEDNESDAY EVENING. —The intelligence
from the Potteries is highly favourable, Many of the colliers
have already resumed their work, and in spite of threats and
other means of intimidation it is thought that in the course of
a few days many of the pits will be in full employment. The
turn-outs in some neighbourhoods attempted to prevent the
workmen from going to work, but the determination of the in-
dustrious artisan, and the protection afforded them by the mili-
tary force in the neighbourhood, it is hoped will speedily put an
end to this system. The works of Lord Granville are closed,
and, as far as his Lordship's immediate connexion with them is
concerned, it is said, for ever.

The injury done to the industrious and well-disposed artisans
of the Potteries and their families by the recent outbreak and
unlawful combination, may be judged of by the following state—
ment of the average wages paid by Copeland and Garrett at
their extensive manufactory at Stoke.

Average wages paid by Messrs. Copeland and Garrett the
week ending the 16th of July inst.:—Slip-makers, 245.; plate-
makers, 245.; throwers, 265. 6d. ; turners, 225. 3d. ; handlers,
295. 2d. ; dish-makers, 28s. ; pressers, 28s. ; saucer-makers,
28s. ; saggar-makers, 355. ; biscuit firemen, 255. ; glost fire-
men, 30s. ; engine-men, 245. ; warehousemen, 245. • packers,
265.; labourers, 15s. The same establishment—the conduct
of which may be taken as a test and example of all the rest of
the most respectable houses in the Potteries—for the week end-
ing the 9th of July, paid 180 colliers 2241. Is. 4d., indepen-
dent of engine-men and boys, being at the rate of 255. per week
per head.
In Walsall and the neighbourhood affairs have also taken a
favourable turn, and the " turn-out" may be considered at
an end.

PUBLIC MEETING AT TOOTING.
Last night a large and highly respectable meeting was
held in the large room at the Rising Sun, Tooting, for the
purpose of receiving a deputation from the Anti-Corn-law
Conference, to consider the present distressed state of the
country, and the causes that have produced it. The room
was crowded to suffocation, and a large number of ladies
occupied the. benches around and in front of the platform.
On the motion of Mr. Aitken, seconded by Mr. Williams,
Mr. Martin took the Chair, and introduced the deputation
to the meeting, by a few prefatory remarks on the critical
condition of the country, and the necessity of totally
and immediately abolishing the Corn-laws. The deputation
consisted of Mr. Paulton, from Bolton, the Rev. Mr. Bonner,
from Bilston, and Mr. Wink, the delegate from Leicester
The Chairman introduced Mr. Paulton to the meeting, who
entered at length into the evidences and matter-of-fact state-
ment of the universally pervading wretchedness of the people.
He showed that distress did not exist in isolated localities, or
the great seats of manufacturing industry only, but that it per-
vaded the whole length and breadth of the land, and was as
severely felt in the strictly rural, as in any other parts of the
country. He gave a harrowing description of the privations
and misery of the agricultural peasantry, and showed how rapid
had been the spread of pauperism and crime within the last few
years in the most strictly agricultural counties. He proved
these afflicting results to be the necessary consequences of our
restrictive laws ; and contended that the interests of the culti-
vators of the soil were as much identified with the repeal of
the Corn-laws as those of any other class of the community.
The Rev. Mr. BONNER next addressed the meeting, and
exposed the horrid state of destitution that pervaded the
mining district from which he came, and the fearful desperation
that was rapidly growing out of the horrors of destitution. He
then appealed to the religious sentiments of his hearers, and in
the most effective and feeling manner, showed how awfully the
selfish legislation of our rulers, contrasted with the revealed law
of God, and the religious and civil duties of men.
We have not room for a full report of the speeches, but
throughout the proceedings of the meeting the most earnest
and enthusiastic spirit was manifested, and the whole assem-
blage was powerfully affected by the pathetic and eloquent ap-
peals in favour of an immediaie repeal of the Corn-laws.
A resolution, declaratory of the firm determination of the
meeting to continue their agitation until its object was attained,
was passed by an unanimous vote, and the large assembly se-
parated.

THE LATE SIR WILLIAM WOODS, KNIGHT.—We
announced yesterday, in our , obituary the demise of Sir Wil-
liam Woods, Garter Principal King of Arms, who expired on
Monday last, at Laurieston Lodge, his villa at Hampstead, after
a lengthened illness. He was in his 56th year, having been
born in 1786. Sir William was appointed Blue Mantle Pur-
suivant in April, 1819 ; Norfolk Herald Extraordinary, in
1825 ; Clarencieux, in 1831; and Garter Principal King of
Arms, in July, 1838. The deceased was highly esteemed by
the late King William IV., by whom he was knighted in 1834.
In addition to his high appointment in the College of Arms,
he was appointed officer of arms attendant on the Knights
Commanders and the Companions of the Order of the Bath,
and Inspector of Regimental Colours; both of which appoint-
ments he received in 1831.

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MONEY MARKET and CITY N. EWS

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DA N.
CITY, WEDNESDAY EVE NINO.
TIMES.—It is a somewhat singular circumsta see tint
gCeonnesroallslyha;evetnheiss,ame quotation for Money and the M'
time to time sold lo)t'h
count so long before the settling day, The exV Winn!'
the progress of the former account, for t:le puilio ,
the
ea
sqpiemenetliattyerosf
for
rocthke isri
sneo svjurfri
closing that account, and that all the stock in the nu rite.
e,
is continually absorbed by the purchases of the pt
it
Thus, while on the one hand the operations have. 1;4
such as to depress the values for time, on the other he
the public have steadily supported the money prit .e
stock. As, however, it is expected that the remains
the old " Bull" account are nearly all disposed of, it s
thought that the time-value of stock will soon 118. Va
firmness corresponding to the money value.
Though it has ceased to be necessary to offer tie
caution to the public in the affair of the Westminatehr
Loan and Investment Company, the circumstances W. hied
arise from day to day relative to its proceedings, ne"
the actors in them are not unworthy of notice. Th ese'
for the most part, are very fully described in the pail
reports, but several Correspondents have coninre-ite°
strongly on the conduct of the solicitor, who, by his ni
account, had been employed by the shareholders to win.
up the concern, and who has since admitted that the
only person with whom ho held any communication, 01°
Mr. Charles Kerry Nicholls, the Managing Direct°
and Secretary, who held -all the property, if any e 5;
isted, under his control, out of which the liqu Idationtl
to be effected, and who was the chief party t o he-1110.8
responsible to the shareholders and depositor S for their
losses. The solicitor's proper course would have be
to learn first whether any assets remained, al then,.l
any respectable shareholders were forthcoi fling ni
had been wholly unconnected with the manageauent,
by this to guide his further movements, not forgettl
there was another class—that is, the depositors---W!,
were still more in need of protection. After -What 1"1"
transpired, however, through the police reports, the pro'
bability is that there is nothing to divide.
CHRONICLE.—The claims of the wine trade ten
drawback on their stocks on hand, so as to give then
the benefit of any reduction in the duties throut -11 a enn
mercial treaty with Portugal, seem to be well founded
Sir George Clerk is old enough to know that these st
not times for attempting to defeat the ends of justice bd
rt
drawing technical distinctions. Sir George s.tys that
is not the practice for the "Board- of Custom s' to
pose or to make a return of duty on the stocks. onptt:ri
We shall not directly dispute the practice of this,
of Customs, in opposition to a member of the .Garel";
ment possessing such perfect means of obtainin g correc
information; but we remember very well that in 111. S
1840, when Mr. Baring imposed the .addition al 17,
centage on the Custom and Excise duties, the mei •eartsji
interests made a serious complaint that the adi itie
duties were made exigible on their stocks, in hail d,
strong remonstrances were forwarded, in const.jtlen''
to the Treasury; but we do not understand thu t.thetbses
remonstrances were attended with success. Ctn
contrary, it was shown by Mr. Baring that or iwhen
vious occasions, and particularly in June, 1830,
Mr. Goulburn was Chancellor of the Exchequer, 00,4
additional spirit duty was imposed from the date .of "1_
resolutions, and levied upon the stocks in the wareholls,"
in this country. • • The only concession granted was u Pr;
vision in the Bill founded on the resolutions applies
to contracts by which, in cases where delivery had n
taken place, previous to the date of the resolutions, tile,
duty was ordered to be added to the price. When
see, therefore, that on previous occasions the Crolc,o
reaped the benefit of the additional duties imposed, d,
seems but fair, on the other hand, that the trade stle.;l
now enjoy the advantage of the reduction on the 0/.0
affecting the wines of. Portugal. Surely Sir Geer;
Clerk does not mean to contend that there can I:0
rule for the Board of Customs and another for the 1309:5a
of Excise. Yet it is beyond the power of dispute tliAri
as respects the Excise duties at least, " it has been
practice" to impose the additional duties on accouali
the stocks on hand, making provision only for cases
previous contract not completed by delivery.
SUN.—The Funds left off more firmly, if possible; t11,,,.°
they were in the early part of the day, and the clos;
prices of Consols were 91 91+ for Money and for
ti
Account. Bank Stock, 167 169; India Stock, 249 20
Exchequer Bills, Old. 51 53 ; New, 49 51 prem. •.0
To-morrow is the day fixed for settling time bargilio
in Foreign Securities, but as no such transactions.ce,
them have been entered into it merely remains to no for
that such is the fact. The usual rate of i3terest P.
money upon such a day as this has been froin s7l.
twenty per cent. per annum, varying not on the YoR
of the security, but on the credit of the horror"'
ans'l
and so little has tie event been regarded to day, r
money was freely offered on worthless bonds at
cent., the lenders, however, being perfectly
no bargains had been made which would justify bor
_7O„
ing. Prices were—for Belgian, 101+ 1024 ; Dutcha;io.,'
and-a-Half per Cents„ 511 51i; the Five per Cepa
101 i 102 ; Danish, 81+ ; and Brazilian, 64 65.
quotation for Mexican was 36+ 361-. on°
The Share Market was decidedly improved. Lon
and Birmingham were 180 182; Birmingham
Gloucester, 48 50,-; Great' Western, 87-4_ ; thfato
Shares, 62 63; South Western, 61+ 621;-Ner,Lll gala
59 60 ; the New Shares, 29 30 ; South vx-'7.tit3e;rn Loa
aware to
_,
Dover, 23:1- 23+; Eastern Counties, 84 91;1°-13righton
Eastern, 40 41 ; Blackwall, 9 9+ ; gl-
-33i, 33i per share. 1..• /I 20i 21t
The bonds were thus quoted ' qnl 331';
Peruvian, 15 16; Portuguese Five per uents.,
the Three per Cents. 19f 20 ; Spanish
201 20k ; and the Three per Cents., 201 201.
Five per en,

HOP INTELLIGENCE
WORCESTER, JULY 27.—We have this week a better rert
of the appearance of the plantations, which are represente°
improving ; the blighted grounds, which at one time were co°..
sidered to be incapable of doing anything, have in mall
stances thrown out fresh shoots, and with favourable weattliso
may yet produce half a crop, or even more ; while those; bir
altogether escaped the blight,
_and where the land is big 0,
cultivated, have done wonders, and are likely to produce of
abundant crop. In our market there is scarcely any hnn,,„t,.
doing. The best 1842's are nominally worth 61. per cwt., ni
a few lots have been disposed of by- forced sales at consideral
less. The duty is now doing at—l 2 to 13,000/. Weighed °
Saturday 93 pockets, and during theweek one.
KENT AND SUSSEX.—Various are .the opinions as to t..-Lio,
cult of the crop of Hops; they have,decidedly improved Witt,
this fortnight, but there is much slack, bine, some fire-h';',
and the burr appears as if it would: not come thick in 5°40
grounds. An alteration in the weather, however, would to
much difference at this particular time.

GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND RAIL -Will' ,
Traffic returns for the week ending' July 23, 1842
Passengers - £986 6
Merchandise 448 13 11

£1,435 1 6

Corresponding week last year ...£1;425 8 2
Darlington, July 47. W. O'BRIEN, Secretary''

We are now enabled to state that the great bulk of,
the hay in this neighbourhood has, within the last ft;:;s.
night, been secured in excellent condition,' Such Po.o
been the genial and propitious weather with which er
have been favoured, that the grass has been no I'o:is
cut down than it was ready to stack. In some P;a.c."o*
where the land is light, the pastures have suffered 11.191,,
the drought, but on the whole, we believe, there col
no doubt that the crops are abundant.—Derby Chron:c
FANCY TRADE.—A number of the master fang
manufacturers in the neighbourhood of Huddersfield s';,'
putting out more work at present than the have d°llo
for a conEideriible time past ; still the improvement
but very partial. Last week a very extensive Welt,
manufacturer made a reduction of about twelve per cel3,
lV
in the price of weaving one sort of fine waistcoati
viz., eighty shaft witches.—Leeds Times.
4.1,
WHITES AND BLACKS.—" I find from 4....e•'; °_„4
of supplies, which have been passed by our careful ""1'
considerate House of Commons, that the sum of 30,0iNd,
has been voted for the purpose of education in Enghll2,„,
and 24,0001. for the like purposes in the West 1110 Te•
The population of England is 17,000,000 ; that ef,,,'"he
negroes in the West Indies under 1,000,000. •
amount per head for the education of the blacio
therefore, about 7d ; for the whites rather morellisnAth
farthing and a half ! If the sum voted for the lea
>r
be not a.lavish one, that voted for the whites must .10,0
very scanty one."—Correspondent of the Bolton: ff
Press. .
THE CORK CATTLE-SHOW.—Such is the scar 1,../
and extravagant charge fur beds in Cork tbis.o,.,
where. so many hundreds, or rather thousands, cu9l—,
gated to the great cattle-show, that M'Dowell, one,:ait",f
hotel keepers, found it necessary to publicly ckettii
charging 31. 10s. a night for a single room !—Illm"-11
Pilot.

BIRTHS.
10
On the 20th inst., at Paris, the lady of G. S. W 4, roe,.
Esq., of Ankerwycke House, Buckinghamshire, of a &eV"
still-born. ci
e'
On the 23d inst., at Wimbledon, Mrs. W. Stoton, Of;em, se,r--
On the 25th inst., at Boaley House, Kent, the Lady filar
garet Marsham, of a son.
On the 26th inst., the wife of Mr. Francis Bulleyi ser
ge°ll'
Reading, of a son. '' - WV
On the 26th inst., in Albany-street, Regent's-park, the
of D. Geddes, Esq., surgeon, R.N., of a daughter. ,e,j-
On the 26th inst., at Limpstield Rectory, Surrey, "
pole, of a son. ...
On the 27th inst., in Eccleston-street, Chester-square' the

wife of James Scott, Esq., of a son. ' Of !'
On the 27th inst., at Connaught-terrace, the wife
Cuthell, Esq., of a daughter.

MARRIED.
On the 26th inst., at St. Mark's, Kennington, J. Forster;
Esq., surgeon, of Mount-place, London Hospital, to Efzi::;f
Susannah Ann, youngest daughter of Mr, William Wo°"°'
Devonshire Cottage, Wandsworth-road.
On the 26th inst., at Lee Kent, Alfred, eldest son
eolftebsst
late Alfred Thrale Perkins, 'Esq., to' Fanny ValPi, d
daughter of T. A. Shuter, Esq., of Lee.

DIED. nater
—At Haverstock Hill, on Wednesday evening, Clara, "3"l"This
of Mr. Edmund Robins, of the Piazza, Covent-garden'
is the second visitation that has befa:len him and his.
_awl ;pc
wife within the last two months, arising out of the Wl'
cough.
On the 18th inst., at Maidstone, Elizabeth, valet of the late
Alexander Stephens, Esq., of Park House, Chelsea. t
On the 23d inst., at Trebartha Hall, Cornwall, the AI
Edward Rodd, D.D., aged 74.
On the 24th inst., in Russell-square, Anne, wieell of the
late Dr. Whatley.
On the 24th inst., Henry William Lovett, Es
4' of (',ray's
Inn,
theistbarrer-atlaw. m'ddleseXs
On 2sth inst., at Hampton-court Bilge's - •
Flora, relict of the late James Willis, Esq.
On the 25th inst. Mr. J. Pattison, of Cornbith bash •
On the 25th
~ Charlotte, wife of Timothy Rboay.
Esq., of Banbury, aged 44.

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