The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-18 00:00:00

GRINDING- CORN IN 7/140ND„

It is a mistake to imagine that tl-es raeasure is ras ba-
nny relief to the labouring class, or `to that portica of
;;teem who are seafaring men. . 171',y differ from other
labourers in this respect, slant t'ae7ir food is four.d for
theM on board ship, and its co.it in no degree affects
their wages. The biscuit rimy cost half allarthing,.
or a halfpenny, or art nenn-,;-e, the seaman gets his allow-
ance of the saw quarAyt and his wages arc reg•k.
fated, not by the price Of his food, but by the denrhild
in the port 'for sealaen at , the time he ships hill-Isar_
He may get onl4",awenty-five shillings, or he mret;
three pounds. e, month,! according to the plenty or
scarcity of hands, not. according to the price/Of his
• food. It is not a direct relief to any branch of the
labouring 'class, not even to the seafaring labourers,
but only to their employers, the ship-owners. They,
no ambt, like all other capitalists engeged in indus-
trial enterprise, require . and deserve all, enenurage--
.motat ; but they are not the most needy -Di people, r..
tho most distressed by the operation of. the Corn-.lr,wa,
1 Why the ship-owners should be exempt from th
:s ts.g.
rpm; the bread of his labourers, and the ship:h odder,
the smith, the rope-maker, the rigger, the sa?,..nu,,,ker,
should, either as employers or employed, ho- Aubj,..ct te
it, is a question which it would puzel.e a Tery, as
much as a Liberal, to solve.* We can only otr this
solution. The ship-builders, smiths,rJpe-makers, and.
other mannfaCturers throughout the Kingdom, thoug'a=
proper to be Conservative—thought it genteel to , Abe
theinselves in politics with the higher classes—tho-agait
it 'wise to have their interests represented in Parlia-
ment by Tory generals, and colonels, and squi,,ea, and,
place- hunters, instead of by. men Of their• weni class.
of sound Liberal principles, and acquainted, with then
interests—and they are noiv . reaping 4;oe fruit they
sowed. They have got a Ministry wlalch, even when_
it intends 'to be liberal, is 'incapable of any other thfen
a class legislation. ,II legislates to-day in favour of
the class of landowners ; to-morrow, of the. class of
ship-owners i_eiiery day, of:the class of needy Con-
servative Oace-hunters; but never of the people. It
is a MiTiistry which evidently has not the, boldness to
carry into effect its own convictions of what is right;
and necessary in the present state of the country. It
wants only honesty to be •a Lilxral Ministry. it,
cannot muster courage to declare., ••openly, and, mar -
ally, the free-trade principles ,on which it wishes to
net, and to appeal to the nation, and to its loaner
political opponents, • for support. It endeavour s to
creep about the thing it wants to do, in. the d•Arl.c—to
do it bit by bit—to eonciliate an ignorant and.'reck-
less aristocracy, while it steals the seat-from under
them. Sir Robert Peel is like a .4.-,ig seeaolhoy in a
group of little urchins, for whoin he is paring their
apples. He pares and • pares, and , peels and
peels, until he has - pteled them all*: away. In
this very measure there is a spigot -hole through.
which the whole spirit and sulastanee• of the.
Corn-law system may quietly ooze oat of itse.A.
What can 'erevent the smuggling in of the flour And.
blew. which has been shipped duty free on boa-erl of
bur shipping? - Is the benefit to be conilmed to V essels
on foreign voyages ? • Are 'vessels in the c casting
trade to he excluded ? If a fleet of colliers I rave the
Tyne, part for ilamburgh, part for Londor, are' the
vessels on the shortest and least expensive of the two
voyages, viz., to Hambergh, tei have .tl-.e, lienefit cf
duty free corn, and those on the Lorifdoo.veyage not
to have it ? Will any ' vigilance, or C•astotn-house
regulation, prevent the foreign bour4 "-vessel turniag
over at sea a part of her duty free, by cad and flout to.
the home-hound vessel belonging possibly to the sue ae-„
owners ? • Will it he possible te,;prevent the wives atail families of those concerned in. shipping, and, hi . tact
the whole coast-side population of the country, be ing
fed with smuggled duty free, 'flour and bkead 1:: Two.
pence per pound on the 'rice 'of bread, which is not
an unusual difference Between the , price of 'breatit in
this country and' on the Continent, . would pay law
smuggler, when he has,: only to, meet the outssv rd-
hound vessels at a little distance frOm the coast, : and
when even the boats may bring this smuggled tl:sur
and biscuit to . the shore. An army of excise . ind
custom-house officers- could" not prevent this kind of
smmegling; and MiniSters have evidently made
.up
their minds to wink at this inroad on the Corn-lax. es,
until the Corn-laws are no longer worth support mg
by. the landed interest—Liverpool Mercury.
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A very simple solution is, that the Gladstones
concerned with ships.--ED. Sun.

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NOVEL DISCOVERY or -A THIEF UV A CAT.- )n
Tuesday forenoon, the Wife of Dugald Cuwpbeli,, g to.
cer, . Well•street, Calton, was sitting in a room to I :he
-rear of the shop, when she observed the cat, which is
kept upon the premises, setting up its bristles, and sees n.
finely in very bad humour with something below the b d.
Thinking •a strange eat had got into the house, NE at.
Cout
but the
up a walking it
heol.er).
first
stroke sottiek
.ti; aetd ui.eawp-eonnt drive
her that it was something of the biped order, and not s.
quadruped, she had to deal. with. She eonsequesv .hfr
raised an alarm that there was something below the b
and on examination this turned out to be the fact, to ;
a.
woman named Catherine 211‘Kinnon, e well-known
was found there. How she got in, and how lonic; t
had remained before she was oiseovered, no one er,a to as she refuses to do so- herself ; butt it seems sl.e mu at.have passed through the shop before she could get in to
the room—a feat requiring so much caution and adro t-
ness, that it appeared quite astonishing to the people IA !-
longing to the house hOw it had been accoMplilhed. 'ft e
delinquent was yesterday sentenced to sixty days' -von
finement in Bridewell. She had previously, it arftare
been convicted five times of theft, and been punis'Aed imprisonment each time.—G/asoote Courier.
ALLEGED FORGERIES AND FLIGHT OF 7191 E Vier' ar
CLERK OF ST. LUKE'S—Mr. Joseph Burt•Jri, the Yew.
:ry
Clerk of this parish, having absented
himself for sr tat)
time, and suspicion arising therefrom -exatninatio
been made of his books, when defalcations to the wet
of 3,000/. were discovered, said to have been ohtai ne b
forged cheques on Messrs.•Masterman, the banke ty, ara d
treasurers of the parish. -A meeting :ne. the Go ardiau c
took place-On the subject ; two officers are air eady t
pursuit. He is supposed to have quitted En
gia,nd for
America. Eight parishioners are in bond for hip to aloe
amount of 2,000 L

ALARMING STATE OF
TBE COUNTRY.

LATEST PARTICULARS.

CHARTIST MOVEMEISTS IN
LIVERPOOL

The demonstrations of the Chartists'in this town
have never been of a -nature to excite much anxiety
or alarm. It is believed that we have but few
Chartists amongst us, and some little show of activity
that few. have deemed it necessary to make. On
Monday afternoon a placard, which had a more im-
mediate reference to Liverpool was posted on the walls
in every part of the town. It was headed " Chartism,"
and called upon the people of that body to assemble at the
room at the bottom of Preston-street on the following
day, for the purpose of choosing a Delegate to the
National Conference to be held in Manchester on the
18th and-19th inst. Instructions were issued to
Mr. \\ hitty, the head-constable, to have several
officers and men stationed contiguous to the scene of
action, to watch the proceedings, and suppress any
appearance of tumult.
At twelve o'clock the room, which will hold some
150 people, was filled with individuals of very mean,
not to say dirty exterior. The speeches consisted of
the umal'Chartist staples, abuse of both WThigs and
Tories, Agriculturists and manufacturets, and lauda-
tions of the Charter, as the only remedy for the
people's sufferings, and nothing further.came of it.—
Liverpool Courier.

MANCiIEST.SR.—TUESDAY.
ADJOURNED MEETIgcr OF DELEGATES.
(Abridged from the Manciteuter Guardian.)
At half-past ten o'clock this morning, the Dele-
gates assembled at. the Hall of Science, Alexander
Hutchinson itt the Chair. The Secretary having
called over the.names of the Delegates, the Chairman
openedtheTroceedings by reading an address, which
had been
,a,g,reed.to and published by the Committee.
The address appeared in yesterday afternoons Sun.
The Cl*irms,n hoped the meeting would conduct
their proOedings in, a calm and dispassionate manner.
From 'lathe had learned since the Delegates sepa-
rated the previous evening, he was convinced of the
necessity, on, the part of the meeting, speedily to-ex-
press its determination. - He hoped that they would
do so with calmness and consideration. lie begged
of them Trot to recommend any thing rash under the
excitement of. the moment. The working men did
not appear to be -so enthusiastic as at the commence-
ment of the movement; but they seemed to act more
from resection. The Dissenting clergymen had held
a meeting, and it was considered advisable to appoint
a deputation to wait upon them, and solicit their co-
operation in the struggle that was now being made
for the rights of the people.—Benjamin_Stott moved
a resolution strongly recommending to trades' socie-
ties to make political discussions '.?awful and
necessary in their assemblies. It 'Wits of
vast importance that the minds of the I'cork-
ing people should be enlightened as to their politicit
rights.—Heginbottorn seconded the motion.—Mor-
risson, from Petricroft, opposed John Saxon,
a shopkeeper, who, along with some other spectators,
was admitted to the gallery, was permitted to say that
he. \VMS no • speeial constable, that he had been re-
queßtM to become. one, bUt had .rettised ; that
a largapnrtion of the shopkeepers were Special consta-
blo,-ancr not to be trusted ; had that he was-no hypo,
erne-he'was heart and soul with the trades in • the
prednst mOvemetit. Not allowed,.lo proceed`'
furtilt;i, he withdrew • 'hunt Stuart,.,.
tivi;secresary, said it WatiTiialta:y niotion,.-and it was
withdrawn .-L—William Duffy denied, on- the part of
th 6 meeting, an
,imputation contained in a placard is-
sued that morning, and signed " A Citizen," stating
that they were the tools of a party, and were making
a trade of agitation, and moved a resolution to that
effect.

Several-Delegates addressed the meeting in sup-
poit of this resolution.—William Robinson then

moved-7 •
" That this meeting do not agree with the present
resolution, until we have had a conference with the
middle classes.",
'Melrose seconded the amendment.—Bernard M`Cart-
ney- thought it was due to the character of the work-
ingela.sses to put forward, as early as possible, contra-
dictions to the calumnious representations that had
been posted on the walls of the town. He hoped the
resolution would be at once adopted, and forthwith
printed and circulated.—Frederick Taylor, from Roy-
ton, advised the Delegates to make a determined stand
for the obtainment of their just rights, and hoped the
time of the meeting would not be wasted by the con-
sideration of questions which could effect, nothing.
Several other Delegates expressed the same opinion,
and recommended the withdrawal of a resolution,
which was only the beginning• of a paper war with
the authorities, and the substitution of something in
its stead. The resolution was then withdrawn. Wil-
liam Stott then proposed the following resolution
" That, from the statements made before this dele-
gate meting, it is evident that a tremendous majority
in .01ese great manufacturing districts are in favour
of tliz: People's Charter becoming the law of the land ;
and, in conformity with that opinion, it is at this stage
of the proecedings necessary that a definitive decision
should be come to relative :to the future course of
action to be immediately adopted by the working
classes, Stating, definitely whether labour be further
suspended, or again resumed."
This motion was seconded and agreed to. Joseph
Melrose then moved—
" That the Delegates here assembled recommend
their respective constituencies to adopt all legal means
to carry into, effect the People's Charter, and that they
send dell/4ates to every part of the United Kingdom,
to endeaVour to get the co-operation of the middle
and labouring classes to carry out the same, and that
they stop work until it becomes the law of the land."
Frederick Taylor, from Royton, seconded the
motion.

Smith, a representative of the engravers of
Manchester, moved as an amendment—
. " That this meeting recommend the people to
resume their employment forthwith." .
He thought it was a complete folly for one part of
the community to cease working, while others did
not do so, and those who had ceased working were
doing neither good nor harm.—David Morrison,
from Patricroft, said, the Mark Lane Express, which
had just arrived in town, stated that there was a
falling in the public funds. The people of London
manifested -great sympathy with the working classes
engaged in the present movement. When the mili-
tary were leaving London, the people were so clamo-
rous, that the band was ordered to strike up, in
order to drown the noise of - the populace. He re-
commended the working classes to imitate the an-
cient RoMaris, who retired to a hill, and refused to
return to their labour until their political rights
were conceded to them.--•--Charles Stuart, the Secre-
tary, siated that many of the proprietors of
mills were favourable to the movement, and willing
to subscribe to support those engaged in it,
provided_ they 'rooked for their political rights. • He
did, not appi.oVe of confining the agitation to the
question of an advance of wages.—Jenkinson, from
Lees, stated. that the body he represented were wil-
ling to ..cease from labour until the wages were ad-
vanced; but, if the agitation were employed for po-
litical objects,- they were determined to return to
their. w(,rl-a—A , Delegate stated, that if they once
..;recd to go-, for the Charter, though he could not
sa.:,- fr.( an what source they might derive assistance,
he way confident' they would be well supported.—
Robert Gardner, representative of the engravers and
printerg- of Manchester, denounced as foolish and in-
sane the recommendation to the working classes not
to reti,2 n to their labour till they obtained the
Charter-, Ile was a Chartist to the back-bone ; but
he thought the people could not maintain themselves
for a pete.lod sufficiently long to enable them to ob.
taro the Charter. He believed that our commercial
restricts xns were not only the cause of the prevailing
distress, but also the great hindrance to the obtain-
ment or, the Charter ; and concluded by moving an
amendm eat to that effect, which was seconded by
Neild, it hatter. Candelet, from Hyde, said,
there wm3 plenty of provisions for them on the
hills—plirrity of good crops, with which they might
supply tiavir wants ; and he therefore implored the
delegate:3 to resolve upon holding out until they ob-
tained tl me Charter. There were plenty of persons who
did no vi ,ork, and yet they lived in affluence. There
were pl entty of provisions in the country, and no
cause to r fear in that respect.--7Fielden, from Lees,
said, thei-resources-of the people were insufficient to
enabla Its em to abstain from labour, until they ob-
tained tlii Charter.—A Delegate inquired, how could
supplies i ,e obtained during the turn-out consistently
with " f 'ease, . law, :and order?" To be sure, they
were toll to go to the hills and find provisions ; but
the mat, . who had reared those vegetable productions
had a fi: s t. and inalienable right to thern.—(Hear.)
The Yb li rman interrupted the speaker to inform the
meei-i, ! that a letter had been received from Mr.
Willisczt 111, a shopkeeper, who had addressed the
II elegateS i win 'Friday last. Mr. Hutchinson then read
the folle, ikir,g- communication to the meeting :
" Sk".:—T.,beg to state that, at a meeting of the Dis-
senting plinisters yesterday, .nothing conclusive was
cone to WI to what they should do. They met again to-
day.
,They were united in their conviction that
sc rnethi !rg should be done for the poor ; and I believe
it was I igeir opirrion that the Corn-laws ought to be
repealer 1, and it was thought that that measure would
greatly ifalieve the present distress.—(Laughter.) I
have se el t. a number of respectable people and shop- .
keepers . t is morning ; and as large numbers are en-
gaged as 4 onstabtis, and others fear the authorities in
holdir g a i, meeting, it is not at resent possible to call
any 1: irges'\..number together. They are all desirous
that s ,Omej thing-should be done by Government ; and
it is geri erally the impression, that if Government
won/ d ref ,eal.t.he Corn-laws, it would afford at resent
great ;relit 4 to the country, and would be all Govern-

ment would grant. I think the middle classes *wish
to obtain large measures for the working men ; but
the opinion is, that they must obtain them by a step
at a time. If your body could obtain a large assem-
bly of the shopkeepers, I would be happy to attend ;
and remain yours, &c. " W. WILLISCROFT."
The meeting then adjourned till three o'clock.
AFTERNOON MEETING..

At ten minutes past three o'clock, the delegates
re-assembled; and; several speakers having declared
that. the working classes should not be satisfied with
any thing less than the Charter, Bernard M'Cartney
stated, that 15,000 of the people of Leigh delegated
him to declare, that from the 'Charter alone they
hbrd a redress of their grievances. He would there-
fore call upon them to cease any longer to produce
wealth, unless that wealth were distributed in ac-
cordance with the minds of those that produced it, and
concluded by asserting, that the people of Leigh came
to a resolution to stand by the "turn-outs," 'if they
did not return to their work until the Charter be-
came the law of the land.—A delegate from Fails-
worth, stated, that the body he represented would not
co-operate in any movement, except for the purpose
of increasing ways. Several other delegates ex-
pressed a similar opinion. They thought it best
not to interfere with the Charter; they wanted
the same wages they had in 1839, and consi-
dered the Charter an impracticable measure.—
Benjamin Stott said, the cry of "a fair day's wages
for a fair day's work" was only a clap-trap introduced
by some who had received their instructions from the
Anti Corn-Srw League There was little advantage
to be gained by a turn-out for wages ; for, if a paltry
increase were obtained, there was nothing to secure.
the continuance of that. advance. It was as easy to
to obtain the Charter as an advance of wages.—(Hear,
hear.)—Charles Stuart, the Secretary, stated that up-
wards of 3,000,0001., had been expended by mechanics
during the last fifteen years, in an endeavour to ad-
vance wages, and without success. The same amount
of energy and capital that had been thus fruitlessly
expended would have obtained the Charter.—(Hear,
hear.)—At five o'clock a little alarm was created by
the appearance of a large party of special con-
stables and police, on horseback and on foot, in
Campfield. Intelligence having beep brought that
the Magistrates were knocking at the door, the
Chairman ordered James Lowe, • the keeper of the
Hall, to admit them. When Mr. Beswick, the chief
superintendent of police, entered the room, the Chair-
man aFled him if he were a delegate.—Mr. Beswick :
I apprehend you know who I am ?—The Chairman :
I do not.—Mr. Beswick : I presume the door-keeper
has informed you who I am ?—The Chairman : 0, I
suppose you are Mr. Beswick.—Mr. Beswick then
stated, that the Alderman of that ward had been at ,
the Town Hall, and informed the Mayor and Magis-
trates, that a large concourse of persons were assem-
bled in the field adjoining the Hall of Science. He
apprehended that the peaceably; disposed inhabitants
were afraid in consequence of the assemblage in the
Hall; and they were desirous that the meeting
should be adjourned. And, continued Mr. Beswick,
I also expect that this meeting will now adjourn.
The Chairman : We are not aware that this meeting
is illegal. We have taken every possible precaution
to pre;-ent any disturbance from growing out of this
meeting. `,4,:e have also used our influence to prevent
the crowd front assembling outside. We have no
objection' 'to^ iecei ve you here in:this room,, or any
other officer or peace . urotector ; but we hope the
Meeting Will not he diituilled. ,• We haVe no objec-
tion to admit you if you keep 011--Me BesWitlee
The 'Mayor and. Magistrates shaVe' Sued 'placards,
which all ineetings...no matter for wat purpose
aspembled;• are declared illegal. TWo.Of the .MagiS-
Irates are now outside.—The Chairman : You ..re
quite welcome to bring them in ; we have no objec-
tion to admit them.—Mr. Beswick then withdrew,
and after a few minutes returned'with Mr. Alderman
Kay.—Mr. Kay then said : Mr. Chairman, as Alder-
dennan of this ward, I call upon you to disperse this
assemblage. It has produced very great alarm in the
minds of the inhabitants of this district. I call upon
you to adjourn this meeting, because a large as-
semblage has been collected outside of the doors. No at-
tempt was made to interfere with you till that took place.
I believe that, under these circumstances, this meeting
is illegal. Under these impressions, I have been sent
here to desire this meeting to disperse.—The Chair-
mau—We have called our meeting in a legal manner ;
we have admitted the reporters of the public press,
and a large number of witnesses to the gallery We
have taken every possible means to keep our meeting
in a legal form ; we have also used our influence to
disperse those outside. BelieVing this meeting to be
legal, we cannot think of separating without transact-
ing our business.—The Chairman having made
some further observations to the same effect,
Mr. Kay said that there were still large
crowds outside the building, and it was necessary
that they should be dispersed. Those crowds
were assembled in consequence of the meeting of
Delegates, and it was to that fact he wished to draw
the attention of the Chairman. What statement am
I to make to the Magistrates ?—The Chairman :
That we will use all our influence to get the crowd
from about the doors; and, if we do not succeed, we
shall inform you. Mr. Kay— And supposing the
least disturbance takes place, will you say you will
then disperse ?—(" Yes, yes.") The Chairman :
The feeling of the meeting appears to be, that, if they
cannot get the crowd from the doors, the meeting will
adjourn. lam happy to find, that this is the feeling
of the meeting. . 1 think you may have confidence
now that our intentions are not improper, and that
we have no desire to adopt any illegal proceedings.
As soon as the neighbourhood is disturbed, we will
inform you, and immediately dissolve the meeting.
Mr. Kay—l shall make these statements known to the
Magistrates ; and, if after hearing it, they determine
to withdraw the force, I shall expect, that, when
I come again, there will be no further continuance of
the crowds about the place.—The Chairman : Yes,
if we cannot keep the
.crowd from about the doors—
of course that is understood.—Mr. Kay and Mr. Bes-
wick then withdrew; and, after a few minutes, they
returned, accompanied by Daniel Lee and Thomas
Cooke, Esqrs., Magistrates, who declared the meeting
illegal, and, without any parley, said they would give
them ten minutes to disperse, and then left the room.
—The Chairman, who had been putting the amend-
ments to the meeting when Mr. Beswick was first
introduced, now resumed the regular business, as if
no interruption had been given. He (the Chairman)
said the meeting was legal, and, as such, could not be
interfered with. The amendments were then seve-
rally put to the meeting, and their supporters were
very few.
.The original resolution was then put, and
carried by an overwhelming majority. There were
141 delegates present when the resolution was put
from the chair. the meeting then adjourned till ten
o'clock (Wednesday), when the delegates will re- '
assemble at the Sherwood Inn, Tib-street.