The Sun.
London, England, 1842-01-10 00:00:00

MORNING SUN

FLANDERS AND DUTCH MAIL.
JAN. G.—We have made our readers ac-
quainted With the new convention relative to the part
which the Belgian Government has concluded with that
of France for facilitating the reciprocal transmission of
the correspondence between the two countries.
This convention was to take effect on the Ist January,
1842. The Minister of Public Works had even given
orders to the Belgian frontier post-office to begin to act
upon it at that date, but we learn that the French post-
office will not be ready to execute the convention before
the 15th January.
It is said that the King of Holland will again visit
Luxembourg in the course of this month, in order to
make himself acquainted with the real state of affairs in
that country.

In the course of tile year 1841, 197 ships arrived in
the port of Ghent ; nine of these ships came direct from
the Havannah, and other distant ports, laden with raw
sugar, cotton, and rice.
BRUSSELS, JAN. 7.—The cold has become very intense
since yesterday evening. This morning the Contigrade
thermometer was at 90.7. The navigation of the canal
of Charleroy and Willebroeek is interrupted by the frost.
Alfred du Rosset, a foreigner, has just been condemned
to a year's imprisonment and costs, for having altered
his passport, which was originally authentic, or at least
of having made use of an altered passport.
A letter from Amsterdam, dated Jan. 3, in the Eman-
cipation, says—" It seems that the Cabinets of the Hague
and Brussels, severally desiring to but an end to tile dif-
ferences between them, have become sensible that it is very
difficult, if not impossible, to come to a solution of all the
negotiations left to the Commissions instituted according
to the treaty of the 19th of April, 1839. These Com-
missions having communicated with each other, it was
found that none of them could take account of the con-
cessions made by another, and make a concession in
return. Each naturally endeavoured to obtain from the
adverse party as many advantages as possible without
having means to grant an equivalnt. The two Cabinets
have therefore agreed to take up the result of the pro-
ceeding of the Commissions at the present, which they
have now attained, and to take it at the basis of one
negotiation, to be entirely carried on diplomatically.
Dunui tUNII3.—ANIWIItaDAW, JILL 7.
blonel. hit a.
Actual Dan, f.,.% per Cent
Jitto, ditto 5 per cent.
Amon Syndic, 4% per cent...... .......... 91h t 2
Ditto, ditto, 36 per cent 7ti
Commercial Company, per cent 155%
Ditto (1535 and 1837) 5 per cent. ...... 101 )4, • 10214
Loan 1837, 5 per etent.
Exchange on London, One month l2 13
Two months
liamburgh, One month 35 B}4
Two months 35 42%
Dutch Papers, Jan. 8.
BEI,OI AN U N lls—Bauar 'Li , Jam. 7.
Actual Debt, 21, per Cent.
Rothachtld's Loan, 5 per C; n t llll%
Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent
3 per

7114
.(1,40) lOl h
Loan of City, 1..32,4 per Cent. ..........
Society ot Corarn ace, 4 gper Cent PS
Bank. of Belgium, 5 per Cent 7..%
NationalSsiciety. .... —
Exchange on London (shoit)
—Brussels Papers, Jan. 7.
AUSTRIAN FUN DS.—Vienna, Dec. 2).
f iyeper Cmts. Metalliquee .... 116%
Four per Cents. . 99
Three per Cents.
Bank Shares
•• •••••• IC2I
...111gemeine Zcslung, Jan. 3.
HA SIBU lIG 1305tSENHALLE, JAN. 4.

Th irt y .3 e ven

Austrian 5 per Cents.
Bank Shares lfli 1630
Anglo-Itussian [..039 lOB% fotli
Russian 5 per Cent. let series, CGrtiticate
Inscription, Ist Se:tc.s lO 44
;..%
Rus;ian 5 per Cont. Hope and Co. 3d and 4th
Sella — 98
Ditto in Certificates
Ncw 4 per Cent. (1840) 87% ts 7
Dutch Actual Debt, 24 pe. Cent 50;4 50%,
Ditto 5 per Cent —
Polish Bonds
New ticket
Anglo.Oanish Loan, 3 per Cent 7Bg
Sls.twegian L'an, 1834, 4 per Cwat
SiLansh, New 5 perCenp, ... . Is

EXCHANGES 0$ LONDON.
HAMBURG, JAN. 4.-1:1 CN.—Two months, 13 5
VIENNA, DEC. .S.—Three months, 9. 1:6%.
PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—Bitituts. JAN. 1,

Bills. - Money.
St. Schuld. Sch., 4'„ per cent. lOl% ,04,1't
Prussian English Loan, ISSU, 4 per cent 101%
Lxchange on Lendon, three months 5 19% L.
—Prussian State Gazette. Jan. I.

THE WEATHER.—THE PA rms.—Yesterday,
notwithstanding the severity of the frost for the last few
days, neither the Serpentine River or the Canal in St.
St. ames's Park, are frozen over sufficiently strong to
allow the public to venture on. Yesterday and Saturday
the wind was most keen from the north east. The ther-
mometer; at the Receiving-house in Hyde Park, at eight
A.M. yesterday, was as low as 26 ; at the Tent in the
Regent's Park, it was 28 ; during the day the mercury
did not rise higher than 29. The west end of the Ser-
pentine River was frozen slightly over, but no vestige of
ice was to be seen at the head. The Round Pond, in
Kensington Gardens, was frozen sufficiently strong to
bear, and during the day a multitude of scientific skaters
Were on the ice, and the gar 'ens were thickly attended
by fashionable company. The Regent's Park was the
grand resort in the afternoon. There could not be less
than 10,000 persons assembled, and, we are glad to say,
no fatal accident happened. There were a great number
of persons within the enclosure in St. James's Park, anti
a few on the edges of the canal, where the ice was. not
'mire .than a-quarter of an inch thick. At four P.M. the
thermometer in Hyde Park was 27, with the wind E.N.E.
During the day a small quantity of snow fell.
THE IRON TRADE.—The state of the iron
trade. came under the: consideration of the ironmasters!
• meeting at Dudley, on Thursday, when it was benevo-
lently determined to ct)ntinue paying the men at their
present rate of wages. The surplus stock of iron is un-
derstOod to be chiefly pig iron. The price of pig iron,
in London, by the quotations, receded ss. per ton, last
-Vveek other sorts remain the same. Shrewsbury
Chronicle.

Last summer Sir Thomas M. Brisbane pur-
chased a school in Largs, at an expense of more than
3001., and has endowed it to the extent of 301. per annum,
for the. • benefit of the poor and working classes there.
The school is now crowded with scholars, receiving edu-
cation at a very cheap rate. Sir Thomas has also re-
cently sent -201. to assist in finding work for the unem-
ployed in the parish ; 104 to aid the Session in relieving
distress.; and 51. to support the parish missionary ; with
kind assurances that more will be given, if required.—
./lyr Advertiser.

We find the following in the Presse :—" Infor-
mation received from a credible source has given us the
key to the mission with which, according to the Augs-
burg Gazette, M. de Pahlen is intrusted to Mehemet Ali.
It is known that all the commercial treaties between the
Porte and the other powers of Europe establish an import
duty of 10 per cent. on all merchandise brought into the
Turkish provinces. Russia, better advised, has made a
treaty with the Porte in virtue of which this duty shall
not exceed 3 per cent., as vrescribed by the koran itself.
When, after the treaty of July, the English wished to
force the Paella of Egypt to allow the execution of the
treaty of commerce between them and the Porte, Mehemet
Ali made no opposition. On the contrary ; as before all
the other nations had paid him only the 3 per cent. duty
established by the koran, it was to his own interest to
accede to the treaty of commerce between England and
the Porte, •ivhich insured him a duty of 10 per cent. The
English, when it was too late, learnt from the represent-
ations of their merchants that they had committed a great
mistake, and have demanded the same commercial faci-
lities as were granted to Russia, which power has re-
mained in this respect, more favoured than any other
nation. Alarmed by the application of England, Russia
has thought fit to send M. de Pahlen to Alexandria, in
order to counteract it." The Siecle mentions a report of
the King of Prussia intending to visit St. Petersburg next
summer, ostensibly on occasion of the 25th anniversary of
the Emperor's marriage with his sister, but in reality to
enter into some important commercial negotiations, tend-
ing to render the Russian Customs tariff less rigorous.
General Don Ramon Narvaez, who was at Gibraltar
during the late movkments in the Basque Provinces, is
now in Paris.

PROPOSED ESPLANADE IN PICCADILLY.—
We have heard it stated, and we believe on good grounds,
that a great and ,striking improvement. is about to be
made in the appearance, of Piccadilly consequent upon
the removal of the ranger's house in the Green Park,
which will be demolished early in the spring. The
tasteful suggestion, we have heard, was made by the
pivpuu ier?. and is to consist of a noble terrace and public
walk'fiviil the 'gate into the Palace gardens at Hyde
PA&46oer to the junction of the houses at the lower
end of basin. the form of the ground on this line
is pArticularly faVourable to picturesque effect in laying
'out and planting, and to architectural beauty of design
in the esplanade. Fountains and statues, tco, are likely
to be introduced to add to the grandeur of the plan, give
encouragement to the arts,- and combine the whole with
the palatial residence of the Sovereign by carrying it,
perhaps, farther on hereafter along the line opposite to
Grosvenor-place. The magnificent equestrian statue of
Wellington, now casting by Wyatt, will surmount the
arch facing Apsley House ; and we see no reason why
it should not be balanced at the other termination by al
statue of Sir Robert Peel, together with his name to the
work, the idea of which, as we have mentioned, is under-
stood to have emanated from him. At all events, it will
be a splendid embellishment of this principal street in
entering the capital from the west.—laterary Gazette.—
[Should the suggestion of our learned Contemporary be
adopted, we contidently hope the statue will not be eques-
trian, for if made true to life, the one statue would form
a sad contrast with
We understand that the Marquis of Exeter will
be appointed Lord-Lieutenant of the County of North-
ampton,.in the place of the late Earl of Westmorland.
POWDER FOR THE BRITISH FLEET: itkr
CUINA.—The ship Thomas Coutts, Commander Wade,
from London for China, put into Plymouth en Tuesday
last, to take in powder from the Government magazines,
and other stores fur the British fleet in the China seas.
A young gentleman, named Wright, of Fethard,
accidentally shot his companion on Friday last. In
joke he presented his gun, saying, "I'll shoot you."
The gun went dr, and unfortunately had the expressed
effect. The grief of Mr. Wright is inconsolable.
About half-past twelve o'clock on Saturday the
neighbourhood of Lincoln's Inn-fields was the scene of
great excitement, from a poor maniac, who lives with an
aged mother in an attic in Sheffield-street, endeavouring
to throw herself from the roof of the house. An indi-
vidual passing saw her struggling with the old woman at
the top window, when he rushed up stairs, but, before
he could get to the attic, she had broken away from her
mother, and ran along the leads of the house, towards
with
extraordinary power ; and being
Lincoln's Inn-fields. He followed and seized her, when
a dreadful struggle ensued.
th Madnessthe roof
gutters her
one sheet of ice, it is probable that both would have
been precipitated into the street, but for the timely
• arrival of two policemen of the F division, when she
was with some ditlic:Ulty secured and removed to the
station-house, after getting some restoratives.

RN ING SUN

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
(From the Hampshire Telegraph.)
PORTSMOUTH, JAN. B.—The Conway, 28, Captain
Driakwater Bethune, arrived oh Wednesday last, from
China, having on board upwards of two millions of dol-
lars. •• We understand the greater part is called sycee
silvc7, and is in a rude coin of about 14 dollars value
each, and contains, it is understood, a portion of gold,
which the Chinese have no means of separating ; the
v.-e(Jit is 75 tons ; the whole of which is delivered into
thci charge of John Cooper, Esq., of the Treasury, who
has been sent down for that purpose, and who is to be
assisted with any military escort he may think proper to
call on the Lieutenant-Governor for; the 425 boxes,
t.,intnining the treasure, having been repaired, will be
sent to tue Gosport Terminus to-morrow, and forwarded
to London, by rail, early on Monday morning, and will
he taken direct to the Mint. Two sergeants and twenty
men of the 32d Regiment will accompany this valuable
I,ol,ignment. The Conway will be paid My next week,
ing heen upwards of five years in commission..
The Formidable, 84, Captain Sir C. Sullivan, Bart.,
wirl, the \Varspite, 54, Captain Lord John Hay, C. 8.,
and Vindictive, 54, Captain J. 'l'. Nicholas, C. 8., are
f', attend as an escort on his Majesty the King
~i" Pfu,;,ia, who is expected to embark on the 20th inst.
at o,,,tend, for Woolwich, in the Firebrand Admiralty
Yacht t;1::111.)er, Commander Nott. Such other vessels
wiii also attend as may happen to be on the home
Report says that Rear-Admiral Sir George Sev-
nv,ar, and one of the Lords of the Ad-
miralty. will hoist his flag on the occasion, as a com-

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Majesty.
ine Implacable, kodney, Hastings, Calcutta. and
le, were at Gibraltar on the 23d ult. The Pevas-
team frigate, sailed thence for Malta on the 20th.
&mei. Great Liverpool was lying at Gibraltar,
as supposed she would have to wait the arrival
)1 a new piston rod from England.
The Thalia, 42, Capt. Charles Hope, sailed yester-
day from Spithead, direct for China.
The Powerful, 84, Capt. Seymour, was paid off in this
leirboitr, on Thursday.
'flit Megsera steamer sailed on Wednesday, with the
Powerful's marines, for the river.
T11:-• Driver steam frigate, is still in dock at Woolwich.
SIL, is to come out next spring.
The Warspite, 30, will go out of Harbour to Spithead
nu Monday, and, after having attended on the King or
Prussia, she will return here to be completed in her fit-
au for the conveyance of Lord Ashburton and suite
th? United States of America.
'Ow Hazard, 18, Commander C. Bell, left St. Helens'
miad,, on Sunday last, directfor China.
l'he Andromache, 21, left St. Helena on the 18th Nov.,
fur the Brazils ; the Fantome, 16, was at that island on
the 2Cth Oct. ; the Waterwitch, 10, Lieut. Matson, left
on the Bth Nov., for the Coast.
The Volcano, steam-vessel, arrived on Monday from
the NceAward, and proceeded yesterday to Chatham.
The Thunderbolt, steam frigate, will be launched
from Portsmouth Dock-yard on Thursday next, and the
.11t.pizebub, a sister vessel, will be immediately laid down

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4,11 the 52.111 C slip.
The Rhadarnanthus, steam transport, is loading at
W,-kkivich with provisions and stores ; and is to take
S;,piy:rs and Miners and Artillery to Gibraltar. She
w;11 call at this port.
The Isabella, convict-ship, this morning embarked 227
soner-, from the Leviathan and York, hulks, at this port.
En Harbour—St. Vincent, Victory, Excellent,
Warspite, Royal George, Carysfort, Conway,
Nautilus, Adventure, naval transport, Echo,

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'pithead—Queen Isabella (convict ship).
noel Churchill arrived at Alexandria on the 19th,

Qemb-er ; on the 21st the Colonel was present at a
tkid exercise of the Egyptian Guards, under Osman
; and afterwards visited all the public establish-
-1!1•'T1t. Mehemet Ali and Ibrahim are in tipper Egypt;
Paelta, is at Cairo.
PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.

WIOTIONS. - Commander Dig'oy Marsh, from
District Coast Guard, to the rank of Captain ;
t:iP?tr.,-nant G. Davies, from Chichester Harbour, to the
.1-* Commander ; Mate, J. S. W. Grandy (1831) to
0!(, ~f Livute.nant.
I,i,,ltwowlt —.l, M. Langtry, Flag Lieutenant to Sir
T. A, I. mumm to the rank of Commander.
Master—M. S. Burney, to the rank of Master.
.—Mr. B. W. Farrer, of the Conway, promoted
rnni... of Purser.
yvot NTMENTS.—Uommander Nott, from the Excel-
s(..rviee in the Firebrand steamer, to convey the
Prassin to this Country, and for promotion.
—G. Paterson to the Excellent, vice Saun-

lenant
Indus,
er l'etrielc O'Connor, to the Growler, vice

Nilsti.,r----llobert Wilson, to Ferret.
Master--;' Assistants—J. 1). Milne, to Isis ; James

Al:titiews. to Queen.
.:6;4 tint-Surgeons—W. D. Kerr, to Ferret; Mr. R.
And!,roz, to the Rapid.
Arati,s—T. Berry, to Serpent; E. B. Rice, to Pelican ;
R. .D. Aldrich, to Caledonia.
Midi:Lipman—Thomas Andrews, to the Fly.
C1:•0 ::F. "Tho Mas Hooper Molesworth, to the
; Mr. Wm. V. Miller, to the Excellent.
Thstructor—Mr. Wm. Kerr, late of Powerful,
to Alfred
V

era Ist ClilS3—Mr. Grunnett Tyler, to Queen;
Er. (41orge Parker; from Pique to Carvsfort.
Lieut. 'E. Alice!! (1810) is appointed Agent for
.7rftospeirts and left, the river Thames on Friday, in
the sir laert Peel, for Singapor3 and China.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
following noticos have been published by order of
thy' ;''•rewards of the Jockey Club
" Woburn Abbey, Oct. 13, 1841.
" The' managers hating submitted to us a statement
f.t' the settlement of Mr. Gurney's Epsom account, to-
n with it balanc9 sheet, by which it appears that
!lave completely satisfied the claims of all the cre-
dit.: we are of opinion that the managers have faith-
rally and honourably discharged the trust which they
mviettook, under the sanction of the Stewards of the
Jockey Club. (Signed) •• " GEORGE ANSON.
" BEDFORD.
"- GEORGE IIYNG."
ft haying been subsequently intimated to the Stew-
ards that some of Mr. Gurney's creditors remain still
nnpaid, any such creditors having to complain thereof,
are requested by the Stewards of the Jockey Club to for-
rd their complaints to Mr.Weatherby, No. 7, Oxendon-
sLroet, before the Ist of February next, as a meeting of
:13:, Jockey Club will be convened early in that month,
for the purpose of taking into consideration all the eir-
eum:4tances connected with this account.
RACES TO COME. •
MAncu—Coventry 9, Warwick Spring 16, Pytchley
29, Abergavenny 30, Catterick Bridge 30, East
•,ussex Hunt.
APart,—Bibury (Oid Course) 5, Newmarket CraverS
i, Bath and Bristol 19, Newmarket First Spring 25.
MAY—Chester 3, Plymouth 4, Newmarket Second
Spring 10, Shrewsbury 11, Beverley 11, Manchester 17.,
t ;orhambury 17, Epsom 24.
VNE.—Newton 1, Ascot 7, Hampton 15, Bibury
'111), 21, Stockbridge 22, Winchester 24, County of Glou-
r( stet 29.

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.1 f" LX—Newmarket 5, Worcester 6, Liverpool 13, Lan-
(..l,;ter 20, Dudley and Tipton 25, Goodwood 26.
A tl_:trwr—Huntingdon 2, Brighton 3, Wolverhampton
N, Lewes 10, Hereford 24.
SE?TEMBER—CheadIe (Staffordshire) 5, Warwick 6,
I),,mltster 12, Leicester 14, Liverpool Autumn 21, New-

- N t-.;-market 10, Newmarket 24, Knutsford
(nfq tixed).

c>ve 3I BE R—WOrCeS ter I or 3.
INTELLIGENCE EXTRA.
~...:WMARKET CRAVEN MEETING, 1843.
Ati . —Nominations for the Port Stakes :—Lord
t'.ibemarl,.. Mr. Treen, and Mr. Osbaldeston, sealed up—
' ( ';);icips Marshal Ney—Colonel Anson's Attila, and
nlc I 11,el's .Chatham
rrizsT OCTOBER MEETING, 1843.
.-Nominations for the Grand Duke Michael..
lowietv c by Camel, out of MOnimica—e' by
•
qt:ltati'',.itinior, out of Victoria--c by Homsea, out. of
--e by _Ells, Out of Rosalie Wildrake—e by Ye-
out Guerdon—e by Yaxley, dam by Black-
tipli cation--e by Velocipede, out
by Sultan or Beiram, out of Lucetta—e, by
llt,i rabl, Y 'Atari nella-7Brother to Cesarewitch—
stprav, '4l,4—e by Slane, out of Cobweb—c by Ells,
by Ells, out of Odessa—e by Elis,
c,t,t Cl,-,..ra--f by Physician, out of Young Sweetpea—
,:::i):;•l- -The Caster—and f by Eniilius, out of Ophelia.
nrisT SPRING, 1844.
-.—Nominations tlw Sweepstakes of 50 sows.'
-c by Liverpool, out of Nell Gwynne—Hench-
.
n—Plimo—:Brother to Rosalind—f by The Muminy,
of Mistletoe (allowed 31b)—e. by Gladiator, out of
Arnadon (allowed 31b)—Running Rem---c by Bay Mid-
-lletou, out of .Muliana—e by Elis, out of Miss Julia.
st. Leger, Claret, Coffee-man, and 20 sows,Stakes did
not fiii. There were 27 subs. to the Suffolk Stakes, and
h will probably be an engagement with that numba.
ASCOT HEATIL 1842.
FIRST DAY.—Mr. Meiklam's Modesty, aged, 9 st,
uk.st Mr, Goodman's Sister to Glencoe, 4 yrs, Bst 21h.
Cue Course ; 300, h ft.
1:.1h, Great Produce Stakes, for 1845, closed with 35

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HIPPODROME SECOND MEETING, 1842.
DAY.—Nominations for the Hippodrome Pad-
by Samarcand, out of Paradigrus—c by
out of Westeria—c by Camel, out of Wadastra—
c by Unc-!e Toby, out of Dinah—Master Harry—Deci-
slye----Iram(kreus—Young Lochinvar— Wordsley—Pros,
IN•ro--,.Seringo—,-Trueboy—What—Jamal—Brother to.
Th-nmesus---Bossu—King of Trumps.
COURSING.
kLE SECOND MEETING, Dl:c. 30, 31, AND
I .—Yhe Douglas of 110/. were won by the Marquis
41Y nott;-41as's Dux, beating. Mr. A. Graham's Dublin.
Eglinton Stakes of 95 SOVF. by Dr. Gibb's Queen
Be,o boating ford Douglas's Kerse. The East •Kil-
br:,le Stakes. by Lord Eglintun's Mill Dew. The
fir,-3flo c StakoS, by Eglinton's Blackbird, and the
o ;:,takes by 'Sr.: I)ourie's Harold.
O.A.NrIIz T it, IA YTII AN, AND FLEETWOOD, JAN. 6
\D Rossall Puppy Stakes were won by Mr.
Hunt's :Easy thc Fleetwood, by Mr. Clark's Lottery ;
th Chmrchtown by Mr. Hutchinson; and the Southport
b, Mr. Chew's Major.
MoB.PET}I, JAN. 3 AND 4.—The South Northumber-
land Stakes of 2201 'yore won by Mr. Grace's Twirl,
beating Mr. Pye's
C CERDONr, DEC. 24.—The Con was won by Mr. Eden's
Exciseman, and the Stales by Mr. Craven's Castleacre.
LATEST BETTING AT MANCHESTER.
Aft; ICHESTER, FIIIDAY.—DERDY.---1 5 to 2 agst Attila,
to to 1 agst Chatham. 30 -to 1 azst Lord of Holderness,
41) to .1 agst Meteor, 35 to 1' nest :kuckland (ta), 50 to 1
agst Seahor3e.. 50 to 1 agst Artful Dodger.
CS tEIITER CI-P.-4 to 1 agst Scott's lot, and 12 to I on
the fi eldt agst two.

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IMPORTANT MEETING OF WOOL-
LEN MANUFACTURERS AT BATII.

On Wednesday last an important meeting of .the ma-
nufacturers of the
.CouutieswohfitGe humacretsteHro, Wtel, ilts, and
ai aldt
Somerset, took place at the
twelve o'clock, to take into consideration the effect of the
present Corn-laws on thee-foreign and home trade in the
woollen
manufacture in_ the above counties ; 'and to take
such proceedings thereon, either by memorial to the Go-
vernment, or petitions to the Legislature, as the Meeting
may think desirable.
Mr. PHILLIPS, of Melksham, was unanimously called
to the Chair. Amongst the gentlemen present were the
following mantifaCturers connected with the three coun-
ties :—Somersetshire—Mr. William Gee, Freshford ; Mr.
Wood, Frome; Mr. Brittain, ditto; Mr. Houston, ditto;
Mr. Brown, Chard. Gloucestershire--Mr. Charles Stan-
ton, Stroud; Mr. N. S. Marling. Stanley-mill; Mr. C.
Hooper, Eastington; Mr. T. Marling, Ebley ; Mr. S. Mar-
ling, ditto; Mr. Dutton, Wootton-under-Edge; Mr. Lo ng,
jun., Charfield; Mr. Smith, near Stroud. Wiltshire—
Mr. J. L. Phillips, Melksham; Mr. S. Salter, Trow-
bridge; Mr. J. Gouldsnaith, ditto; Mr. John Stancomb,
ditto; Mr. J. H. Webb, ditto; Mr. Martravers, West-
bury; Mr. N. Overbury, ditto; Mr. H. Overbury, ditto;
Mr. E. Edmonds, jun., Bradford; Mr. Thomas Speck-
man, ditto; Mr. Smith, Melksham.

The CHAIRMAN proceded to say that the meeting had
assembled for the purpose of taking into consideration
the effect of the existing Corn-laws upon the foreign and
home trade of the woollen manufacturers of Gloucester-
shire, Wiltshire, and Somersetsbire. He was an advo-
cate of free intercourse with foreign nations ; and he
believed that there was an expansive principle in free.
trade of which it was impossible fully to estimate the
importance. He remembered that about twenty years
ago he and his brother manufacturers met in the room
in which they were now assembled to, petition against
the imposition of a duty of 6d. per lb. on foreign
wool. The agriculturists at that time thought that,
unless that duty were imposed, they would not
he able to obtain a fair price for their wool. They snc-
ceeded in Parliament, and the duty was imposed. What
effect had the imposition of the duty on foreign wool
upon the price of English wool ? It went down from
about Is. to 6d., and at that price it remained until the
duty on foreign wool was removed.—(Hear, hear.)
Whilst the duty was in existence, the consumption of
foreign wool amounted to about nine millions of pounds
per annum, whilst last year, with free importation, the
consumption was no less than fifty-nine millions. During
the continuance of the duty, the price of English wool
was sixpence ; and he would now state what had been
its price since that duty had bcon removed, It had been
from one shilling or fourteeupence up to eighteenpence,
but never less than one shilling.—(Applause.) This
afforded a striking proof of the expansive principle of
free trade. He might mention one fact to. show the in-
fluence which the Corn and Provision-laws exercised upon
the manufactures of the country. A gentleman who was
now present, Mr. Salter, happening to be in Kent last
winter, was surprised to observe that large quantities of
English wool were constantly being carried down to the
coast, and upon inquiry he ascertained that the wool was
consigned to French manufacturers, who came into the
market. and paid the grower twopence per pound more
than the English manufacturer could afford to give.—
(Hear.) ' Now, the English manufacturers had not the
smallest objection to the exportation of wool, provided
they were allowed to import corn.—(Great applause.)
The people of the country had the happiness to possess
political liberty, and he hoped the time would soon come
when they would also be in the enjoyment of commer-
cial freedom.—(Applause.) At present their hands
were tied, and they were shut out from many of the
most important markets of the world. The Americans
would willingly have paid the debt they owed us in corn,
but they were prevented by the sliding, or, as he thought
it ought rather to be called the slippery, scale. He con -
eluded by calling; Ripon the meeting to give an impartial
hearing to all who might address them.
Mr. E. EDWARDS, jun., of Bradford, moved the first
resolution :

" Resolved, 1. That this meeting feels deeply con-
vinced that the increasing depression of commerce, and
the rapid decline of the woollen trade in the counties of
Gloucester, Wilts, and Somerset, are fearfully destroy-
ing capital, neutralizing skill, and pauperizing the work-
ing classes of society, thereby spreading distress and
discontent throughout the manufacturing districts of
the above counties."

From " facts," gathered from the immediate locality in
which I reside, I hesitate not for one moment in recom-
mending this resolution for your adoption. The decline
of the woollen trade, the destruction of capital, and the
distress of the labouring classes in this district, are of
so dire a nature, as will, I am sure, awaken alarm in the
minds of every one. The cry of distress has arisen from
every quarter of the land.—(Hear, hear)--but none can
show a more rapid decline than Bradford. The town of
Bradford contains, by the census of 1841, 8,309 inha-
bitants ; being an increase of ten per cent. on the popu-
lation of 1831, and about twenty per cent. on 1821.
The decrease of the manufacture of broad cloth,
which is the staple commodity of this town, is of a
nature that is almost beyond belief. In the year 1820,
or thereabouts. nineteen manufacturers carried on busi-
ness there, producing in the aggregate 620 pieces of
broad cloth per week ; the town was, at that period, in
a happy and prosperous state—l means as regards the
labouring population—every family had employment,
and their wages were good ; 15s. per week was the
usual price of a man's labour, whilst weavers and other
artisans earned still higher wages. The contrast now is
of such a nature as is fearful to contemplate, and such
as I almost hesitate to declare. The manufacturers
have diminished to two in number, and the quantity
produced to 100 pieces, or one-sixth of the quantity
made twenty years ago.—( 'gear, hear.) Of the
nineteen manufacturers who then flourished, nine, or
one-half, have failed, five have declined business from
want of success, one has merged into another establish-
ment, and two only at present exist, whose united pro-
duce is scarce 100 pieces.—(Hear, hear.) This change
has
.not been the effect of any sudden convulsion : it has
been slow and gradual, one after the other have dropped
away. In the year 1838, when I had • occasion to refer
to the quantity then manufactured, I found it to be 144
pieces ; since then another reduction has occurred, which
brings it to less than 100 pieces. I need scarcely add,
that depreciation in the value of property of every de-
scription, except land, has suffered in a like propor-
tion. I will mention one or two instances : a factory
and premises, let twenty years ago for 1.2001. per
annum, is now rented at 3001. per annum ; another
property of the same kind, which was let on lease of
twenty-one years, at 350/. per annum, on which 2,0001.
has since been expended, making, say 4501. per
annum, is now partially occupied at 601. per annum ;
the other part having been for years unoccupied.—
(Hear, hear.) I addressed two letters to gentlemen who
are large owners of cottage property, requesting to be
furniShed with a return of the rentals of ten cottages in
1820 and 1840; the first return showed the ten cottages
in 1820 produced a net rental of 90.'. 18s. ; in 1840 a net
rental of 201. per annum ; the second, 601 to 12/ Every
description of artisanship and mechanics has decreased
in a similar way. But if there has been a decrease
or cessation in the manufactures of the town of
Bradford, and a depreciation in the value of pro-
perty, I now come to a subject which has neither
decreased nor diminished, which, to use language of
some notoriety, has increased, is increasing, and ought to
be diminished—l allude to the crying distress of its
labouring population. The numbers have increased,
as I before stated, some twenty per cent. since 1821, and
ten per cent. since 1831 ; but their means of subsistence
have diminished in a ratio which baffles my powers of
cal-culation; I will, however, give you the result of cer-
tain inquiries I have made on the subject. In the dis-
trict of the parish of Bradford, which contains 8,309
inhabitants, there are 462 looms; of these 316 are entirely
out of work, 135 partly in work, and eleven arc in full
work ; you can easily calculate, if 316 looms are out
of work, how many individuals in the other branches of
manufactures are out of employ : my own calculation
is, that 1,082 individuals are represented by the 316
looms, who are wholly without the means of obtaining
a livelihood, save the scanty pittance of parochial relief ;
but scanty as that pittance is, it is map-,niticence and
luxury compared with what many of the inhabitants of
this unfortunate town have to subsist on. I have made
a strict investigation and analysis of the quantity of meat
• and bread consumed by the said population, 8,309. I
have been as minute as possible, and can pledge myself
that it is more accurate than statistical tables generally
• are, and have been subjected to the revision of the most
competent persons, and this is the result :—ln the 13
weeks from October 1, to December 31, 1841, the ave-
rage weekly consumption of the 5,309, was 9,497 lbs. of
meat, and 9,437 quartern loaves ; now out of this popu-
lation there are 6,0001b5., consumed by 2,490 persons,
4091bs are also consumed in the union workhouse per
week, making 6,4091b5. to be deducted from the 9,4971bs of
meat killed, and leaving 3,0881h5, for the consump-
tion of 5,909 persons, which amounts to Boz. sdr. per
head per week ;_ the bread and flour consumed during
the same period amount to 9,437 quartern loaves per
week, or 790 z. per head per week. I have made
this calculation to compare with the dietary of the Union
workhouse, and if England has rung with alarm at the
severity of the new Poor-law, what will be said when
we compare the magnitude of the provisions of the new
Poor-law with that of the subsistence ,of the labouring
poor out of the house ? The dietary of the Bradford
Union is 13310 z. meat per week ; the labouring popula •
tion of Bradford are doomed to Boz. sdr., or say about
81oz. The dietary of the Bradford Union allows
112 oz. to the able-bodied pauper within the walls of a
workhouse, as the minimum that can support nature ; the
commerce and the agriculture of this noble land doom
its labourer to 790 z., being as nearly as possible two-
thirds of the allowance to the person who was heretofere
deemed too wretched when he had to seek for relief
from the parish officer. In the year. 1820, the quantity
of meat and bread consumed in this place was.four times
as much as at present, which, with the less population
existing at that period, makes as nearly as possible five
times as much per head to each individual.—(Hear.)
Mr. SAMUEL S. MARLING, Of Stroud, in seconding the
resolution, said, without detaining the meeting with any
observations of a general character, he would at once
proceed to lay before them some information which he
had collected respeting the state of the neighbourhood
in which he resided—namely, Stroud. Before doing so,
however, perhaps he might be excused for stating one
fact connected with the imposition of the duty of 6tl. per
pound on foreign wool, to which the Chairman had ad-
verted. In consequence of the imposition of that duty
wool accumulated in Germany to a great extent, until at
length, being unable to find any vent for it, the Germans
were compelled to become manufacturers themselves, and
that was the origin of the woollen manufactures of Ger-
many and Belgium, where cloth was now made which
used formerly to be supplied from the valleys of Glou-
ceatershire.—(Applause.) Mr. Marling then communi-
cated the following statistical information respecting the
manufacturing condition of the county of Gloucester :
In CHALFORD, since 1831, there has been a decrease
in the number of ooeupied mills of twelve.