The Sun.
London, England, 1842-02-08 00:00:00

GEE fT BAZAAR DEMONSTRATION.

submissionof the Beni Zorouel and Beni Chelout tribes is not ac-
complished, the rains having impeded the operations of the column
of General Budeau, who was about to escort a convoy to skaters,
but waited the return of fine weather. AU was quiet in the
neighbourhood of Mostaganem.—Commerce.

The Bazaar at Manchester has shown the lively in-
terest which is taken in the North of England in the
question of free trade. In fact, it may be regarded as
a great public meeting of 30,000 persons, in which a
show of hands has been, not by holding them up, but
by putting them into the pockets and drawing thence
the means of supporting that wholesome agitation which
has produced so great an effect upon the public mind.
The Manchester Times says— ,

The Bazaar has been truly a great demonstration, and the libe-
rality of,purchasers has emulated the patient industry which has
produced an almost endless variety of articles of taste and utility.
Thousands have been engaged In preparing for the sate, and thou-
sands have cheerfully contributed their money for some memorial
of the occasion, and tens of thousands have paid for admission; and
all have been animated by the motive to release trade from its
trammels, and to enable the industrious classes to earn their btead
by their ,wn well rewarded labours.
The admissions, purchases, and donations, at the close
of the fifth days exhibition, amounted to 6,9851. 165., and
on Saturday there was a further sum of 6501. drawn,
making a total of 7,5001. Not more than one-half of the
articles contributed were sold during the first week, and
the Bazaar is to continuo for four or five days more, so
that it is probable that nearly 10,0001. will be raised to for-
ward the objects of the League, which were thus declared
at the meeting of Deputies, in Lonton, in April, 1839 :
" That the several towns and districts of the empire pos-
sessing Anti-Corn-law Associations be united under the
title of the Anti-Corn-law League ; and its object is
hereby declared to be, by the formation of local associa-
tions, the delivery of lectures, the publication and distri-
bution of tracts, the establishment of a stamped circular,
the securing the co-operation of the public press, the for-
warding petitions to Parliament, and by every legal and
constitutional means to obtain the total and immediate
Repeal of the Corn and Provision Laws." We understand
that it has been an almost invariable instruction to the
Deputies, who are to meet at the Crown and Anchor to-
morrow, that they shall listen to no proposal of compro-
mise, but demand unshackled freedom to import corn and
provisions. .

A meeting of Deputies from Manchester, Liverpool,
Rochdale, Leeds, Edinburgh, Paisley, and other towns,
including some of the active members of the Metro-
politan Associations, was held at the Crown and An-
chor this forenoon; Join: BROOKS, Esq., of Manchester,
in the chair; to form arrangements for the great meeting
to-morrow, at which it was resolved that the Chairman
should ascertain when Sir R. PEEL would receive the
whole of the Deputies before he makes his statement to
the House of Commons on Wednesday.

The Paris Journals have all reached us, but they
contain no news of importance. We subjoin extracts
from them :

The following news has been received from Oran, of the date of
the 23cl of January :

" Abd.el-Kader has ravaged the tribe of Beni Amer, and put se-
veral of the Chiefs under arrest, because he suspected them of be-
m ming partisans of the French. It is said he has declared his
determination to decapitate twenty, and has sent word to General
lustapha that on his appearing before Tlemcen the first objects
that are to meet his eye shall be the heads of these Chiefs, with
their names inscribed above them. Thus the Emir, reduced to the
last extremity, hopes by such acts of cruelty to strike teiror into
the Arabs. It is said that he has still under him SOO horse and
15,000 foot, regular troops; but the people are snore excited against
him. On the 20th three Spahis arrived at Oran from Mascara,
with dispatches, but their contents were kept secret. They are
however supposed to confirm previous reports, that Gen. Lam or Mere
had made a successful reale en the Bachem, who were under
the command of the Emir's father-in-law, and the result of which
:s said to be the capture of one thousand head of cattle, and the
submission of the tribe of Hachem Garrabat. The Garrabats are
in communication with the French authorities, and passengers arc
daily passing between the tribe and Oran- From Mascara they
write that the winter has been unusually severe, and that they had
been locked in by the snow for tell days; that meat had become
scarce, and the troops were subsisting upon a loaf of bread every
three days, with a small quantity of wheat. On the 9tb the Bcni
Chougrans submitted to General Lamoriciere, who had
previously made a severe inroad upon the tribe. From 'Mostaganem
letters of the 18th have been received, stating that the tribe of the
Btidgas, which has lately submitted, is not of so much importance
as has been represen• 1, inasmuch as it numbers only between 3,000
alai 4,000 ami cannot 'Lamb!' rnorl than 450 horsemen
well twouated. It has upwards of 20,0015 head of cattle. The

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 184`z.

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another part of the paper. he ird on an appeal from the Prerogative Court of Canter-
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Consols, 39i ; Colombian, 22* ; Mexican, 321 ; Spanish,
24*

CORN-g,AWS.-MEETING IN

LAMBETH

A public meeting was held last evening of the inhabitants
of the Borough of Lumbeth, at the British School Rooms,
George's-street, Lambeth, for the purpose of adopting a peti-
tion to Parliament for the abolition of the Corn-laws, and else
for the purpose of appointing two delegates to the Anti-Corn-
law League.

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Mr. RICHARDSON took the Chair, and, in doing so, said
the meeting was called for the, purpose of agreeing to a
petition to the House of Commons to repeal the Food-laws. He
did not mean the Corn-laws merely, but all laws which ope-
rated in preventing provisions coming into the country
When they asked for the repeal of the food laws, they included
the laws which restricted the importation of corn, cattle of
every description. Pigs, beep, and other cattle, together with
dried and salt provi,ions, could be supplied In great abundance
fi om the neighbouring countries, more especi,lly from Ham-
burgh ; and it was not too much for him to say, that if these
'awe were repealed, he should not be asserting that which was
beyond proof, when he said that the very best meat in London
might be supplied at the rate of 21/2(1. or 3d. per pound.—
( Cheers.) They therefore asked not only for a repeal of the
Corn-laws, but all laws prohibiting the free importation of
food.—( Hear, hear.) Those who were to follow him would
go more minutely. into the subject, or he might allude to the
articles of tea, coffee, sugar, &c., and other articles, on which
the duty almost amounted to a prohibition. Since he last
addreased them, a remark had been made in the House of
Peers—he need not mention names—that the Cern, laws were
not unchristian, and he thought it became him to notice
such a fact. Laws which prevented the people receiving food,
appeared to him to he in direct contradiction to that divine law
which saith, do unto others as ye wuu'd they should do unto
you in the same circumstances. They would remember that a
return was moved for by the late Member for Leeds, in order to
ascertain what number of quarters of wheat were thrown away
into the river, anti from that return made to the House of Com-
mons, it appeared that several hundreds of quarters had been
thrown into the river Thames and into the sea ilear to Liverpool.
Was it not unchristian to throw that which God had giver for
food to man into the sea? He knew not the. meaning of Chris-
tianity, if that was not an nnchristiart act. He had been
in the City during the late election, and a gentleman came
up and addressed him (the Chairman), and said he hoped they
were striving in Lamteth for the repeal of the Corn•laws, and
that gentleman related an anecdote to him (the Chairman),
which he would repeat to them, and then leave them to judge
whether these laws were unchristian or not. His friend said
be hal been into a shop—a baker's shop—and while he was
there a little girl of about ten or twelve years of age came
into the shop for the usual quantity of flour for the
week for the family. The baker asked her what money she
had, and she replied she. had brought the usual sum.
The baker said she must -go back and tell her mother that un-
less she sent so much more money she could not have the
usual quantity. The child returned, and; presently came back
again, saying that her mother had no more money, and the
baker was therefore to send as much flour as the money she sent
would purchase. Was that not unchrstian ?- Let them put it to
themselves and say, when their children were crying for food—
hrn they had no opportunity of supplying them,there were laws
in existence which prevented foad from coming into this country,
ought theie abominable laws to be suffered to remain? He
would not.detain them longer ; others would come after him
and propose resolutions which he hoped they would agree to.
He believed in hi's conscience that if these laws were not re-
pealed, England's greatness would assuredly fall. He believed
tco that the industry this country could not maintain
itself against the competition that was offered to it abroad.
He believed further that these laws were a crime,

as they were cruel and oppressive, and he hoped
the public would rise as oiie man and denounce them.—

(Cheers.) He thought that unless they were immediately
taken into .consideration, the country would decline ; and in-
stead of employment being given to the industrious labourer,
as hitherto, they would have to emigrate to other countries,
there to aeek employment. He would not trespass further on
their time, but call on Mr. Milts to move the first resolution.
Mr. MILES rose to move the first resolution. He had studied
the Corn-laws for the last twenty years,' and always found
that prices were about half as high again in England as on the
Continent. Noc was it the ease with corn alone; but
it was the same with meat also, thus placing the English la-
bourer in a situation which rendered him unable to compete
Kith the foreigner. Perhaps they thought the reduction of the
prices of corn and provisions would cause a reduction in the
amount of wages.—( Hear, and cries of " We know it,"
mingled with considerable uproar, which lasted for some time. )
He had taken the trouble to calculate the amount of saving to
that parish a'one in the article of meat, if the prices were the
same as on the Continent, which saving would amount to no
less a sum than 263,4851.—( Loud chem.) The Honour-
able Gentleman then proceeded to state that the rates
collected for that parish amounted to 65,938/. 3s. 5d., the
greatest part of which went to the salaries of clerks and the
support of our establishment.—(Cries of " TWat is the ques-
tion," and great uproar, which continued throughout the Hon.
Gentleman's speech.) He concluded by proeosieg the follow-
ing resolution That it is the opinion of this meeting, that
taxes upon the people's food are oppressive, cruel, and unjust,
and destructive to the commerce anti nat,ve industry
of the country, and alike repugnant to the dictates of reason and
hutnanity, and the highest priticitilea_ofebeeChriStran religiorn
Mr. WILLIAM HAWES rose and was received with much
cheering. He said he was totally unprepared to address them
that evening, as he had not the slightest idea when he entered
that room of being called upon to do so, but standing there and
being called ferward as the advocate of the principles expressed
in the resolution, that it was cruel, unjust, and oppressive to
tax the people's food, it was quite impossible for him to resist
the opportunity given to him that night of expressing the senti-
ments and feelings w.th which he had ever viewed the sui ject.
—(Cheers.) The taxes on food were oppre,sive, becaase they
entirely dept ived the poor man of taking his labour to the best
possible market, while he was compelled to buy his food
at prices fixed by the seller. The Hon. Gentleman then al-
luded to the late notice of Sir Robert Peel in the Hou e of
Commons. He (Sir Robert Peel) could not surely intend to
enact over again the farce of 1829 ? He thought that even
the talents of Sir Robert Peel could not palm off such another
specimen of Jim Crow sm. The Hon. Gentleman concluded a
long and eloquent speech by seconding the resolution.
Mr. HIND rose to propose an amendment. He looked upon
that discussion as a large cake. The Chairman began to
nibble at the side of it, and was followed by the others, who
had pretty nearly nibbled all round the cake.—(Laughter.)
He (Mr. Hind) would show them, if they would but
listen to him for five minutes, that lie would eat
right through it.—(Chcers and laughter.) He liked and
prized a large loaf as well as any man, for he was a teetotaller,
and he liked plenty of tea.--( A Voice—" With rum in it.")
—(Loud laughter.) The Chairman had told them that they
would have certain resolutions. He had told them that they
might get, by the repeal of these Foed-laws, meat at lid. per
pound ; but did he not know that there were thousands of
labouring men, both agricultural and manufacturing, who
were unable to procure meat at all, and who never would,
under the present system?—(Loud cheers.) What was the
price of meat to the poor weaver of Carlisle, or the cloth
weaver of • Leeds, who had but about 21,4 d. per day
for the support of his children and himself ?--( Hear.)
How was that man to get two or three pounds of meat, even
though it were but 2d. a lb., while he could not even get
bread, and while the present system lasted he never would.—
(Cheers.) The Chairman had further said, that notwith-
standing all the ddmonstrations made to Parliament, of the
starvation prevailing; notwithstanding all this privation, they
would not rep -al those laws. He (Mr. Hind) would ask whe-
ther the present Parliament was more likely to repeal them
than the former one ? He then al uded to the bribery
used at the late election, and stated that there
were at that time sixty cases before Parliament of
petitions against elections. This country was in the same posi-
tion as France before the Revolution, by the system of class
legislation.—( Loud cheers.) Look to Louis the Fourteenth's
time and his glorious wars, together with that of his successor
Louis the Fifteenth. At that time the nobility were high in
the land, and contributed nothing to the taxes, all of which
fell on the people. The aristocracy of ihi country were going
on in the same way, and soon they would place England in the
same position as France was then.—(Cheers.) lie knew that
the agricultural population had been for the last fifty years in
a state of starvation.—( Hear.) He had been in Hampshire
last autumn, and he was then in a village; and he was met
with such complaints as these—" My husband has been out of
work for the last nine weeks ; we are starving"—and there
were hundreds of such cases. Talk of the Christian religion,
let them have justice 1—( Hear, hear, hear.) The Anti-Corn-
law people were under a mistake. If the Corn-laws were re-
pealed to-morrow they would have bread but a very little
cheaper, they would only have the amount of food they could
not produce themselves --(Hear, hear.) They could not em-
ploy all the world for that. What they wanted was a reform of
the system which enabled the Peels and the Marshall% to
accumulate millions while others are left to starve.—(Loud
, cheers.) He would not give a farthing for a system that did
riot prevent a man dying with six millions of money, and at
the same time prevent another man dying of starvation.--(A
voice, " Could you ?") Yes I could, (said Mr. Hind,) have
I not told you how, you blockhead ?—( Cheers, uproar, and
laughter.) The amendment he had to.propose was, •• That the
feeling of the meeting is decidedly hostile to all monopoly,
whether in commerce. or legislation, whether in corn, timber,
sugar, or in the religious and civil institutions. This meeting
is therefore of opinion, that the Corn-laws are wicked,
and passed by an usurping Parliament ; as well as the
sugar and timber prohibitions, together with every other
monopoly, and ought to be totally and unconditionally re-
pealed; and to prevent any future enactment of that or any
similar pernicious scheme, this meeting is -further of opinion,
that, in order to prevent this, and save the people front class
legislation, radical reform in Parliament is imperiously de•
mended. That all present evils and future ones can be pre-
vented by no other machinery than the adoption of that great,
clear, and comprehensive document the People's Charter."
Mr. BaowN seconded the amendment in a very long speech.
M. HUGGETT proposed a counter amendement, but the
amendment of Mr. Hind, after a great deal of uproar and con
fusion, was carried by a large majority.
A resolution was then pro, osed to adopt a petition to Parlia-
ment for the repeal of the Corn-laws ; but an amendment was
passed adopting the people's petition, alias the People's
Charter, in its stead.
Three Chartist Delegates were then chosen for the Anti-
Corn-law League, and after three cheers had been given fur the
Charter and Feargus O'Connor, the meeting separated in some
confusion.