The Sun.
London, England, 1842-12-28 00:00:00

GREECE.

Our last advices from Atii;ns are of the 30th of
November, but are of little interest.
Government is on its last legs ; ruin, poverty, deso-
lation, appear to await the people.
The change in the Finance Department has but
opened the eyes of the new Minister to the horrors of
his own situation, and reports are rife, that, disgusted
at the state of affairs in general, he will shortly resign
his seat.
The Minerve and Seicle have been seized.
MALTA, DEC. 15. _ _

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.—SHIPS IN MALTA MR,
BOUR.—The Queen, 110, bearing the flag of Vice-
Admiral Sir E. W. C.F. Owen, Commander-in-Chief
in the Mediterranean ; Ceylon, receiving ship, bear-
ing the, flag of Rear-Admiral Sir J. Louis, Superin-
tendent of Malta Dockyard ; Impregnable, 104 ;
Monarch, 84; Vanguard, 80; Belvidera, 38; Cy-
clops, steam frigate ; Geyser war steamer ; Magpie
surveying cutter; Prometheus, Polyphemus, and
Alecto steam packets, and Radamanthus steamer,
troop ship.
DISTRIBUTION OF THE REST OF THE FLEET.—Rod-
ney, 92, Inconstant. 36, at Barcelona; the Formida-
ble, 84, at Mahon ; Savage, 10, and Owen Glen-
dower, convict ship, at Gibraltar; the Lizard steam
tender, on her way to Malta from Gibraltar ;
L'Aigle and Snake at Corfu ; the Howe, 120, bear-
ing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir F. Mason, second
in command, and the Scout, 18, at the Piraeus of
Athens ; the Magicienne, 24, and Devastation war
steamer, at Smyrna; the Stromboli war steamer at
Constantinople; the Indus, 78, Vernon, 50, the Ile-
cate, and Vesuvius war steamers, at Bevrout ; the
Medea war steamer at Alexandria ; and tile Beacon,
surveying vessel, at Suda, in Candia.
MOVEMENTS.—The Snake arrived from Syracuse
on the sth inst., and took her departure on the Bth
for Corfu, conveying thither his Excellency the Right
Hon. Stewart Maenzie, who arrived unexpectedly,
incoq., on the 7th, in the French steamer from Mar-
seilles. The Dutch frigates Rhyn and Jason sailed
for Smyrna on the 10th, calling at Athens. The
Geyser steamer-of-war, bringing the lonian mails,
arrived from Patras, Zante, and Corfu, on the 11th,
after having been ashore outside the lighthouse of
Cephalonia, thrown overboard her guns, and sustained
serious damage.
The Cvclops steam-frigate arrived from Barcelona
and. Mahon (whither she proceeded to escort the For-
midable, considerably injured), on the 12th, and re•
turns to Mahon, accompanied by the Vanguard, as
soon as the weather permits of their getting to sea, to
assist this crippled vessel, which it is pretended, is,
if practicable, to be navigated to Malta, where the
captain and officers will stand their trial for getting
her ashore, or rather for not keeping her off. The
Great Liverpool arrived from England and Gibraltar
on the 13th, and the Polyphemus from Marseilles, on
the 14th, bringing the overland mail of the 6th. The
Magpie, surveying cutter, arrived from Suda Bay on
the same day ' • the Rhadamanthus, troop steamer,
from Plymouth and Gibraltar ; and the Belvidera fri-
gate from Barcelona, with the Right Rev. Lord
Bishop of Gibraltar, who seems to be doomed to be
unfortunate at sea, having experienced a most awfully
terrific squall in entering the harbour, which the
vessel did under a mere jib. The Great Liverpool,
owing to the bad weather prevailing, only got to sea,
on her voyage to Alexandria, this morning. The
Belvidera proceeds to Gibraltar on Monday next, to
be at band in case of fresh disturbances on the coast
of Spain. On, the 12th a French ship of the line
passed Malta, steering to the westward. The French
steamer, which arrived last night from Syra, brought
no Smyrna or Constantinople mails, as these had not
reached Syra when'she left.

POLICE COURT.—VALETTA.
(Before Mr. Justice Harper.)
MONDAY, DEC. b.—Lieut. Gibson, of the Rifle
Brigade (2d batt.) was placed at the bar, charged on
the oath of Mr. St. John, Adjutant of Police, with
having caused a disturbance at the theatre on Saturday
night last, and afterwards for having made use of in-
decent and improper language to the public assembled
ar Mula's coffee. house, after having left the theatre.

It appeared in evidence that the prisoner, being in
a box next to the family of Mr. L. Barbar, a respet-
able merchant, had insulted two ladies, who were
there with their brother, by making improper signs,
and by taking their opera glass without permission,
and afterwards using improper language to their
brother.—The prisoner made no defence.
Mr. Harper, after severely censuring the prisoner,
observed that he could only attribute the takinc, the
glass to one of two motives—either to steal it, whichb
he (the Magistrate) could scarcely believe, or to in-
sult the family of Mr. Barbar. The Magistrate
concluded an able speech, by saying that it was
highly disgraceful that an officer wearing her Ma-
jesty's uniform should make that uniform the cloak
for crimes of so disgraceful a nature ; that it was the
province of every gentleman, and more particularly
of every officer, to protect females film insult, and
not, themselves, to insult them; and after hinting in a
delicate manner at the melancholyconsequences which,
not long since, resulted from liberties taken with
females of respectability and character, sentenced the
prisoner to a fine of 51., and a period of five days' im-
prisoninent.
We learn that Mr. Barbar has applied to his Ex-
cellency the General Commanding-in-Chief for redress
for the insult offered to his family, the above case
having been brought forward by the police, without
any reference to himself. And he has equally brought
to the notice of the Colonel the conduct of Lieutenant
Hamilton, another officer, on the same occasion, which
is, if possible, even more reprehensible.
The indignation of the people has been raised to
the highest pitch at these outrages upon all decency.
The insult offered to the public at the door of Mula's
coffee-house was of peculiar danger as well as atro-
city, and might, and would in some countries, have
produced a popular commotion. We sincerely trust
that his Excellency, as Commander-in-Chief of the
Forces, will show to all the world that such acts can-
not be committed by the military, or any other per-
sons, with impunity.
We have heard that his' Excellency has written a
letter to the Colonel of the Rifle Brigade, in which
his Excellency has most severely reprimanded tha
officers in question, and has ordered the Colonel to
read the letter before the whole of the officers of the
regiment.

PRICES OF GAS.—It appears by a recent report
from the Manchester Board of Gas Directors—" That
in all large gas establishments—except those in Liver-
pool, where the price to all is 7s. per 1,000 feet—the
charge varies according to the quantity used by dif-
ferent clasies of consumers. With reference to their
present report, the Directors have applied for and ob-
tained returns from seventeen of the principal gas-
work* of the kingdom, and the average highest price
charged by these seventeen works is Bs. Od. per
1,000 feet; the average hr.vest price ss. lOid.
making an average difference between the charge to
the smallest and largest consumers of 2s. lid. This
is about the difference which existed in the Man-
chester scale till the year 1836, when a reduction of
price was made of ls. per 1,000 feet to the class of
consumers paying the highest price, and none to the
class paying the lowest price ; leavi'.ng the difference
here as it at present stands, at Ir,. per 1,000 feet:'
The new rate for supplying gas . in Manchester com-
mences at Christmas, wAtku the • present prices of 6s. to
large consumers, andi rs. to, r mall consumers, will be
reduced to ss. and ea. per thousand cubic feet, ac -
cording to the quantity ce. (mimed.
PECULIARITIES OF tWAIE NATIONS AS TO Poop.—
Other nations abs& ined from eating parts of certain
animals, as well as the Jews, from a religious princi-
ple ; neither the Assyrian, nor the Egyptian, ate any
fish, and the 1)7
_jests of the latter nation used no meat
nor drink un• ported from foreign countries ; and, as
to the pros'
.ct of their own, exclusive of fish, they ab-
stainen Irk, -ji •
neat its that have a round foot, or 'divided
into several toes,, or that have no horns; and birds
that livf flee h. The E, upon•
flgyptians accounted, espe-
cially swipe.
b e di unclean ; whosoever touched one,
CURIOUS
thoi;,gh in pasps; , byonly, washed himself and his
clothes.--211, n,g.
Y et • s History of the Jews.
moot) in the i
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A -St RONOMICAL FACT.—There is no new
two new m Dons in
n th of February, 1843, but there are
It is a new •ns the month of March following.
.• 'noon on the 30th of January' ; again on
the Ist o( March 9 • and also on the Nth of March.

MANSLAUGHTER AT WALTHAM.
A case involving the loss of human life, and ori-
ginating in the custom of " Waits," or parties pro-
ceeding round the village with music and singing on
Christmas-eve, occurred at Great Waltham, on Satur-
day night; a quarrel and fight took place between
thi party when excited by the drink they had received
at the different houses, and at length Frederick Olive,
aged 27, a carpenter, received a blow from John
Gowers, a shoemaker, which instantly deprived him
of existence.

Yesterday an inquest was held upon the body at
the Six Bells public-house, before C. C. Lewis. Esq.,
and a highly respectable Jury. After a lengthened
investigation of witnesses, the Jury returned a verdict
of "Manslaughter" against John Gowers, and the
prisoner was committed on the Coroner's warrant for
trial at the Assizes. He appears about thirty years of
age, and has a wife and two children.—Essex Herald.

THE BEAUTIES OF THE INCOME. TAX.--The assess-
ments have been made out, and notices have been
delivered that the day of appeal is fixed for the sth
of January next. W' e have seen some of the notices
of assessment, and we must acknowledge that we are
astonished at their contents. For instance, a person
who is a yearly tenant of a farm, paying one hundred
and thirty pounds a year, returned that sum, with
the name and residence of his landlord, and con-
sidered himself entirely exempt from the tax, hav-
ing no other property than the stock on his farm.
It will scarcely be believed that this person is now
charged, first, as the owner of the property, 1301.,
and also as the occupier, another 1301., and is called
on to pay between five and six pounds. This we find •
to be a general thing; and we were told by an asses-
sor yesterday, that on account of the charges being
made in the above manner, upwards of eighty persons
in the parish in which he resided would have to ap-
peal against the charges made on them ; and, we sup-
pose, in order to prevent people from doing so, tha
notices of appeal must be delivered at the office of the
Surveyor of Taxes, at Bruton. Who will not cry
huzza for Sir Robert Peel and his precious Income- •
tax ?—Somerset County Gazette.
1742. 1842.
Man to the plough. Man, tally-ho,
Wife to the cow, Miss, piano,
Girl to the yarn, Wife, silk and satin,
Boy to the barn, Boy. Greek and Latia,.
And yourrents will be netted. And you'll all be gazetted.
Paws.—At a meeting of the parishioners of St.
Margaret's, on Thursday, the following resolution
was agreed to with one or two dissentient voices :
" That the pews in the church should be open to all
the parishioners, and that the churchwardens be re-
quested to take such measures as would prevent any
confusion for the first few Sundays." We hope that
other parishes will adopt similar resolutions.—lpswich
Ezress.
GREAT FREE-TRADE BANQUET.—By a reference
to our report elsewhere, it will be seen that the Town
Council have resolved, by a very large majority, to
confer the freedom of the city upon Mr. Cobden.
This mark of respect to so distinguished an advocate
of free-trade principles may be, in itself, intrinsically
of little value, but it is of some importance as coming
from the local representatives of so large a commu-
nity. The presentation will, we trust, take place in
some one of our large halls, to which the public can
be admitted, and the forenoon of the day fixed for the
great banquet seems the most suitable time for that
purpose. We have again to congratulate our readers
upon the circumstance of so many persons connected
with the landed interest coming forward to join in the
approaching demonstration.—Glasgow Argus.
LANDLORDS AND TENANTS.—WC mentioned in Our
last the intention of Lord Clonmell's *Monaghan
tenants to meet for the purpose of arranging the best
means to acquaint him with their distressed con-
dition, and of imploring him to make a necessary re-
duction in their rents. A correspondent informs us
that the meeting took place in Monaghan on Thursday.
" The tenantry of Lord Clonmell," says our Cor-
respondent, " assembled to-day at the Court-house
of Monaghan, to protest against the impolicy
of his Lordship extorting from them rents which
they were both unwilling and unable any longer
to pay. They were met by Lord Clomnell s agent,
who said that he had had a communication with
his Lordship, and that his Lordship would redress any
grievances of which his tenantry had to complain.
The meeting, of course, was put off on that account."
The example which Lord Clonmell's tenantry have set
is likely to be followed by all the other persecuted,
half-starved, and insulted depene.ents in the neigh-
bourhood of Monaghan. This is practical agitation,
and the most effectual mode of making the landlords
feel that the indifference with which they were wont
to regard the distresses and sufferings of their tenantry,
will no longer be patiently or tamely borne, and that,
their apathy is not only criminal towards others, but
dangerous to themselves.—Belfast Vindicator. [We
should not wonder if that example were to be followed
in England, too, where the poor half-starved people
have as much reason to complain as in Ireland.—
ED. Stan.]
MORE EVIDENCE IN FAVOUR OF TOTAL AND
IMMEDIATE ABOLITION.—The landlords, and those of
them who are legislators, are loud in disclaiming the
expectation that legislative protection to agriculture
can be maintained. We are perfectly satisfied that
the duty on foreign corn imported into this- country
will be reduced to such an amount as will render it
inoperative, as far as " protection" is concerned ; and
if we are right, it becomes a question of the most
serious consideration for the farmer, whether the
change, great though it be, were not better made at
once. So long as any doubt continues of the duration
of the present law, so long will the progress of agri-
cultural improvement be materially impeded, if not
wholly stopped. Can it be reasonably expected that
a tenant farmer, one who depends upon his occupa-
' tion for the support and future settlement of his
family in life, will take a lease, and sink his capital
on the improvement of the soil, with the conviction
on his mind that legislative changes may soon be
made which may further reduce his capital another
25 per cent., and lower the price of produce gene-
rally to the same extent? So far as we are con-
cerned, we have ceased to have the slightest con-
fidence in the " pledges" of public men. Mark-lane

Express. .
During the last two or three days the weather has
undergone a considerable change for the worse. On
Wednesday it was showery, but the atmosphere con-
tinued mild. On Thursday rain fell in much larger
quantities than on the preceding day, and the tempe-
rature auhe tcaaucvoreygee
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nine o'clock, likewise on the weAst,feaweemominPuantesiedaftbeyr
night referred to, just
when the, storm was at the fiercest, several successive
flashes of lightning shot athwart the gloom, followed
by rattling peals of thunder. Once, in particular, the
report followed the flash almost instantaneously, and
with appalling loudness.—Glasgoze Courier.
A white marble statute of Mme. Malibran, has
just been placed in the mausoleum which M. de Be-
riot had erected, in the cemetery of Lacken, to the
memory of the celebrated cantatrice. The monument
itself is about ten feet long, and nearly as many wide.
The interior is circular, and is crowned with a cupola.
The door is composed of open work, which allows the
statue to be seen towards the other end. The white
marble is thrown out from a brownish ground, so that
Malibran. appears quitting the tomb, and rising to-
wards heaven, where she is about to be received by
angels, painted on, the cupola. In the centre of the
cupola a lamp is placed, which sheds a subdued light
over the whole statue. On the front of the pedestal
is to be placed a basso relievo, representing the Genius
, of Musk bev..ailing the loss of this celebrated singer.
—Galignani.
BLACK BAND.-liost of our readers who are en-
gaged in mineral undertakings are, doubtless, aware
that a great sensation has been created in this part of
the Principality during the last few weeks, by th e
report that the Messrs. Baileys, of Nantyglo, had
discovered the seam, or vein of iron ore, so well-
known in Sco .tland under the name of Mushet's Black
Band, that name having been deservedly given to it
in eonseque- nee of its having been first discovered by
the celebrated metallurgist of that name, Mr. David
Mushet. .We have now the pleasure of communicat-
ing the interesting fact, that it has recently been dis-
covered in the anthracite district of this immediate
neighb eurhood.—Cambrian.
Inc .OME. TAX.—A Correspondent, carrying on busi-
ness in a town in this district, complains loudly of the
mn tiler in which his appeal against the assessment
o the inspector was disposed of by the Commissioners.
.!though he offered to make oath to the correctness
af his return and to produce his books, kept in the
most careful manner, in proof, he was informed that
his business must yield a larger profit than he had
alleged, andthe surcharge was confirmed, his veracity,
and even his books, being thus stigmatised by the per-
sons entrusted with the power of declaring that they
know the affairs of their neighbours better than
their neighbours themselves. Our Correspondent
well asks, " Where is the Englishman's boast,
Justice, to be had if I am made to pay between
fmouyroaatzllfidveo for what I will be put upon
ssess ?inquires a us whe-
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ther there is any further appeal, or whether, as the
ins))ector informed him, he must abide by his decision.
We fear that he has no redress whatever : the Act
(sec. 130) allows any person, on being surcharged, to
appeal to the Special Commissioners (the Board of
Taxes and others appointed as their coadjutors) in-
stead of appealing to the General CominiS.sloners;
but if he appeal to the latter, their decision (sec. 122)
is final. This is one exemplification of the working
of this iniquitous Act of Parliament, which we did
our best to alarm the country about whilst it was in
transitu, but to no purpose. Now we find that the
friends and adherents of the " Conservative" Govern-
' ment are amongst the loudest inveighers against its...
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In consequence of arguments respecting the height
for soldiers, we have taken some pains at various
times to ascertain the relative height of English,
Irish, and Scotch recruits. As far as the Line Regi-
ments are concerned, the Irish have a decided advan-
tage in height. It must be, however, taken into ac-
count, that the Guards, the Marines, and the majority
of the Cavalry and Artillery, are English, and the re-
cruits for these are all of superior standard. It may
then be doubted, if an equal number of tall men were
deducted out of the total recruits raised in Ireland,
whether any difference would exist. In weight the
English recruit has the advantage, the heights being
equal. A regiment of the Line that consists wholly
will_ gen_er.ahlly be found to average
Bnglishrilen
shjorter than-either the Iris , Scotch, or the mixed
corps.—Navatand Military Gazette.

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EETING at WOLVERHAMPTON

On Friday evening, the 23d instant, a public meet-
ing was held at Wolverhampton, for the purpose of, re-
cei sing John Bright, Esq., and R. B. Moore, Esq.,
delegates from the Anti-Corn-law League. The
meeting was held in the Music-hall, many ladies at-
tended, and the room was filled.
John Barker, Esq., a county Magistrate, was called
to the chair, supported by Joseph Walker, William
Walker, Benjamin Walton, J. Bradshaw, S. Cart-
wright, H. Walton, Alexander Walton, and other in-
fluential gentlemen of the town.
The CHAIRMAN read a letter from the Hon Charles
P. Villiers, one of the Members for the borough, ex-
pressing his great regret that he could not leave Lon-
don, but strongly urging the importance of support-
ing the League.
Mr. THORNELY, M.P., was received with cheers.
He said it afforded him the highest gratification to at-
tend this meeting of the inhabitants of Wolverhamp-
ton. He had been absent from the country, as many
of them were aware, since the prorogation of Parlia-
ment. Fourteen years had elapsed since his previous
visit to the United States of America. Among
the changes which he had witnessed there,
nothing surprised him more than the great
extension of manufactures. It was stated to him by a
gentleman largely engaged in the wholesale dry goods
business in one of the large towns—a business includ-
ing cotton, woollen, linen, worsted, and silk goods—
that he estimated the stocks of the importing houses
to consist of 30 per cent. of English manufactures,
5 per cent. of German, 10 per cent. of French, and 55
per cent. of American goods. Now, he had not the
least hesitation in declaring that one great cause of
the increase of American manufactures, and the dimi-
nution of British goods, was the restrictive syste:n of
this country, and especially the operation of our Corn-
laws. Indeed, one mercantile house of very long
standing, with whom he conversed, remarked that,
when they began business, upwards of thirty years
ago, they had no difficulty in keeping one or two
ships regularly employed in the Liverpool trade.
They loaded them with flour, staves, tobacco, and
flax-seed, but, they added, "an alteration in your
Corn-laws and your timber duties cut off the expor-
tation of our flour and staves, so we abandoned the
trade, and have devoted our capital to manufactures,"
and they produced samples of cotton goods, the pro-
duce of their works. These gentlemen, no doubt, from
their change of position, had become wnat is called
high tariff men ; and, in fact, a very powerful high
tariff party now exists in America. On the subject
of the corn trade of America, he (Mr. Thornely) had
visited the town of Buffalo, a port of considerable
business upon Lake Erie. It is here that the wheat
and flour which are brought down the Lake are
transferred to the boats upon the canal, which con-
nects Lake Erie with the Hudson River, above New
York. He found wheat putting on board the canal
boats, and, on inquiring the price, was informed it
was 70 cents, or 2s. 11d. sterling, per bushel of 601bs.
He wished the meeting to understand that to get this
wheat to England very heavy charges would have to
be incurred, as canal and river freight, freight across
the Atlantic, and commissions; but he made the
statement to show that abundant supplies of cheap
wheat could be had in America. He would mention
one circumstance to show the extent of the internal
navigation of America, which should always be borne
in mind in considering the importance of the Ameri-
can trade. When he reached Lake Erie he had travelled
upwards of 500 miles, but upon inquiring the distance
from thence to Chicago, for which a steam-boat was
to sail the next day, he was answered 1,000 miles.
He really did not believe the statement till the course
was pointed out upon the map, when it appeared the
steamer would have to traverse the whole length of
the lakes Erie, Huron, and Michigan ; and on her
return she might collect wheat and flour at all the
various ports which she might touch at. He then
visited the town of Rochester, standing upon the
Genessee River, about ten miles from Lake Ontario.
Here were many manufactories and flour mills, work-
ed by water-power. The price of wheat was here 75c.,
or 3s. 2d. per 601bs. A gentleman who was an ex-
tensive dealer in wheat, and also a proprietor of flour
mills, informed him it was impossible to trade with
England under our sliding-scale ; in fact, he said,
" Your sliding-scale is a trap, and half the losses sus-
tained by houses in Rochester have been owing to
your sliding-scale ; and we support our tariff because,
excluded from your market as we are by the Corn-
laws, we wish to raise up customers, by establishing
manufactures at home." (Loud cheers.) The
meeting was, no doubt, aware that the Ame-
ricans had lately passed a high protective tariff.
This, in his judgment, was highly impolitic. Ame-
rica, like the rest of the world, would be most
prosperous under free trade, and he believed it had
already been found by the working of the new tariff,
that it would neither sustain the price of goods nor
yield the revenue required by the State. He had
omitted to mention that, at Rochester, he conversed
with some English workmen, from whom he learned
the rate of wages. Labourers were receiving 50c. to
75c., or 2s. ld. to 3s. 2d. per day; and an English
bricklayer told him his wages were a dollar and a
half, or 6s. 3d. per day, equal, at the price of wheat to
two bushels per day—the man added, that from the
severity of the frost he could do no work in the
winter; but then he added he could earn enough in
the summer to maintain his family without work in
the winter. He (Mr. Thornely) had gone into the
market at Rochester, and found the price of the best
beef to be 4d. per lb., pork 21c1., potatoes 7d. to 9d.
per bushel. His reason for making these remarks
was, that the advocates of Corn-law repeal had often
been charged with an intention to lower wages, al-
though it was undoubted that the rate of wages
depended upon supply and demand, and that high
wages were compatible with a low price of food. At the
city of Washington he went to pay his respects to the
President of the United States. He was the bearer
of letters of introduction to him, and was received by
President Tyler with the utmost courtesy and affa-
bility. It happened that before he left England he
had prepared a printed statement of the reductions
made by our tariff of the present year, in the duties
on articles imported from the United States. He
presented to the President a copy of this statement,
assuring him how much he was gratified that these
reductions would increase the commercial intercourse
of the two countries, and adding that, from the spread
of free trade principles in England, he looked for still
greater reductions in the tariff; a large party, him-
self among the number, looking forward to a total
repeal of the Corn-laws. The President expressed
his acknowledgments for the printed statement,
which, he said, was an important document, and
should have his attention. He only added, he
did not see how America could import largely,
of corn under our present Corn-laws. He
('sir. Thornely) would now say a few words upon
the state of parties in America. Next week they would
receive the President' 3 Message to Congress, but this
was the same Congress which had passed the high
tariff, and its functions would cease on the 4th of
March. Now the elections for the succeeding Con-
gress had already taken place, and the result had been
a large increase of the free trade party. The high
taria' would undoubtedly undergo a revision ; it must
be modified, and might possibly be so to the extent of
making it a tariff for revenue only. The new Con-
gress might not meet till the time fixed by the Con-
stitution, namely December, 1843, but it might meet
any time after the 4th of March, if the President
called an extra session. It was then of the utmost
importance that in the coming session of Parliament
the Corn-laws should be put upon a sound footing,
for this would strengthen the free-trade party in
America, and would materially influence the new party
which would meet next year. He (Mr.
Thornely) should vote for the total repeal of the Corn-
laws. Whatever change might take place, should be
adopted at once ; there was not a moment to lose ; the
Americans would not be influenced by speeches made
in England upon free-trade; they would look at our
deeds, and especially at our Corn-laws, for almost half
the American population might he said to be corn-
growers. In regarding America our views should be
prospective—she has already a population 0f18,000,000
—her population doubles in 25 years, so that in a
quarter of a century her population would have
reached thirty-six millions. The gentlemen who
would next address them, Mr. Bright and Mr. Moore,
would direct the attention of the meeting to the evil
effects of the Corn-laws upon our own population.
He (Mr. Thornely) had confined himself to the effects
produced by the Corn-laws upon our commerce with
America, knowing how much the people of Wolver-
hampton were interested in the American trade. The
Corn-laws were probably the pivot upon which our
future commerce with America would turn, and
hence the importance of dealing with them at once.
Jomi BRIGHT, Esq., deputy from the League,
delivered an eloquent address, which occupied an hour.
Mr. Moo followed, and was loudly cheered
throughout his address, and a committee was ap-
pointed to collect subscriptions in support of the
League.
Thanks were vote 1 to the Chairaian, and the meet-
ing separated.