The Sun.
London, England, 1842-02-10 00:00:00

THE GREAT
ANTI-CORN-LAW
CONFERENCE.
(THIS DAY.)

The Conference met this morning at the Crown and Anchor,
at eleven o'clock. The attendance was much more numerous
than it had been on any former occasion.
Mr. APLAREN, on taking the Chair at half-past eleven
o'clock, said that at a meeting of the Executive Committee
this morning, which had been very fully attended, he had been
allowed to propose that, as he had occupied-"the Chair two days,
the Committee should fix upon another member to fill
that post. He bad occupied the Chair two days, and he
thought that a sufficient time for a Deputy from the country to
have occupied that Chair, and therefore he had expressed it as
his opinion that the Chair ought now to be occupied by some
person connected with London. The Committee had consi•
dered the subject, and had acceded to his request. It had then
been considered who should be recommended to occupy the
Chair to-day, and it had been agreed upon that P. A. Taylor,
Esq., of London, should be requested to occupy the Chair.—
(Cheers.) He therefore proposed that Mr. Taylor should take
the Chair.
Mr. KERSHAW, of Manchester, seconded the nomination,
which was carried by acclamation.
Mr. TAYLOR then took the Chair.
The Cmaramast said he had unexpectedly had the honour
conferred upon him of being called upon to occupy the Chair to-
day, but from what he had seen of the quiet and orderly manlier
in which their proceedings had been conducted during the last
two days, he felt that he should have no difficulty, with their
assistance, in exercising the function which had devolved upon
him. The question had assumed such a shape since yesterday
—( Loud cheers)—had been so cleared from all difficulty, as to
snake their path clear and straightforward.—(lmmense
cheering.) All apprehensions had been removed lest
the wily politician at the head of her Majesty's Government.
should by securing concessions, concessions in words only, lure
some portion of that support from them which had recently
been manifested in their favour throughout the country—
( Cheers)—and if they continued in theircourse with resolution,
moderation, and firmness, they must carry their point even-
tually, as they would be sure to carry every question involving
a national wrong.—( Loud cheers.) The question was, in fact,
shortly, whether the corn- growing trade should be protected at the
cost of every other trade and class, for the sole purpose of en-
riching the corn-growing trade.—.(Cheers.) The effect being
the aggrandisement of the enormous rents of an already too
wealthy aristocracy—(Loud cheers)—which were upheld solely
for their own purposes, by that aristocracy having the com-
mand of the legislation of the United Kingdom.—(Cheers. )
Nothing could be said to add to the sordidness of such conduct,
but something might be said to demonstrate its absurdity.—
(Cheers.) The aristocracy attempted to lessen the force of
this plain statement—attempted to delude the people by telling
them that this law was not enacted for the purpose of adding to
their rents—not for the aggrandisement of their wealth- .that
it was not a tax imposed upon the country—but a law enacted
for the eational good. fie would merely remark upon two of
the arguments which bad been propounded by Sir Robert Peel,
in his speech of last night. Sir Robert had said that the
distress was not attributable to the Corn-law, but to the great
excitement of the year 1837. Now he would say, that this could
not be a cause, but it must be a consequence.—( Loud cheers.)
In what state must that nation be which fears to put forth its
utmost powers of production?—(Cheers ) What state must
that country be in which could only be maintained in health by
keeping the exertions of its industry in a languid state ?
(Immense cheering.) Was the whole world civilised? Was
it true that the country could only be maintained in a health):
state by restraining its creative powers. If such were the ease,
the end of the world must be at hand. At all events there
was not room for another producing individual in it. We
already produced too mu :h for the consumption of the
world.—( Loud cheers.) Another argument made use of by
Sir Robert Peel was this. He congratulated the country
that the amount of the exports had so much increased. Now
if any of thorn had ever walked through the streets of London
during a time of distress, he must have seen staring him in the
face the announcement—" Tremendous sacrifice." The con-
sequence of that announcement always was, that immense sales
took place ; and perhaps, in the course of two days, the mer-
chant's warehouse was cleared. Well, then, when this had
taken place, Sir Robert Peel would go into that merchant's
warehouse, and, shaking him by the hand, say to him, " Sir, I
congratulate you on your prosperity ; you never made such
large sales in your life before." The merchant might well re-
ply, as did the General who had lost half his best troops in a
victory, " Sir Robert, another such a run of prosperity would
be my ruin."—( Hear.) He woted recommend that, in their
speeches of to-day, those who addressed the meeting should use
rather the language of action than that of reflection.—( Cheers. )
that they should rather say what was to bedone for the future.
(Cheers)--than deliver anything like Anti-Corn-law lectures.
.. (Cheers.) On the question now there could be no mis-
take.—(Cheers.) The landed aristocracy were pitted against
them, and give way easily they would not.—( Hear, hear. )
Sir Robert Peel, after five months, of gestation had brought
forth the mouse of last ht —( Cheers and laughter.) There
were no hopes for them, they must either conquer the aris-
tocracy in some way or other— (Immense cheering)—he
meant peaceably, constitutionally—(Cheers)—but they must
put the aristocracy down in some way or other, or the aris-
tocracy would crush thern.—(Loud cheers.)
Mr. GREG, (the late member for Manchester,) said that
before they proceeded to the regular business of the meeting
they had a grateful duty to perform, and he therefore proposed
a vote of thanks to their late Chairman.—( Cheers.)
Mr. E. BAXTER had great pleasure in seconding the propo-
sition. He had come a distance of 500 miles to advocate jus-
tice to all—to the merchant, to the manufacturer, to the spin-
ner, to the poor ; and he would tell them he was determined to
come back again as often as Sir Robert Peel pleased.—( Loud
cheers.) He would riot relax in his endeavours as long as
justice was refused to 'the people.—(Cheers.) He wished to
see justice done to the commercial man, the manufacturer, the
labouring classes, and the poor—(Loud cheers)—and he hoped
that they would none of them desist until they had accom-
plished justice for England, Scotland, and Ireland.—(lmmense
cheers.) He had come 500 miles, and therefore claimed a
right to second the vote of thanks to Mr. M‘Laren, for he
knew him well.—( Cheers.) He was a gentleman who had
been most highly esteemed as an upright, intelligent, and ta-
leutel man. He had great pleasure in seconding the vote
proposed by Mr. Greg.—( Cheers.)
The vote of thanks to Mr. M'Laren was then put and car-
ried by acclamation.
Mr. APLa KEN, in rising to return thanks, said, he begged
to acknowledge the kindness of the gentleman who proposed
a vote of thanks to him for his services in the Chair. He
consented to occupy the Chair with great reluctance; but,
having undertaken the office, he used his best endeavours to
discharge properly his duty to the meeting, and he must say,
that the conduct of the assembly was such as to render his
office almost a sinecure.—( Hear, hear.) He begged to thank
the meeting for the manner in which it had received the vote
of thanks which was passed to him; but, being on his legs,
he wished to explain, that the meeting which was held last
night at Brown's Hotel, after the announcement of the Pre-
mier's measure, was quite unconnected with the Conference.
They met as individuals, and passed resolutions which would
be laid before the Conference to-day ; but he begged it to be
understood that they did not meet as a Conference.—( Hear.)
It was not their intention to take upon them the powers of
the Conference. He also desired to say that he cordially agreed
with what the Chairman had spoken, that this was not a time
for reflection, but for action.—(Cheers.) There could be no
difference of opinion, that though the sliding scale had got a
new face, it was essentially the same as the old one—( Hear,
hear)—and it was perhaps the best thing that could have
happened that there was so little difference in the two mea-
sures.—(Cheers.) If it had been larger, some of the friends
who were not over zealous in the cause might have said, " Oh,
it is a large measure, let us give it a trial for a year or so, that
we may know how it will tell ;" but now the change was so
small that no person who might be inclined to take the smallest
good alteration, could listen to it for a moment as worthy of
consideration.—(Cheers.) He knew they would more than
ever be united in resisting it.—(Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN said he could not help announcing to the
meetiug, that he had got intelligence that the Manchester
Bazaar had already realised 10,0001.-4 Loud eheers)—an
answer to Sir Robert Peel's speech last night.—(Cheers. )
He would take that opportunity of reminding gentlemen that
they must have for the struggle the sinews of war —( Hear)--
and that they must open their purse strings, not looking on
what they gave as an outlay, but as an investment that would
bring a large interest.—(Cheers.)
Colonel Tnomesost rose amid loud cheers, and said, that
since he came into the room, an abstract of the speech of the
Prime Minister had been put into his hand, with a desire that
he would comment thereupon, and inasmuch it would be very
unwise to occupy three hours on a commentary on the three
hours speech of her Majesty's Premier, he must be excused if
he fell short of the longitude of that speech.—(Cheers and
laughter.) He would follow the advice of the Chairman, and
g ire them words of action, rather than of reflection.—( Cheers. )
Nevertheless he would beg of the meeting to hear some words
of reflection, rather than of action, on the plan of the Prime
Minister, and the reasons he avowed for pursuing that plan.—
( Hear.) And in the first place, he (Sir R. Peel) took the
position that the existing national distress was not to be traced
altogether to the o peration of the Corn-laws. Now, when
every one of them went home tto their own residences, would
not distress, whether they would or not, present itself to
them?--(deers.) 'And would not their ledgers trace it to the
operation of the Corn-laws ?—(Cheers.) Does not each mer-
chant know that the operation of these laws has been the cause
of throwing out of his employ men, women, and children, and
that they are cast starving on the world, because the hands that
would feed them are not allowed to carry food to their mouths,
because the law says that the productions of industry shall not
be exchanged for food ?—(Cheers.) On what principle of
justice could these who advocated those laws now, defend
themselves when they came to answer them, as he trusted in
God they wouldbe compelled toanswer them—when they were
asked why a compensation in the shape of a bounty on foreign
corn should not be continued to the people for an indefinite
period ?—( Cheers.) He (Colonel Thompson) hoped that a
few like touches from the Minister would bring their courage
to the sticking-point—(Loud cheers).— and that they would
find out that there was nothing of the pith of anything like
argument on this question. These Tory aristocrats tell you
that they were born for the enjoyment of duties, and that the
people were born for the enjoyment of paying those duties.—
( Laughter.) Now, when it is urged that trade is declining
beynrefiteas how,n o h
f thea tlaw,
asked, whichwould is
theyo nt
answer theth people,
e eristeathtle
b
demand for retribution ?—( Cheers.) He would not unneces-
sarilycinuedfo to r
advocate retribution, but it was Scriptural?—(Cheers. )
He found that four-fold was paid for a sheep, and five-fold for
an ox, and if that were so, what retribution ought not be
demanded for the Corn-law ?—( Loud cheering.) He went
back to the principle-:-he might prove that retribution was
acknowledged to be most profitable in all nations and ages,
and it would be found that it would not do for any
man to cowinue injustice in the expectation of impugnity.
(Loud cheers.) Something must be done in the way of threat
or retribution before the wicked or selfish were made to give up
their unjust practices.—(Loud cheers.) It remained to be
seen whether they were not to hese some other droits de sag-
neur. He need not explain what that meant, they all knew
that it gave certain kinds of rights over their wives and daugh-
ters. And just as insulting and unjust, considering the differ-
ence of ancient and present times, were the demands of the
aristocracy urson them.—(Cheers.) They tell us that the ma-
nufacturers must not work without paying to them a high
per Ccutage for the liberty,, and this was a state
of things which
no nation like England would sub-
mit to. —( Cheers.
J-ie would now proceed to some of the
)
arguments of their enemies. The existing national distress
was stated to arise from a concurrence of various causes. There
was a rope about the neck of the patient, but the doctor comes
in and says that it was a concurrence of causes that was
killing him.—( Loud cheers and laughter.) The poor patient
it was evident had not died from the rope, brat from a concur-
rence of causes.—(Laughter. ) He bad a Now Of tp the
head.—to suffoeAtien.e--( Renewed
jaughter(.4) uslghutterth.)e 4
tendencynter in his capacity of Stge
SPORTING INTEL LIGENCE. j PhYSia43l, would account for the phenomenon of the patient's
INTILULIGENCE ..1.T.-XTRA.—NEWMARKET CRA YEN I ;quit by attributin it to a concurrence of causes and a comp-
, IVIEETINO, 1842. cation .7! embarrassment.---(Laughter. ) Say' not a word of
the °use to PonPurrPn•-,- •
re of circumstances
T""A'r•-•—The Oatlands Stal-a+ of 50 soya. each, &c.— the rope—_look
The ,Gitoins, 5 -rt, Bst 71b—Ceshar" w'tch, 4 ors, Bst 411, to account for the '
—.firm • and thus the FrPtPlPr P!Ffs

IttiASOUN, OP TUE DAY.
(FaoNt a CORRESPONDENT.)—A richly.endowed Roman Ca-
tholic Chapel is shortly to be erected at Windsor, for the special
accommodation of the Roman Catholics, who are now, or may
hereafter be, attendant on her Majesty. This will be very wel-
come news to the foreign Princes and Ambassadors, &c., of the
Catholic faith, who have hitherto been obliged, while the Court
Is at Windsor, to go to Clewer-green. The Queen of the Belgians,
particularly, who was put to great inconvenience last year, will be
glad of this. The lining is to be in the gift of her Majesty our
Queen, with the approval of the Vicar Apostolic of the. Loudon
District. The curate will be a French priest.

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS
CITY. TWELVE O'CLOCK.

LivEarooL CorroN MARKET, FEB. S. —The sales of
Cotton to-day amount to 3,000 bales to the trade, with a steady
market. Prices remain !t Friday's quotations.

LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, FEB. 9.—The transactions
at the Stock Exchange this day have been to a considerable
extent, comprising—Eastern Counties, 87 ; Edinburgh and
Glasgow, 45i ; Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock, 22.1; Grand
Junction Half Shares, 924 ; Chester and Crewe, 46 ;
Great Western, Half Shares, 591/4 ; Fifths, 9: ; London and
Birmingham, 17•2 i ; Quarter Shares,
The news brought by the arrival of the packet ship Stephen
Whitney, at Liverpool, from New York, will be found in an-
other part of The Sun.
. .

By the arrival of the Demerara packet at Deal, from Laun-
ceston, Van Diemen's Land, Hobart Town papers to the 28th
August, have been received at the North and South American
Coffee-house :

HOBART TOWN, Aua. 26.—1 n consequence of the recent
Intelligence from Sydney the price of wheat and flour has
drooped considerably ; fine flour at the mills 201. Wheat, Ss.
to Bs. fid per bushel.

THE FUNDS.
The English Securities opened without any material altera-
tion from the closing prices of yesterday. A sale of Money
Stock to the amount of 30,000/.. took place this morning, but
had little effect upon the Market. Consols are 88i 89 for
Money ; and 89, buyers for the Account. Three per Cents.
Reduced are 89i 1; Exchequer Bills are firm at 19s. 21s. prem.
The principal business doing in the Foreign Market has been
in Spanish Securiti.!l, and a further advance has taken place.
The Active Stock is now 25k , Passive, 51 ; Deferred, I2i ;
Portuguese Fives, 32k ; ditto, Threes, 19i.
HALF-PAST ONE.
The Dutch mail has arrived. The Five per Cents. came
101 15-16, and the Two-and a-Half per Cents. 51 13•-16.
Exchange on London two months 12 2/, Cash 12 10.
The English Steek Market has improved. Consols are now
894 for Morey aid Account; Bank Stock 16i ; Exchequer Bills
21s. to 235. prem., and India Bonds ss. to 7s.
Spanish Active Stock continues firm at 25, Mexican Bonds
are rather ht at 31%, Portuguese Fives are 32a, Dutch Two-
and-a. Half per Cents. 51a 3.
Very little doing in Shares, the following are the quota-
tions :—Birmingham and Derby, 58 ; Ditto and Gloucester,
19A ; Great Western, 853 • London and Brighton, 363: Ditto
and South Western, 64; York and North Midland, 92 ;
Ditto New, 313.
CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS.
Bank Stock l6Bk India Stock
3 per Cent Red. B9i Ditto Bonds 7 pin
3 per Cent Cons B9} Ditto Old Annuities ...
3I per Cent Red 991 Ditte New Annuities...
New 3i per Cent
New 5 per Cent.
Long Annuities i.oespire Ditto Small 23 pm
Jan. 1860.......... 12 11-16 Bank Stock for Acct —
Oct 1859. 12 9-16 India Stock for Acct —
Jan. 1860. Consols for Acct 893
FO 11 EIGN FUNDS.

Austrian, 5 psi cent.—
Be!gum, 5 pet cent
Brazilian Bondy.
Buenos Ayres 6 per cell t
Chilian, 6 per cent...«
Colombian, 6 pet cent..
Ditto, I 524........
Danish, 3 per cent
Greek, 1825, 5 per cent —
Mexican, 5 per cent 321
Ditto, 6 per ceiv_. 1.637
Peruvian, 1825, [per ct.

Portuguese, 5 per cent.
jDitto, New Ditto 321
Prussian, 5 per cent.
Russian, 5 per cent ll6
Ditto, Metallic —
Spanish, 5 per cent 2.
Ditto, Deferred.... 12i
French, 5 per cent. 1.
Exchange
French, 3 per cent — —c
Dutch, 2i per cent. 51 i
Ditto, 5 per cent. .. .

SHARES.' -
Birmingham and Derby Railway (100 pd) 53
Ditto Thirds (25 paid) 19%
Great Western Hallway ( 65 paid) B5l
Ditto New Shares (50 paid)
London and Brighton (50 paid) I6A
London and South Western
North Midland Railway (100)
Ditto New Shares (40 pai,!)... ........ 3-li
York an&North ;Midland Railway (50 paid) 92
Ditto view Shares (15 paid) 36}
- ,
CORN AVERAGES

GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN,
Fur the Week ended Feb. 4, IN% made up from the Returns of
the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England :mu
Wales, per Imperial Quarter.
fit, Oats
Barley' 2Sti. sd. I Rye St: lif I Pease 234 11,

AVERAGES OF THE LAST six wzgKs.
Week ending WHEAT. BARLEY.' OATS. RYE. BEANS. I PEASE

Dec. 31 63 1 29 9
Jan.
1.4 al 5 23 1
141
26 66 7 23 S
4 CO 6 2 5

20 7I 43 6 36 0 37 2
'A 7i 39 9 :)6 u :=5 10
21 4' 40 n 34 II 352
!00 II
31 .8 04
• %3; 4 Zl4 D.
20 1 36 1 : 1 4 33 11

IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVIIRAOLX OF TIIX SIX WILSICS
I'd.' Oats ...,......0•. 4t. lICAIIS .345. 7
11arIvy .. f2s. 01. ItYe
DUTIES GE FOREIGN CORN.

Wheat .4.5", 6—d, I OsttS
Barley — 183. 4d. l Rye

THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.
COLONIAL MARKET.
Prices were sustained, but the market was dill Coffee
arm, and in request, low and good middling Jamaica 100 s. to
130 s. Good ordinary Ceylon 70s. per cwt.
TEA MARKET.
Prices firm, with a lair demand. The value of common
Black is Is. Mid., and Green is. Md.
TALLOW MARKET.
Tallow in good request at 48s. 3d. on the spot, and 48s. 6(1
to 495. for delivery.

OIL MARKET.
The market looked lively, and holders were firm.
Seal, 411., and Linseed Oil, 351. per cwt.
WHITECHAPEL MARKET.
The supply of Hay and Clover was moderate, with a good
demand. Prices without alteration. Of Straw the supply was
middling, with a good trade.

Pale

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.)
Lowssom, FEB. 10.—Wind this day at noon S.W.
Dz.& L, FEa. 9.—Wind S.W., light.—Arrd. from the
River and sailed, Houghton Le Spring, Cape ; Swiftsure,
Algoa Bay; Newport, Rio; General Palmer, with the rest of
the outward bound. Arrd. Demerara pckt, Cobb, Launceston.'
PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 9.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrd. her Ma-
jesty's ship Revenge, Lisbon.
HULL, FEE. 9. —Wind S.—Sailed Independent, Bombay,
Leon, New York.

PEEL'S NEW SLIDING-SCALE.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
sit-1 send you herewith a copy of a requisition which is now in
course of signature in the City of London, requesting the Lord
Mayor to call a public meeting to consider the subject the. ein stated.
1 have, for the last right years, taken no part in the political
warfare which has been raging between the two great pasties in the
State.

I have long been convinced that the struggle is but a contest for
power, for pitsco, and for pelf; that, in short, the two parties are
both " tarred with the same brush."
Common humanity, to say not a word about Christianity, calls
upon every rean, every woman, and every child in the United
Kingdom, to stand forth and appeal to our Most Gakcious Sove
reign to save her FAITHFUL and Lover. people from STLRVATION
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
JOHN NICHOLSON.
15, Fenchurch-street, Feb. 10, 1842

" Feb. 10. 184:1.
" TO THE RIGHT MONOURARLE TILE LORD MAYOR.
" My Lord,—We, the undersigned Liverymen, citizens, and
householders of the City of London, request that your Lordship
will be pleased to call a public meeting in our Guildhall, to take
into consideration Use necessity of presenting a petition to the
Queen, and to consider whether it may be thought tit to petition
either the House of Commons or the House of Lords, relative to
She proposed measure of Sir Robert Peel on the Corn-laws."