The Sun.
London, England, 1842-07-05 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUL/ 5, 1842.

1 now out of employment who were a short time ago in
comparative comfort. In Ireland they found that famine
was stalking through the land, and that riots were taking
i place, men- being killed by the police, merely because
they endeavoured to obtain food. How then could they
_erses...____ sit calmly by? Humanity, if nothing more, would cal!
The members of the great London Anti-Corn-law Con- them from their homes. But there was a feeling of
ference met this morning, at Herbert's (late Brown'.) policy—their own safety, and the safety of the country
Hotel, Palace-yard, for the purpose of taking into consie were at stake. Within the last three weeks there had
deration the present distresses of the country, and the been sitting in that House, a Committee composed of
causes of that distress. Deputies from each of the As- men from Lancashire, Yorkshire, and Cheshire. They
sociations lierming the great Anti-Corn• law League, and- had formed thereselves into a Committee on the distress
from the numerous braaches of the Metropolitan Anti- of the country, in order to r.uike the subject know
Corn-law Association, were present. The mee“rq, was throughout the country. They had given public notice
advertised to take place at eleven o'clock ; 013 Metal that they would be glad to receive correct facts as to
business, however, did not commence Imo, . eito, Lime what was going on with respect to the condition of the
after that hour. Shortly before twelve o'clock P. A. people. The facts they had collected were voluminous.
Taylor, Esq., of London, was called to the chair by ac- They had received a vast quantity Of letters, all
clamation. giving a statement of facts such as to appal the
Ainohg those present we observed the Revs. Dr. stoutest heart. They intended, by their endeavours to
Hough (Glasgow), Wm. Lowe (Forfar), J. H. Hinton call the attention of the public, and the conductors of the
(London), R. S. Bayley (Sheffield), James Carlile (Lon- public Press to the subject. That Committee was still
don), Dr. Wade (London), W. Shuttleworth (Man- sitting, and they would continue to do all in their power
chester), Mr. Penfold (Lopdon) ; Colonel P. Thompeon, to lay these facts before the country, believing that no
Lawrence Heywotth. Esq., Sir Ralph Pendlebury, R. country that was moral and humane would fail to ap-
Cobden, Esq., M.P., C. P. Villiers, Esq.. M.P., Dr. Bow- ' ply a remedy if it were possible. A remedy had been
ring, M.P., John Scoble, Esq., Joseph Cooper, Esq., proposed, and that had failed. There was n 6 man iu his
Thomas Plint, Esq. (Leeds), Rev. Dr. Perry, James senses who would say that the remedy tried had been effec-
Kershaw,
Esq., William Ridgway, Esq., Die Black, W. teal- The Anti-Corn-law League had proposed a remedy,
lbbotson, Esq., James Armitage, Esq., &c. &c. ' the only- remedy for that distress. They saw their own
The CilatumAN said that he had been called upon very property slipping away from them, and those who had
unexpectedly, and at a notice of only a few minutes, to less property starving ; and were they to see themselves
preside over the present meeting. He felt, therefore, beggared, and the best interests of the country ruined,
how unprepared he was to address such an assembly ; and net step forward determined to press upon the notice
but that mattered little. The cry of suffering and dis- of the Government the magnitude of the distress ?
tresswould make itself heard, and if that distress were . (Cheers.) When the slave question was before the
not speedily relieved he believed that that distress would country Joseph Sturge did that single-handed which
ere long make itself heard in a voice of thunder— they were striving to do then.—(Cheers.) Although the 1
(Cheers)—which would frighten the Gieernment and Emancipation Act was passed still there were eight
the Legislature from its propriety.--•---(Centinued cheer- months to run before the slaves would be. entirely email-
ing.) That part of their business would not be difficult. eipated ; and he thought it was monstrous that 800,000 1
It would be no difficult matter to bring before the nation, of our fellow-beings should remain even for eight months 1
the Legislature, and the Government details' of the in- in slavery. They must remember that, although eight I
tense suffering and misery, which was, overwhelminga months was a short time, yet 800,000 beings being in
a large portion of their fellow subjects. They would slavery multiplied it 800,000 times, Joseph Sturge oh-
have no difficulty in shnwinig terrible statistics on that tamed their emancipation, and none rendered him
part of the subject—statistics harrowing to the heart of more assistance than did their worthy Secretary.
every man who had. a heart that could feel. The next But now the question was, were they, in the present
portion of their labours would be to show that the prin- state of things, to stay at home and make no effort to
cipal cause of these evils was the scarcity of food—a relieve the country from its distress 2 They had interests
scarcity brought about by the operation of the Corn- at stake as well as the members of the Government,
laws.—(Loud cheers.) It appeared, however, that the and they were resolved not to rest till some check should
Government entertained grave doubts as to whether the be put to the plague which was desolating the
remedy for starvation was a liberal supply of cheap country. • They had prostrated what had taken place
food. If they were suffering from nakedness he won- years ago. At that moment he held in his hand a
dered whether the Government would doubt if a supply Report published by the Chamber of Commerce
of cheap clothing was the proper remedy. They had a at Manchester, firer years since, which he
third duty to perform.. If the Government still turned a would read for the purpose of showing that they
deaf ear to their representations, and refused to had prophesied What had occurred. Ile then read
relieve the wants of the poor, they must return to their the document in question, stating that it must be evident
constituents, and tell them that they had made repre- to every reflecting mind that there were causes at work
sentations to the Government as to their starving con- which, unless met with promptitude, would • produce
dition—that they had pointed out the means .of relief— inexplicable difficulty; and the impossibility of finding
that the Government had turned a deaf ear to their re- profitable employment for the people so long as the
monstrancea—that they had nothing to hope—that they laws unjustly prohibited them from freely exchanging
had finished their work, had performed their duty—had their own commodities for those of other countries, at
stated the distress and the remedy—that the Legislature once indicated an evil. " Monopolies." concluded the
had refused the remedy •, and it would be their duty to Report, " can no longer be tolerated." Why, that man
say to the people, " God help you, for He only can, must be out of his senses who did not at once admit,
To day would -he a day of business—of business of for- that what was then prophesied had literally came to lass,
mality rather than of statistics. The Committee would except that the crisis had hurried on with greater re-
sit at six in the evening, . and the delegates were re- pidity than it was then anticipated it would do. Now
quested to lay their statements before the Committee in for this evil they offered a remedy. He did not know
the evening, in time to prepare the business for the that he ought to go into that topic, as the business
morrow. • of the Conference- was to collect such facts from
JoHNBRIGHT, Esq., of Rochdale,proposedthat George all parts of the country as would stop the
Thompson, Esq , act as Secretary to the Conference. month of every gainsayer, and to compel every
The Rev. Mr. CARL= seconded the motion. . man to acknowledge, however he might differ from
The motion was put and unanimously agreed to. them as to the remedy to be applied, that it
WILLIAM FISHER, Ecq., of Rechdale, moved that the cetild no huger be endured that such a state of suffering
following gentlemen should form the Executive Com- .should exist throughout millions of our population.—
mitt( e, with power to add to their number :—Messrs. (Cheers.) Now they wished fer peace—(Hear, hear)
Lowe (Forfar), Smith (London), Ibbotson (Sheffield), they wished for no violence.—(Hear, hear.) They
Massie (Manchester), Bailey (Sheffield), Shuttleworth would not have the Corn-law, or any other law, removed
(Manchester), Plint (Leeds), Heyworth (Liverpool), by the shedding of one drop of blood. They had no
James Wilson (Loudon), Lees (Manchester), Kershaw wish to quarrel with any institution or any party in
(Manchester), Woolley (Manchester), Henry Rawson the State.—(llear.) They were organised for the
(Manchester), Bean (Nottingham),Fairbairn (Leeds), R. purpose of obtaining the repeal of the Corn-laws,
R. Skoone, John Brooks (Manchester), John Bright which they believed to be productive of the greatest prie
(Rochdale), .E. Armitage (Manchester), Mason (Pot- vations amongst their suffering countrymen. They had
teries), Livesey (Preston), William Fisher (Sheffield), come there as a matter of necessity. They must look
Sir Ralph Pendlebury (Stockport), Charles Baker their position fairly in the face, and consider the im-
(Stockport), Thomas Harwood Morgan (Stourbridge), mense responsibility which rested upon them. Perlin-
Colonel Thompson (London). - ment had declared that it could do nothing for the
The motion was unanimously agreed to. - country. It was for them, before the meeting separated
JOHN BRIGHT, Esq., of Rochdale, was then called at the close of that week, to propose such a plan to the
upon by the Chairman, and proceeded to address the country as would bring the Parliament to see that
meeting on the subjects which had brought them the people had the power—(the remainder of the sentence
together. It was thought advisable by the Executive was lost in loud .cheers). Although they held the
Committee that the gentlemen present, and the public, principles of peace, without infringing on them in the
should be put in possession of the grounds on which it slightest degree, they considered that the country and
had been decided that they should again meet in Lon- the people had the power to compel attention to this ene
don. It would be easy to point out many reasons for question, and to compel a settlement of it.—(Loud
adopting such a course ; but one, he thought, would be cheers.) There wore other weapons than those of war;
sufficient. Only four months ago a numerous delegation there were other weapons besides those which wounded
was in town endeavouring to press upon the Legislature the body ; there was a most beautiful and admirable sys- i
a sense of the distress which prevailed throughout the tent which the people had in their own power, and to 4
country, and to induce them to adopt the only measures which lie was fully persuaded they were rapidly drifting, I
which it was believed would materially alleviate that dis- which, if put into active operation, would not fail i
tress. It was a very unusual circumstance that two Confer- to bring the struggle to a successful issue.—(Loud
ences should take place in the same session of Parliament, cheering.) They were not assembled for the par-
but it was still more surprising that this should happen pose of bullying any one, or of uttering threats •
during a Session in which the Legislature had passed which they were not able to carry into effect.—(liear,
measures which they considered as a sort of satisfaction hear.) He was as convinced as he was of his own 'exis-
of the claims of the nation. By the labours of the late tense, that the prosperity of this country depended upon
Conference a very great excitement had been produced the settlement of this -question. He • felt the reepon-
throughout the country; which, added to the excitement sibility of the position in which they were placed, and t.
that already prevailed,. became so strong that the Go- he trusted it was-equally felt by all who were there pre-
vernment found it-was no longer possible to resist it. It sent. Everything depended upon the course which the
was matter of surprise to many that that excitement had Delegates Should pursue at the termination of their
since subsided—that it was, apparently at least, stifled labours that week. He prayed that they might
since the passing of the new Corn-law—a law which he act wisely and firmly, that they might enable
contended had not in any way mitigated the public dis- the Government to see that, the time was come when
tress. But the 0 were many who at first believed that this question could no longer be tampered with—
the change in the Corn-laws, coupled with the altera- that the time was come when justice and mercy must
Lions in the tariff, would produce a beneficial effect, take the place of cruelty and oppression—(Hear, hear)
and restore to us Our former prosperity. This expects- —and if the Government should still refuse to hearken,
tion had induced many parties to wait in patience, not- he for one trembled at the result. He had now finished
withstanding the general suffering. Many, too, felt what he had intended to address to the meeting. In
that the Government had a very large majority conclusion, he would only add, that the ground upon
in Parliament, and tl.at it would be vain to attempt to which the Council of the Anti-Corn law League had re-
influence or control them. There also prevailed in the solved to invite Delegates from every part of the country
minds of many a feeling of hopelessness amounting was that they might collect facts from every district, and
almost to despair.—(Hear, hear.) All these circum- decide upon some wise
not io andna
decisive course of action, in
sten :es bad tended to create that apathy in the public this great crisis of our l affairs.—(Cheering.)
mind to which he had referred. But any one conversant The CI-tate:star; then called upon Mr. PlMt, of Leeds, to
make a report of the state of that town and district.
with the state of public feeling must be. convinced that Mr. PLANT said, it devolved upon him to make a statement
the general quietude did nut arise from any alleviation
of facts relative to the condition of the woollen trade of Leeds.
of the general distress in consequence of the measures
There were three gentlemen from that district who would fol-
which had lately been passed. The apathy which now low him, and who would enter into details respecting the state
preyailed was more to be dreaded, and more to be re- of the retail trade ; oT pauperism ; and of the condition of the
gretted, than the former excitement, because it arose . working classes in those districts. Therefere, if he (Mr.
from a feeling of despair, and a belief that from ' Plint) should touch upon those subjects, it would be only in-
the Legislature no relief was to be hoped. 'When cidentally that he shou d glance at them. He would refer the
the Delegates hnd last separated, the friends of the meeting to a statement which had been made in December last.
cause had expressed their determination of pursuing at a meeting of Delegates from the West Riding of Yorkshire.
assembled at Loeedes, and which statement had never been gain-
theythat course for enlightening the public mind which
p t last, from 1838 to 1841, the faileres
had hitherto found so effectual.—(Hear, hear.) saYed•
in the staple tradeof Leeds—he meant in the flax-spinning,
The Anti-Corn• law League had been established for the
the machine-making, anti the woolen trade—amounted to two
purpose of haying before the Legislature and the country, millions, while the average dividends paid upon those failures
and showing that their own interests were deeply involved did riot amount to 6s. 841. in the pound. Such had been the
in the consideration of this question. They all knew of statement made at the meeting. He had since had reason
the necessity which there was for its consideration. If to know that, instead of 6s. Bd, it wield have been
they represented this to an intelligent anti sensible man, nearer the truth to have stated that the average amount of
and brought these facts before him, humanity would dividends en that enormous sum did not exeeed 55. in the
teach him to come forward in this cause. It was impos- pound. Since that time insolvency bad been going on in-
sible to resist it ; therefore, by enlighteeing the country creasing in all the staple trades of Leeds. The msolvenchiest
they were best advancing its interests. This was the wiiieh haarodononctceedrarendensitntoth2eoo7ooolllen and flaxnd threadesassiihocneeton.
course they intended to pursue. Circumstances had ,period
con-
dition to show that the. average divindoctiredsa upon those failures
arisen which rendered it necessary for them to take steps
would not exceed in amount the dividends upon the former
at once. In February last a pamphlet was published, failures. These failures had taken place among partie' who
containing accounts of the distress in various parts of were supposed to be perfectly safe--who had been considered
the country, which were collected by the Delegates then hitherto out of harm's way ; and even among those which as
assembled. The facts in that pamphlet are sufficient to yet stood firm, there was a nearer approach to insolvency
shake any man, to make any Government or Legisla- than they dared to contemplate. At that meeting alio-
ture, out of common honesty and patriotism, to look sion bad been made to the enormous deterioration
about them, and see if something could not be done to of mill property—a deterioration then stated to be from 30 to 40
stop the increase of the distress. But the state of the }ter cent..t.
deterioration
io}triolidi,ebretywasnow brought into the rn!.ket,
found to amount to upwards of 70 per
country in February was comparatively comfortable to , the e
celine erilloe a wouldi relate an instance to prove this. He
what it was at present. The laSt five months had ! .
new
k a concern which had become insolvent ; a ques.
been worse than the previous twelve months, and what I
1 that arose as to whether it should be worked or not :
would the next three months be 7—(Hear, hear.) It i the mill and property was taken at a valuation of
Was absolutely itnpesssible to sit at home and nut take I
18,0001. ; it had cost between 50,0001. and 60,0001., and even
the course they were then taking. The element in at that decreased valuation of 18,000/. it was now a doubtful
operation for meeting this distress was the enlighten- point whether it would not turn out a ' bad speculation.
ment of the people on the subject. Because if a man Another important
hfact, to whiclli he would alludeh,w, was
ethse,
was made acquainted with that which would ultimately emuimnpLieoendsofinbuitB4.
le,rsumcemat.arTeite
wel,tuirrgstoann oh h
r
d 183'6., had
affect him, or it' he was made acquainted with the suffer- fallen one-quarter in quantity, while in price it had increased
ings of his neighbour, humanity would teach himlo
turn his attention to the subject. Within the last six
40 per cent. . The diminution of the consumption of butchers'
meat by the working classes, could not, however, be estimated
months circumstances had occurred which had rendered
by this fall. The middle and upper classes would continue to
the state of the country a hundredfold worse than before,
consume the same quantity of butchers' meat in 1841 that
and they found that there was no chance whatever of
they did in 1835 and 1836 ; se that the average diminution of
relieving that distress if they sat at home without
consumptiono of butchers' meat by the working classes could
n
making an effort to abolish those laws which had pro- tbe considered -at less than one-half in 1841, as compared
of the /e doted the distress. That distress it would be easy for with 1835 and 1836 ; and the
ocfontshuelemptni
but he would not take up the time of the lessening weekly. The subject h
would
seit h. /eit, es-Ohy SUICIDE.—Mr. John Rees, manager him to depict, . relies ew aosf going
hoei npgo
oort.r
`44 bode
the second Provincial Bank at Devonport, destroyed him- meeting with follow him, and he would now pass on to the subject
details, because there would be sufficient rates in Leeds he should leave to the gentleman w o
leareetirour:ed instant, by cutting his throat with a razor in facts laid before them by others, who. came from the.
de 4t the bank 'le house it appears that he was neighbourhoods—there was no neighbourhood in of the employment of labour. Perhaps some gentlemen did
;40.4%4%444111t twenty-three years since' to a lady of suitable which the distress did not exist—who- would lay the not know what were termed gigs in Leeds. Gigs were machines
used for cutting smooth the nap of cloth. Of 400 gigs in
iis,,e_ heev he, who, within two years of her marriage, eloped facts before the meeting, and he would therefore leave
Leeds not more than cue-half were in employment, and the
lie,Z yairitugir with a military officer, and has resided for to the Delegates the task of laying before the meeting
Olt It'eeentl with
difference in the amount of wages paid in consequence amounted
her paramour at Brussels. Her companion facts more fully than had hitherto been gone into. But to 430,00 N. per annum. The decease in the employment of ,
Iv4):,' 'us etirn Y. died, leaving her with a family of seven children, there was one thing he would state, and that was, that gigs indicated a comearative decrease in the manufacture of
oe h?s't it isPseuded.to return to the neighbourhood of London,
the distress was universal.—(Hear, hear.) If they went clUth, and a comparative diminution in the amount of wages.
tere, , Parse, rnt!e4 she has been making repeated inroads
to Scotland they found Forfar, Glasgow, Paisley, in Taking into account the worsted and flax manufactures, he felt
Arnie to andrev It is said that she has latterly threatened to
tv-feernus non with a view to enforce some unjust and desolation. If they came further south they would justified in stating, that the amount of wages paid in Leeds
-tt:'' oil Aivianns. These circumstances have had such an hear from - a Delegate from. Newcastle' that almost a.amounted to 20000/ per annum less in 1841 than it had
in 1830 and 1836. At that meeting a Committee had been
,leil'less r. Rees' mind, as to nearly disqualify him for the whole of the working population were out
kself.' "d at len • appointed for the purpose of investigating the state of trade
;raid He ruse gth induced him to resolve on destroying of employment, and were living on the charity given
throughout the West Riding. Various questions had been
`eaa 'artly „ere eat seven o'clock on Saturday morning last, out by the town-council. He had a letter from 'Shield,
circulated throughout the Riding for that purpose, and a
14 . last se ' 's,ing himself, descended to the office, where lie in which it was stated that the trade was aletost auntie-
aki overM alive by considerable pardon of the details there collected had been
tio 4the „.,- the servant, who observed the top of hie bate,
i.
rte +k curtain. The man went to the stable, and i. In Lancashire many towns were ant (tally sub- 1-aid before the public in a Report made by the Committee
in the month of March last, to which he had taken
~,441',e o'clerie`o Ins master's bedroom at the breakfast-hour sisting on charity. Bolton and Stockport were in ae
state of —desolation. In Leeds it was worse still, there the liberty of adverting. The first part of the Report
elk -i. ahi 1 J discovered him seated on the sofa, partially lean-
t•td ' eft ar • or 40 000 persons existing upon charity alone. Irr hated to the deterioration of the rate of wages. There had
to ' anti his , rn, with the razor firmly clasped in his right ,wre, 30 '
att4tettl a sile.., Throat cut from ear to ear. On the table was 1, they went to Sheffield, he believed they would' been an average fall in the rate of wages of 20 per cent. in the
;. te!, et, ill "of paper. without date or signature. on which was find .that men were not posses,
sed of one quarter i yrs from 1639 to 1841, as compared with the ,yeararom 1t33
Ito 1835. But there had not merely been a fall in the rate of
nil Pencil - ,
•
tare gs, and
t), . a halt-tucid, half-incohereet statement of his i the comfort they had three years ag o--'men as able to
there had been a diminuti 'n in the amount of employ-
:. 'alai of ii, ints,the impossibility of his existing under the pref. i work as any living, and yet they were driven to the I wag",
the years 1839 and 1841, as compared
meet. The amount of employment had fallen off at least tw0.145.1
.145.1 Verdie, iortunes. An itiquest was held the same day, , lowest state of distress. It was the same in Derby- I fifths in
s4,.'es"on by 'hi, returned, of " Temporary insanity." Deceased • shire, He had seen a letter that morning in the i "wiith
into account the fall in the rate of wages,
the years 1833 to 1835. So that, taking
101:he Aidern,_:.,,e, but it is unknown where he is. Mr. Rees
% and the diminution in the amount of emeloyment, the earn-
t4o,ti
1,1,1_ he has iand Magistrate of the borough of Devonport, I Morning Chronicle, giving an account of the state of a I
),i .l classes for. resisted several years, and was greatly esteemed ! place called Hinckley, in Leicestershire, and he' would
' recommend all to read it, as it gave a faithful picture of jogs of the operatives were decreased at least fifty per cent.
Ail geath will the urbanit • and ,entlentss of his enalenere. ;by - working man
Vtion be ion i urbanity }and , g
cured '
in
the at 1). the prevalent distress. Coming further south, in the j The real wages, therefore, taken home the on
\ ie g and (trey.), Gel
jadho'nuldU3l3le%aftllere had
tut allude, Ay night..not now amount to above one-half of
hiswh ipnioisshesrsoioognh at documento ia that
, v --0,,e/ •i,. ft-
' ' rricultural counties of England the poor-rates were at I Setord• did
ao a
its ' . a
e its? laerCle BETWEEN THE ETO '
NuNs, AND thle moment rhpidly on the increase. (Hear, : whati
ithey•hheCi
•esa . seem ei
,farmer to w' c
They found in these counties the i
ei oarsmen ` c•inheas.—lt is now some years since Ale hear.) , , i statement most strikingly. Then with regard to the
-i.ii. er Arra of these two schools were matched against each who was paying 300 t, a year, saying that he must
I remit- trades, the decreased consumption of butchers'
(1, 'ft-oared m"g'rnents, however, have just been made for a reduce the wages of his labourers- because of that great
; meat had been accompanied by a corresponding decrease
to , . A,,,u,. etch to Come off on the Thames, on Tuesday tfii boon of the Government which was to assist the revenue
, lin the consumption of articles of provision of every description,
ei,4t: eten. r„sthe distance to be rowed being from Kew-b;id -and 'ge s commerce—because he would have to • pay the en- ' a ers and provision dealers of all sorts, were rapidly
t,, . lira • The Eton o,i; groe dink-
y
% „, Practice n.„ n crew, who are in excellent condition and. come-tax, he must therefore reduce his wages. Agee- 1,1. Ho Would not touch upon the'question of the Poor-rates
tee'.. i tele S,_ i'l be composed I Richards..
d.*
„,-, enavylton a (stroke oar), Court- Aleman had, come up from Manchester with him (Mr. 'of Leech, but he would merely allude to the comparative state
hard ew .
__ whittrtore w•li •
Heygate, Fellowes, Flolliot, and Rad- • Briobt) one who did not agree with them as to the means of the Poor-rates in the village of Idle. idle was an extensive
're also • a offate as emote
.ain. T Wes'minste t' '. s th relief of the digress, and he parish, engaged principally in the manufacture of white cloths.
,to w. In beautiful trim, so that the result is ' ehey propos:A for g
Ith eon • looked for- 1
sire:, e Weise . siderable interest. The last match was won said that the population of 6omersatshire were living In 1839 the number of persons relieved, amounted to 1,572,
of money expended, was 9581. In 1840 the
•4e, lie, f talinster schol b •E
• f ' d''
" charity. -If they went to thaf part of the and the amount
.or she . ars . eating the temans, a ter a acrd 1 2 - "Band
number relieve% , was ;30 , the amount expended was
:victor .
3'. country they would find that 20 or- 30,000 persons Were 4,93!•3 2d In 1841 the number relieved, was 3,098, and
'I, .! .1! ! - .

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Y and CoMMERCIAL NEWS.
74", QUARTER TO THREE.
ll,e theraess which the Funds have exhibited the whole
util!rtatig has been inereased by sane purchases of Reduced by
broker• Who usual] acts for Government. Consuls are 913
:Hers for the Opening ex dividend. and 91L 92 for the August
litirat; Three per Cents. Reduced, 91(; 92 ; Three-and-a-
Red Per MO% 100% ;'1 hree-and• a-Half per Cents.
99$ iced' 1003 10q1 • New Three-and-a-Half per Cents.,
TA, ; Bank Stock, 166 167 ; India Bonds, 26 ; Exche-
Th"llt. Old, 44 46 ; New, 46 47 prem.
Donis only transactions in Foreian Securities have been in
Cent,' at the price of 511 511 for the Two-and-a-Half per
for NI: a(1101 1014 for the Five per Cents. The quotation
tes'iziCan is 3574 36.
it th-e ne''s in Shres has been limited, the holders of Shares
positi Principal idles demanding higher prices, while snore die-
s/Uri:4' to sell has been evinced in the smaller and unfinished
4,54*. The purchases have been Edinburgh and Glasgow,
key_ Great Western, 86i ; Northern and Eastern. 3ei ;
The Eastern and Dover, 23% ; and Brighton, 341 35.
Ranae Bonds quoted to-day are:—Colombian, 22% 2234 ;
21A 6,lltiese Five
.per Cents., 34 , Spanish Five per Cents.,
and the Three per Cents., 21a.
unfortunates who were fleeced by the late filexican
114,_ares. it is reported, about to request the intervention of
gite',,,inittee of the South American Bondholders to'investt-
Lr., il!e business. It certainly appears to be a legitimate subject
ear interference, inasmuch as the serious fall which occurred
ehAr_rlsequenee of the report, to a great extent compromises the
tired ter of the Government. It is said that the decision ar-
Isry hat.bY the Committee of the Stock Exchange was at least
4sie'l;at,s_tY, and that every bargain made in the morning should
pro,en thoroughly sifted in order to ascertain if any
:hese bad been made of the information. It is to be hoped
T1;:e, B;uith American Committee will take the matter up.
ust 41".rmation from Ceylon is rather discouraging. As a
is„aisolarce for the revival of the cinnamon trade, had been been prepared, requesting that the export dutyanother might
/
; how far that may bring relief appears problems-
ktribt, bitv prices at present obtainable here being solely
1144 table to the large stock, the nucleus of which was formed
tiot h the article was a Government monopoly, by the cultiva-
dia,emfl() forced to an extent far beyond the demand. In ad-
this fact, the unsettled state of Spain, and partial (Ts-
Nerst'r rniring operations in South America, have caused the
`
aiAte. for exportation, in which the bulk of consumption c0n-
,144i; materially to fall off. One reason upon which the mei--
i 4 jail, there very strongly dwell, is the increased production
0%4' and other places in that neighbourhood under the
idea th" of the Dutch, but it seems difficult to reconcile the
14c at relaxing the duty would cause other countries to cease
It titivation of the plant.
irssti:eb"rvable that certain parties in Ceylon are making
,Attri sertiens to extend the growth of coffee and sugar, and
kiapteieine ilas shown that the soil of the island is admirably
rlttly for both. The demand for the former article is
plpt}increasing here, and it now goes far to sup-
sdi
ea 4fitieney between the production of the
West
the i 4(1 thi, consumption of the Kingdom. The alteration in
iitel4tY made by the. tariff, and the abolition of the system of
ttrth f.)reign by way of the Cape of Good Hope, will
increase the necessity for colonial, since it would seem
41.i,trT50111 be more advantat,eous to turn attention to articles
opt,si'z'ing consumption than to web as are evidently going
114iies as is the case with cinnamon.
ICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.
4,114., it AILw AYS. Paid. Per Share.
bitt. 0 and Glasgow
Gs, 4 INew
4,,at wt„,,tera
65
Norti°ll aoi Brighton
th,rn
ktith unid. Eastern
~mter.l and Dover 5O ...... 2:3/ 'o
Litt,
Wi
Liv p.
4tnti:4l'ool, COTTON MARKET, JULY 4.—The market
ass% in the same state as at the close of last week. Bum-
t4he.,ss dull, rid sales were confined to the trade, which pur-
theabeut 4,0,10 bales, inclusive of 400 Surat, 34d. to 4d. ;
:ievataintler fedip \vele American, at to 9d.
Sslanx MARKET, JULY 4.—Rather a better
"stetslsss ohslrvabie to-day, and a moderate amount of busi-
‘4ltre` done in Edinburgh and Glasgow new, at 3% ;
kis , 'Junction' New Quarters, 251; Great Western, 8611;
II ester and Birmingham, 22 and South Eastern New, 44.
k 4 • ,HESTER STOCK EXCNANGE, JULY 4.—We have had
40414e56U market to-day, and very little business has been
411116 London and Birmingham, 177 ; Manchester and Bir-
tad rz,ra, 2n 23 ; Manchester and Leeds. 76 77 ; Edinburgh
a-Notv, 44i 454.
CLOSING PRICES.
Ilttik BRITISH FUNDS.
per Stock
.. 1661 India Stock —pm
4Perr 'Cent. Reid.
pe Cent. cont..: — Ditto Old Annuities
,Cent. Red... 1001 Ditto New Annuities...
Aew I Per Cent... Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2d. 46 pm
Per Cen• Ditto 5001...... 44 pm
i,anutties to expire Ditto Small
bet. 18e0 ........123 Bank Stock for Acct —
,h,71859 . 12i India Stock for 0pg....
'a. 1860 . Consols for Opg. 91
dat3
. .....
........
t FOREIGN FUNDS.
S per cent.... Portuguese, 5 per cent.
urs.i—n) 5 cent Ditto, New Ditto
mliart 34
tteno orals
4il2AYres 6 per cent — ißussian, 5 per cent......
,t 11107„,, 6 per cent —li Ditto, Meta11ic...........
biltuitto.7iiat32,l4, 6 per cent — ISpanish, 5 per cent...... 214
,C.rteki1,,3,..y..e,r cent Ditto, Deferred.... .
IFreneh, 5 per cent. —f. —e.
siea..sla;2,.a 5 per cent. !Exchange
tat a per cent 351 !French, 3 per cent. --f. —e.
erukc'i.."..Per cent. 1 t 437 !Dutch, 21 per cent....... 511
'at 189.5,6 per ct. 171 Ditto, 5 per cont. .. 101
SHARES
tirrnin ham and Derby Railway (100 pd) 44
tristot g:.nd Exeter (70 paid) ... ..... . ••• 421
Cheltenham and Creat Western (S 0 paid)... 241
tidinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ...... 46
Ditto New Shares ( 3 paid ••• .... 3........ 1
Great Western Railway (65 paid)
London and Brighton (50 paid)
London and Greenwich Railway (122 15s 4d lid) 5i
11anehester and Leeds (70 paid) ...... 761
Northern and Eastern (45 paid)
`mouth Eastern Ma Dover (50 paid) 231
rcs }Ditto Scrip. ( 5 paid)
"

THE ANTI-CORN-L AW

CONFERENCE.

(rFHIS DAY)

' -LLLCTI ON COMMITTEES. •
(THIS DAY.) •
Tit 0 BELFAST.
‘l'Cutte„„litnaittee met to-day at eleven o'clock ; Mr.
Alec-11. in the Chair.
triliat.4ancler Warnock was then called in, and his exa-
tht "Inn resumed. He went to Mr. Bates' house after
tlkr election, to
get money for the sixty men ha had un-
-Ist, charge durine. the election. Saw Mr. Elliott
,'„'ut nothing was said about paying individuals for
;d-!tting• voterS, Had heard that 10/. was demanded
,41141( I„‘'iluala fur personating voters, but it was. not
g4rN his 'presence Some of the parties were (Jesse-
what the., received, and talked about takieg
rhleeh,lnka at law to recover the 101. each.—(Laughter.).
I.7.tei-',l'tness here said he wished to correct a part of
-b,„l'nee he had given yesterday. The newspapers
tet.:4-,', him sa that there was 50 or 60 personations
'‘rti- stil', and from 20 to 30 on the other. He did not
il•'aptikt was the case ; what he said was, that he had
41, ki•
~
11N; °V9NNELL—Never mind what you read in the
L°lll-413ers, only pay attention to what passes in this
-ttQr, less attention you pay to newspapers the
u51.„,4 rnination resumed Remembered Mr. Graphe
in'res.ted for personating a voter. Bail was after-
hkt L.Procured for him. Did not know who procured
llad seen a person named Wilson lately. He
-\"pner him any money to go to Scotland.
kNer,- SHAw—The letters he took to Mr. Johnson,
111, .11; Wilson did not make any charge for personation.
hWu% O.'CoNNELL—Never said he had got an order
esut 'lt'at'e any one. • Got a party to personate another,
per refused to take the oath. Considered it wrong
ktt fliate another, but thought it much worse to take
Th4th that he was another part.).
lurel,-,a,s Warnock was then called in,.and e.xatmivn.et..l
'lts; a' CoxNELL—Was the brother ot the ins.
by trade a sawyer. Attended a meeting at
t ei2e.Tle Thatched-house Tavern, shortly before the
•etilt it, nil. There was no person present when he first
-4114„., e , but afterwards there were several, but he could not.
Did not see James Ferris there, or M`Lauchim.
hlst6-"ght be eight or ten persons present. They met
Purposes of the election. Witness went there at
tit,o wn
hA request—(Laughter)—merely for the purpoSe
ng+—tuQting the business of the election. At the meet-
leade\:,hich 'took place on Saturday, they appointed
NVitness was one, and his brother was
There were five leaders altogether,
'tve 141"cmt sixty constituted the party, exclu-
the leaders. Could nut say he was.
4.3tlYtllln c lie c'Cie- that 60. Did not get any papers
Didirat look over any list. Saw George
211, thestreet during the election, but had no
wishhim. Met again on the J)1 on day, the
itZ,-",taination There was then a conversation as
t4,-.1 t,y wet. .to be paid, and ultimately it was :lir-
tnat they °were to have 15/. among them., r.
41..14 laade tla arrangement. Could not say whe-
t,lts Itta's t Wilson's house that the arrangement
:4' Took. a few lines to Mr. Wilson's house,
erth-street, on the subject of the meeting.
The
xanaination was proceeding when our report left.

trary, they bOre their sufferings with the,most exemplary patience.
But when men saw their families starving, void of any hope
for the future, was it not to be feared that wicked men would
avail themselves of the state of those poor people's minds, for
the purpose of inflaming them, and urging them to violation of
the law? All the working classes were agreed that there was
no ray of hope perceptible in the future, and he was convinced
that, unless the Legislature devised some remedy, the country
would have reason to shudder at the consequences.
Mr. WIIITEHEAD, of Leeds, next addressed the meeting.
He said he might perhaps be allowed to say a few words on the
subject touched on by his friend Mr. Johnson, because that
gentleman had not sufficiently explained the condition of the
poor. That gentleman had only mentioned the casual cases
of distress; he had not mentioned those who continually re-
ceived relief—the morning recipients as they were called.
Besides, he had only adverted to one township in Leeds, which
contained eleven townships. The number therefore of recipients
of relief was much greater than might be supposed from the
statements of Mr. Johnson. He (Mr. Whitehead) mentioned
this to account for the statement of a previous speaker, who
had mentioned the distressed poor as being:exceedingly nume-
rous. The overseers at. the present period paid 1,000/. per
month in relief, and the amount of " leakage" was more than
double the present year than what it had
amounted to in former, years. He would explain what
was meant by " leakage.' All the property in the town was
rated, as they all knew for the relief of the poor. A portion
of the property that was unoccupied did not pay any rates,
and a numerous class of persons were exempt from the pay-
ment of rates on account of their poverty. Those none-pay-
ments constituted what they termed " leakage." The amount
of this leakage was about thirteen per cent. ; for the present
year it would be twenty-six per cent. Thus the fund which
was to supply the means of relieving the poor would be in the
present year diminished by a sum double that which formed
the diminution of former years,----( Hear, hear.) Having
said so much, he would, with their permission, say a
little respecting the order to which he beloned, being de-
sirous, like limey others, to stand by his order.-Loud cheers. )
le the first place, he might be allowed to state that there had
been a meeting of shopkeepers in the township of Leedi—a
meeting different, perhaps, from any hitherto held in the king-
kom. He was one of the four individuals who had originated
that meeting.—( Hear, hears.) He would not lend his
hand to make it a party proceeding; he told them that
the proceedings should be general and stamped with the highest
author ity, and he would lend them his aid and do all in
power to assist them. There were two. Conservatives and two
Liberals.—( Cheers.) He would not go to his own friends for
signatures, unless he first got the Conservatives to sign. By
such means the requisition was signed by 15 Conservatives and
15 Liberals.—( Cheers.) He was cot enabled of his own know-
ledge to state the proportion of Conservatives to the Liberals.
Ile requisition was signed by 216 persons, who were
all known in the borough. He should say that at least
two-fifths of them were Conservatives (Cheers) and
in three weeks there must have been known to the
Conservative Members for the borough. He had never wit-
nessed such a meeting before. Every one of the resolutions
were carried unanimously, with the exception of one, as a
hand was held up against petitioning both Houses of Parlia-
:ilea. as be thought it was in vain to petition.—(A laugh and
cheers.) Tnat was the only dissentient voice they had ; there-
.ore the statements he would lay before them were stamped
with the highest authority. They did not come from the ca-
lumniated Anti-Corn-law League.—(Laughter.) They
did not come from those violent Radicals, of
whom they called him one, but from all classes and
all parties.—(Loud Cheers.) He would proceed to lay
befere the meeting some of the statements laid befors that
meeting. His own trade was that of a tea dealer, which was
an insignificant trade.. 4 A laugh.) But lie trade to which he
was about to allude, was the grocery trade. Be took the case
in o two of the grocers in Leeds, ani he would divide them
classes these paid the high rents, high rates, and occupied pre-
mises in the front streets of the t townships, and those who lived
in the suburbs of the former, it was a well known fact, and
which would seem extraordinary, not less than sixty had
failed during the last ten years, the greater portion having
failed during the last ihree years.
(The meeting was not concluded when we went to press.)

the two quarters already expired of 1842,
the amount expended, was 1,70/.. 3s.- 9d. For
the number re.
lievi d amoweed to 2,508, and the sum expended to 1,287/.
1 Is. 6d. The person from whom he had derived this infor-
mation stated in his letter, that the amount of pauperism could
not he judged of by the number of persons relieved, because
hitherto they had emp'oyed a great number of paupers upon
the highways, and they had been relieved out of the highway-
rate. Nearly everythieg had been clone to the highways that
could he done, and when the highway work should be finished,
he was at a loss to knew what could he done with the poor.
Hie informant concluded his letter by saying that, if some-
thing were not done, and d• ne speedily, they
must all perish, either by famine or by the sword,
The same person had told him (Mr. Plint ) he knew of cases,
not of starvatioe, but of death front the consequence of
insufficient sustenance, and such ca.es would be frightfully
prevalent througsout the destitute districts, unless something
were speedily done for their relief. He would now contrast the
state of the export trade in 1841 as compared with 1835. He
would read returns from the different villages. From Stangley
it was two. thirds less ; from Erreck it was three-fourths less ;
from Batley the export trade had nearly ceased ; and from
Put sey the export trade to Portugal and all parts of Europe, was
weTuht
se spe
aws es
er
de n outntahneismtaoteu
sml
ye nat
at not
fot
itiTdei-vfibduuratlhs,wbhuatt
ehraed bsteaetn,m.
meetings of the great body of the manufacturers held in each
village. In his own opinion the export wool trade of Leeds
with the Continent of Europe would in a few years entirely
cease. The correspondents of the Leeds manufacturers were
constantly stating that with regard to certain articles which
they had hitherto been in the habit of getting from Leeds they
could now get them cheaper on the Continent ; and an extensive
manufacturer had told him that the wool trade, as far as the
Prussian League was concerned, was passing to ex-
tinction and dying away. He would row allude
to the slept eciation of capital. There could be no mistake
with regard to the process to which capital had been subjected,
although .there might be as to the sweating process of gold,
about which they had heard so much.—(Cheers.) He had
some year, since calculated the total capital employed in the
woollen trade at 10,000,000/., of which 3,333,0001. was em-
ployed in the neighbourhood of Leeds. The capital of Leeds
and ifs neighbourhood had been depreciated 33 per
cent., and that loss had taken place in the float-
ins, capital, which rendered it the more embarrassing.
With respect to the decline of the trade in woollen cloth of
Leeds, he had found, last February, that 29 out of 209
billies were broken up since the year 1831 ; 34 were shut up ;
128 were making one-half or one-third time; and nine only
were working full time. He knew also that since that time a
further decline of the trade had taken place. There was, he
believed, a decline in the Leeds trade, since the year 1831, to
the amount of 500,0001. But it might, perhaps, be said that
trade had changed. and that although there was no longer
the same consumption of woollen cloth there was a
further demand for other articles.—( Hear.) It appeared
however, that no , uch increase had taken place. The people
of Huddersfield. and other districts, would 411 them that their
trade had shared in the general decline. The meeting would
find that there was no increase in any commodity, the produce
of our manufactures. With reference to the employment of
our woollen manufactures, he had stated in December lastehat
if they looked to the whole number of gigs in Leeds, they
would find them nearer to 400 than 300. He had reason to
know that, out of the entire number, the average amount of
labour amounted to no more than 2 3-sth days, instead of
6 days per week. The consequent decrease in the payment of
workmen, at ising from that diminished employment,
amounted to 81,984/, per annum. There was also
a falling off in the pat ments tor finishing, amount-
ing to 161000/. ; which made a total diminution
of wages in Leeds to the amount of 245,0001. in the
woollen trade alene. There was further a decline in the
worsted, flax, and machinery trade, which he might set down
at 430,001'1. more ; which would give 327,000/. as the diminu-
tion in the wages paid for the staple trade of Leeds. There
were in addition many other trades dependent upon that which
iiere not included in the calculation he had made. He be-
lieved that the entire diminution might fairly he set down at
450,000/. instead of 327,000/. How then was it possible,
while this was the case, to expect that the enormous
amount of privation and misery which existed could be
effectually met by begging letters—( Hear)—by poor-rates, or
by the charitab e contributions of individuals?—( Hear.) He
would say a few words with respect to the general state of trade
anti the condition of tse operatives. He had been for many
sears familiar with the condition of the working classes of
Lee is. He had known something of their habits, their ap-
peal acre. their expenditure, and their general style of living
10, 15, and •s 0 years ago. It was with pairs he had observed
that within the last 1 months especially a great change ha t
taken place in their condition, and even in their very looks. No
man who knew the ooerativ,es of Leeds 15 years ago, while in the
enjoyment of robust health, could now meet them without
observing that privation and deep suffering were written in
the very wrinkles of their countenances.—(Hear, hear.)
He had met, the other day, a man who had formerly beets
in cote:fortable circumstances, but who had share I in
the general reverses which had of late taken place,
as his sorry appearance evinced. That man asked him
whether he thought they could calculate on any alteration
in the state of trade; he replied that he thought not
before Christmas. " Then," said the poor mar. I shall
be ender the sod' before the time comes round. I can
assure you I have been two days together within
the last three months without any food. I now feel that within
me which tells me that, accustomed as I have been to live in
comparative comfort, my daysshall be ended, if the hoer of re-
lief does not soon arrive. He (Mr. Plint) had been
much struck by those expressions ; and he believed
they expressed the feelings of many of our operatives.
There was a circumstance which would probably give some
weight ire his opinions respecting the inefficacy of any remedy
which had as yet been devised to diminish the national distress,
and which he should, therefore, mention to the meeting. Two
or three months ago, on considering the measures brought
fore ard by the Government, and the concessions they had
made, he had expressed an opinion that those measures
would its their ultimate issue •preve greatly beneficial to the
country. He believed at that time that the country would be
enabled to get the vessel once more before the wind, arid to
bring her safe through the storm. But he now confessed that the
resources of the eountry appeared to him to be so exhausted
ands() paralysed that no adequate remedy had yet been offered,
and that we we never could expect to rally again ,unless some
more effectual measures were taken than any that had yet been
devised. The Co n-laws had been so long continued, thet-
foreigsers had been compelled to increase their manufactures;
and they evere now determined on protecting them to the ex- 1
elusion of ours. 'No relaxation on our part would therefore be
followed by a c rrcsponding concession by foreign nations. That
was the result of the insane policy which the Legislature
of this country had so long e ursued. —( Hear. ) They should
look with infinite alarm to the hostile position which the two
extreme classes of society in England had assumed. He s !et;
ueon the one hand the Legislature persisting in a course of po-
licy which could promote no interest but their own, while the
deqest dissatisfaction prevailed among the people whose interests
was sacrificed fur the benefit of a class. Ile believed that if a
collision were to take place, it would be one of the most
tearful character—a collision between the oppressor and the op-
pres•ed—between those in power and those who suffered under
their rule. There was further danger in the mistakes which pre-
veiled among the working classes relative to the manufacturers, I
and which a foul-mouthed man inthe House of Commons had so
insanely fostered. When Mr. Ferrand had brought for-
ward
his fallacies in the House of Commons, with, a
view to show that the manufacturers were the op-
pressors
of the people, the leading Minister of the I
Crown, who had himself avowed the principles of
free trade, declined to stand up and indignantly rebuke the
unmerited censures cast upon one of the most important clan es
of the community. The Prime Minister of England, forgetting I
that lie occupied the place of a representative of the interests
of the country at large, listened in silence to the
charges of Mr. Ferrand.—( Hear, hear.) There was
much of danger to he apprehended from the feuds which ex-
isted between the different classes in this country. There was
a very striking parallel between the present state of society in
England arid the state of society in France prior to the
French Revolution. There was this further circumstance to
alarm the privileged classes in England, that the great
mass of • he operatives were enlightened as to their own rights ;
and just in proportion to their enlightenment, and to their
sense of the iniquities they had suffered, was danger to be ap-
prehsended from their resentment of the wrongs they had endured.
The middle classes did not stand between the two
extremes of society, because sophism the most dangerous to
the neace of society had been resorted to, for the purpose of
feeding the. animosity, of the operatives against the class imme-
diately above them. The Prime Minister, so far from check-
ing. seemed to have countenanced those sophisms; and the
result of those proceedings was, that a wide and dangerous
breath haul been effected between the different classes of the
community.—(Cheers. )
Mr. JOHNSON, of Leeds,next prcceeded to address the meet-
ing. It would be his business to call their attention more
particularly to certain facts in reference to the operation of the
Poor-law in the township of Leeds. It so happened that since
the year 1895, he had been, with but little intermission,
a membet• of the Workhouse Board ; and he had thus had the
best opportunity of becoming acquainted with the conditions of
the working classes. He might first state in general terms,
that such had been of late the increase in the number of ap-
plicants for relief, even at Midsummer, that the administrators
attic Poor-law had felt the greatest difficulty in meeting the
claims upoin their friends. At the present season of the year
the busine:s of the Workhouse Board had formerly to be
transacted between the hours of two o'clock and seven o'clock
in the afternoon. Such, however, was now the increase of
applicants, that there were now two Boards; they commenced
their meetitigs at nine o'clock in the morning, and continued
sitting till one; they resumed again at two, and seldom were
their labours over before ten or eleven o'clock at night.—
( Hear, hear.) He would enter into a statement of the number
of applicants, and of the amount of relief dispensed during
the three months, commencing on April 1, and ending on
June 3(1, from the year 1838 to the present year.
In the year 183 st the number of applicants during the three
months to which he had referred, applying for casual relief,
was 626, and the amount of relief 822/.
amounted to 532, and the sum disbursed for their relief was
Hear, hear.) But during
7681. In the year 1639 the number of applicants
ors the 30th June last, the
was 573, and the amount disbursed 708/. lii the
number of applicants rose to 1,051, end
2'o'll'6l:at was the state of
iyearnthelB4yetair the number
tiie
he should avid
the
observe,relief thatdi
applicants he alluded to
thentiu)
etna,
number
aor
ruotneftr
applicants
relief inhe
tafsdt to
ale lr,
amounted
tni6tha
terminated
and
(o)
d that
the number of families, and each family usually
consisted, of course, of several individuals.—( Hear, hear. )
btinhuilneesdtsatiitnnogt2heithstseoloc
nu(omfill:L'eaerredsu;f
arose fund
from other funds must now, as s were exhausted,
A great number of persons who had been hitherto relieved
ial•funds for
was another clas
means of existence. There s—a superior
apply for relief to the parochial they had no other
class of operatives—who, when employed, had been snaking
large wagei, yrobably averaging 30:. a week ; out of this sum
they had been enabled to save something which supported
nut of employment; but now they were so long
that their little savings bad become
theirexhausted,
withoutw h
orkan, un
d they
had g , for the purpose
of providing the necessaries of life fur their. families, to sell
their watches, and such articles of furniture as were not indis-
pen,able to keep house. A considerable number of those
would now have to apply to the overseers for relief. An opera-
tive, whose business nets that of a wool-sorters and who had
been formerly ens liloyed in one of the first manufacturing houses
in Leeds, had called on him (Mr. Johnston) and stated that
he had three or. four full-grown sons—that nothing could give
Inns twee pain than the visit he was then obliged to make—and
be
those
ci,,ssen.....a feeling of the greatest pain and
lv,hisant'ittille.b,n!Seeattieas.t bzinisitkihuagr cobuirald bN,eithconftehrieredmreinanshimoi
woollen, and iron ma
emigrating with his cannily to 'ArneriCa. Such was the generel
feeling among
humiliation at being toweled to make those applications.
There was a general diminution of
_employment in every de
pertinent of manufacturing—in
nufacturing establishments. From the period to which he lead
reerred, the year 1825, up to the present time, great as were
the flax,
the opportunities he had of becoming acquainted with the feel-
ings of the poor, and intimate as was his knowledge of
those ' -feelings, he had never been cognisant of
anything like the despeedincy which he found to
pr, vaii at the present. time among those classes of the people.
Sleeking to him (Mr. Johnson) on this subject, a poor man
observed that whatever turned up hereafter, it could not be
Wiese than the.
present state of things. What, he would ask,
would be the consequecce if such feelings should spread among
the poorer orders of the community? Thy would not, he
knew, contemplate anythingliteeeil of themselves; on the con-

ATTEMPT to SHOOT the QUEEN.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sir,—Thinking it high time something like correct informa-
tion shoal be given in the columns of the public press, I seed
you the following:—
In the first place John Bean was not examined at the Home -
office on Sunday, for this reason, that he was not brought to
Gardiner's-lane station, until the Privy Council had broken up,
and we (the witnesses) had returned to our homes, but the boy
Bean was identified at the station-house by a young man who
had given sotne information on the Sunday afternoon, and who
had nothing to do with the examination at the Home-office
until Monday, when he was examined before the Privy
Council, and the witnesses Charles and Frederick Dassett, their
uncles John Jones and William Jones, of Paul-street, Finsbury,
together with the policeman. The result was, that Sir J. Gra-
ham made out a warrant to commit the boy Bean to Tothill-fields
Bridewelt till Wednesday, when we are all to appear. The boy
Bean's father was very much affected, and stated his son sad,
some few days ago, " that if he did not get work soon he should
do something desperate." I examined the contents of the
pis'ol nti Sunday, and it contained very small particles of tobacco
pipe cr g ace', Neither Mr. Abercrombie or I were examined
before the Privy Council on Sunday, as stated, but we were
at the staArnt-house. The individual, William Jones, expressed
hi'nself much hurt to see by the statement that be was " a poor
old loan, &c." which is decidedly untrue, he having been a
mater wood-turner in Liverpool f.:r eleven years, and has not
been in London many months, where he now works as a jour-
neyman, anti supports a wife arid three children respectably ;
his age is about 33 ; he had been on Sunday taking a walk
with his eldest daughter, about nine years of age. The pre •
ceding is from my own personal observation and connection
with the parties, so if ytu like to use the information, it is
t'our's to do so.—l am, Sir, in haste, respectfully yours.
H. W. HAWKES.
• 21, Brunswick-place, City-toad, Tuesday Noon.

%lONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.

MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.
BOMBAY, BENGAL, AND MADRAS PRESI-
DENCIES.

APPOINTMENTS, PROMOTIONS, &C., &C., ANNOUNCED SINCE
DISPATCH OF LAST OVERLAND MAIL, ON THE 2D MAT,
MADE UP TO THE LATEST DATES RECEIVED.
BOMBAY.

STAFF.---Capt. P. K. Skinner, Deputy Judge Advocate
General, posted to the Poona division of the army ; Captain
W. E. Rawlinson, Deputy Judge Advocate-General, posted
to the northern division of the army.; Capt. Whichelo, Senior
Assistant Commissary-General, directed to take charge of the
Deputy Commissary-General's office at the Presidency ; and
Captain Threshie to replace Captain Whichelo iu Poona;
Lieut. L. N. Raikes, 16th N. 1., appointed Commissariat Agent
at Bhooj. The appointment of the Muster Master at this
Presidency cancelled.
31) REGIMENT CAVALRY,—Cornet Buck'e posted.
ARTlLLERY.—Lieutenant T. G. Macdonnell, deceased, on

passage from Aden, on the 9th inst.,- Second Lieut. G. R.
Douglas posted to the 2d troop Horse Brigade.
INFANTRY.—Ist European Regiment—Lieut. J. Ramsay
promoted to the rank of Captain by brevet; Ensign Daly
appointed Acting Adjutant to the Guzerat Provincial Batta-
lion ; Lieutenant Furneaux allowed leave to the Neilgherries
on medical certificate. 3d Regiment Native Infantry—Lieut.
_A. M. Hazelwood, promoted to the rank of Captain by bre-
vet ; Ensign J. R. Swinton posted. 6th Regiment—Lieut.
W. B. G. Blenkins to be Captain, and Ensign J. Field to be
Lieutenant, in succession to Thatcher invalided ; Ensign T.
D. Ker posted ; Lieutenant Bt. Captain F. Mayor promoted
to be Captain, and Ensign C. Hodgkinson to be Lieutenant;
Ensign J. D. Sirnson posted; Ensign J. Field to be Adjutant,
vice Mayor, resigned the appointment. 7th Regiment—Lieu-
tenant W. Tcptiam promoted to the rank of Captain
by brevet. Bth Regiment—Lieutenant J. R. Stewart pro-
moted to the rank of Captain by brevet. 9th Regiment—
Captain J Ramsay allowed leave to the Neilgherries on me-
dical certificate. 17th Regiment—Captain W. Knipe de-
ceased at Kurrachee, 9th May. 19th Regiment—Brevet
Captain Renny appointed to act as interpreter to the Marine
Battalion. 20th Regiment—J. It. Kiely to be Captain, 'nd
Ensign E. Campbell to be Lieutenant, in succession to Bal t-
win invalided; Ensign G. M. D. Barnes, posted; Ensign W.
V. Shewell attached to do duty with the 2d European Light
Infaitry. 21st Regiment—Lieutenant E. Green promote d to
the rank of Captain by Brevet. 22d Regiment—Lieutt nant
r..omas deceased at Maligaum on the Ist of May ; Ensign J.
G. Miler, to be Lieutenant, vice Thomas, deceased ; Ensign
G. E. Stewart, posted. 23d Regiment—J. C. Forbes direcieel
to resume his appointment of Assistaat to Superintendent of
Revenue Survey in the Deccan; Lieutenant J. Sinclair pro-
moted to the rank of Captain by brevet. 24th Regiment—
Lieutenant Stone, deceased at Bahaderpoor on the 12th of
May, and Ensign Commeline on the samo day at Asseergeur.
25tn Regiment-,•Captain H. C. Teesdale to be Major ; Lieut.
T. NV. Follett to be Captain, and Ensign A. J. Thomson to
be Lieutenant in succession to M‘Mahon retired ; Ensign H.
Grice posted.
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.—Assistant-Surgeon Campbell,
M.D., attached to the 2d battalion of Artillery. Assistant-
Surgeon R. J. Henan, attached to the left wing, 2d Regimrnt
of European Light Infantry. Assistant-Surgeon Parsons, 2d
troop of Horse Artillery, deceased, at Peoria, the 11th of 111ay:

Asiibtant-Surgeon L. Cameron appointed' to the medieil
charge of the 2d troop of Horse Artillery.
BENGAL.

STA Fr.—Lieutenant H. Penny, of her Majesty's 13 Foot,
Aide-de-camp to the Major-General commanding the Dina-
pore division, permitted to resign his staff situatton.—Cipt.
H. D. Maitland, 72d Native Infantry, appointed Major of
Brigade at Meerut.—Captain W. Shortreed, Ist European
Light. Infantry, to be Major of Brigade at Kurnaul.—First
Lieutenant Ommaney, Engineers, to officiate as executive
engineer of the Agra division.—Captain H. Spottiswoode,
of the 21st Native Infantry, appointed Military Secretary to
the President of the Council ie India.—Brevet Captain G. W.
Williams. of the 29th Native Infantry, appointed to officiate as
commandant of the Calcutta Native Militia.—Lieut. Mayn,
37th Native Infantry, appointed to officiate as Deputy-Assist-
ant Quartermaster-general of the 2d ela=s.—Lieutenant T. R.
Harrington promoted to the rank of Captain by brevet. 6th
Regiment—Lieutenant. J. A. D. Ferguson allowed to leave
Sigmtpore and the Straits, on medical certitiicate. Bth Regi-
ment—Cornet F. W. Drummond promoted to Lieutenant, vice
Pattison, deceased ; Cornet H. E. Young posted • Lieut.
T. T. Tucker appointed to act as second in command of Bth
Irregular Cavalry. 9th Regiment—Cornet W. A. A. Thom-
son posted. Cornet H. G. C. Plowden, attached to the
Niz.on's Army, placed temporarily at the disposal of his Ex-
cellency the Commander-in-Chief.
ARTILLERY—Second Lieutenant M. J. Vibart returned to
duty from furlough to Europe ; Second Lieutenant C. K.
Sibley permitted to resign the service; Major Woodrooffe
perinitteA to retire from the service ; Captain ( Brevet Major)
G. R. Crawford to be Major ; •Lieut. and Brevet Captain .1.
D. Shakespeare to be Captain; and Second Lieutenat R. H.
Pollock to be First Lieutenant, in succession to Woodrooffe,
retired.

ENGINEERS—First Lieutenant E. L. Ommaney returned to
duty from furlough to Europe.
INFANTRY—Major W. J. Gardner to be Lieutenant-Co-
lonel, vice Oliver, killed in action. Ist European Light In-
fantry—Brevet Major D. Birrell appointed to the command of
the convalescent depot at Landour. Ist Regiment of Native
Infantry—Ensign C. H. Hickey to be Lieutenant, vice 'Walker,
deceased ; Ensign J. Dawson ( let) pasted. 3d Regiment
—Captain C. Rolfe, deceased in camp at Malthoue, o
the 19th of April, from a wound received in aci in with
the 13oondelans. 4th Regiment—Brevet Captain D. Wilkie
appointed to officiate as second assistant to the Rt sident at
Indere. Bth Regiment—Ensign It. Cox, poste I. 9.. h
Regitnent—Lieutenant E. T. Dalton to officiate ,s juniJr
Assistant to the Commissioner at Assam. 13th Regiment
Captain G. H. Edwards to be Executive Officer at Culmijole.
14th Regiment—The appointment of Lieutenant C. Showers
to be Adjutant of the sth Irregular Cavalry cancelled ; Capt.
Brevet :%lajor R. Thorpe to be Major ; Lieutenant Brevet
Captain P. Innis to be Captain ; Ensign W. Hampton to be
Lieutenant, in succession to Gardner, promoted; Ensign
F. A. V. 'fhurburn, posted 15th Regiment ; Ensign W.H.D.
ROSS, Posted. 19th Regiment—Lieutenants H. V. Stephens
and D. C. Shute, placed at the disosal of the Commander-
in-Chief. 20th Regiment—Lieutenant-Col. N. Wallace, re-
ceived from 69th Native Infantry. 21st Regiment—Lieut.
L. Lowry, returned to duty from furlough to Europe ; Ensign
G. N. Cave 'posted ; Brevet Captain G. Cart, returned to
duty from furlough to 'Europe. 27th Regiment—Lieutenant
C. Scott appointed Principal Assistant to the Commissioner of
Assam. 28th Regiment—Lieutenant-Colonel H. Burney, re-
ceived from 68th Regiment Native Infantry. 39th Regiment
Ensign J. H. Firth appointed to act as Interpreter and Quar-
terma,ter to the 9th Regiment Light Cavalry. 41st Regi-
ment—Ensign F. J. Elsegood, lately doing duty with the 23
Assam Sebundy Corps, placed at the Commander- in -
Chief's disposal. 42d Regiment—Ensign W. Harcourt per-
mitted to return to Europe, on medical certificate. 45th
Regiment—Lieutenant I'. C. H. D'Oyly, deceased at Be.
pares, 24th April. 47th Regiment—Ensign J. Dawson (2)
posted Captain D. Pott, permitted to return to Europe, on
medical certificate. 52d Regiment—Ensign W. R. Y. Haig,
permitted to return to Europe, on medical certificate. 55th
Regiment—Brevet Captain J. Butler, appointed Junior As-
sistant to the Commissioner of Assam. 58th Regiment—En-
sign L. Ci. Da Costa, posted. 60th Regiment—Captain C. H.
Cobse, transferred to the invalid establishment ; Lieutenant
( Brevet Captain) J. T. Geils, to be Captain and Ensign ; J.
Montgomery to be Lieutenant, in succession to Cobbe, inva-
lided ; Ensign G. Birch, posted, and directed to do duty with
the 4th depot battalion. 65th Regiment—Ensign 1. W.
Hilton, posted. 68th Regiment—Lieut.-Colonel H. Burney,
returned to duty from furlough to Europe, and transferred to
28th Native Infantry ; Lieut.-Colonel G. W. A. Lloyd, received
from 28th Regiment Native Infantry. 69th Regiment—En-
sign H. E. Smith, posted ; Lieut.-Colonel R. Home, received
from 20th Regiment Native Infantry. 74th Regiment—Capt.
'N. Camberlege, allowed leave to the Cape of Good Hope or
New South Wales, on medical certificate.

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAT.
TlMES.—Sufficient time having now elapsed for a Report to
be eiade to Parliament by the Commissioners sitting on the,
ease of the holders of forged Exchequer bills, the parties and
the moneyed interest generally are looking with interest and
anxeity for its am earance, though they do not doubt a favour-
able report on claims placed by the strict investigation of the
Commissioners beyond the reproach of bad faith. It is to be
loped that no unnecessary delay will take place on the part of
the Commissioners themselves in making their report, for the
ses.ion is drawing near to a conclusion, and to allow these
claims to stand over to another would be to inflict extreme suf-
fering on the parties, even tl.ough permitted with confidence to
look forward to the next ses: ion for a favourable decision. To
procrastinate in such a case is almost equal to a denial of jus-
tice: and the Commissioners will compromise the character
of Parliameht itself if they do not do their duty, and do it
promptly.
With an improvement in the rriee of nearly one quarter per
cere., the English Stocks have maintained a firm appearance
all day, the news from India inspiring the jobbers with confi-
dence to operate upon a depressed market for a rise, which
movement the easiness of money has considerably assisted.
HERALD.—The papers from India by the Overland Mail
communicate no improvement in commercial affairs. On the
contrary the ports of India are crowded with shipping, which,
having arrived there well loaded with cargo of manufactured
and other commodities from Europe, were unable to find return
freight. It is, however, satisfactory to find that the attempt to
naturalise American cotton in India, and to bring the native
cotton to greater perfection by its cultivation according to the
American method, has not been so unsuccessful in other dis-
tricts as in those formerly reported upon as under the special
superintendence of American agents sent out by the Kest India
Board. Mr. Robert Wight writes from Coimbatore that in
despite of the damage suffered by the plants from a long and
continued drought of ten weeks, the opportune fall of refresh-
ing showers had revived the plants, and caused them to shoot
out afresh, so that on picking a crop of American cotton and
seed had been obtained at the rate of 2201b5. per acre,
and at' Indian cotton, cultivated on the American s3stem, of
from 300 to 500Ibs.
SUN.—Although the extent of business during the whole
day was but of small moment, prices of the Stocks
were exceedingly well supported ; Consols leaving off
914 for the opening, cx div. ; Reduced, 914 92 ;
IBank Stock. 166 167 ; Exchequer Bills experienced a
further advance, the Old Bills bearing a premium of
46 48, and the New ones 43 45.
The prices of Foreign Securities were a trifle higher
than on Saturday. Belgian, 1014 1021 ; Dutch Two-
and• a-Half per Cents., 5l a 514 ex div. ,• the Five per
Cents., 1014- 1014 ; Danish, 81 82 ; and Brazilian, 64 66.
The quotation for Mexican was 364 361.
The Share Market has been more animated, and pur-
chases more extensively made titan of late. These have
been almost exclusively confined to investment, the pre-
sent prices of the funds rendering these securities far
preferable, as in the majority of cases they yield a better
interest ;—London and Birmingham were 176 178 ;
Birmingham and Gloucester, 49 50 ; Great Western, 86
88 ; the Half Shares, 614 611 ; South Western, 60.61 ;
North Midland, 59} 604 ; the New Shares, 30 301 ;
South Eastern and Dover, 234 24 ; the •Serip. 3-i 4 ;
Eastern Counties, 84 9 ; Northern and Eastern, 39 40 ;
131acicwall, 99i ; and righton, 344 35*.
Quotations tor the Bonds were—Colombian 224 22,? ;
Peruvian 16 17 ; Portuguese Five per Cents, 34 ;
and the Three per Cents. 20 20i, ex div. ; Spanish Five
per Cents., 21 214 ; the Three per Cents., 21* 214, ex div.
The Bank of England no longer, for the present at
least, afford-s the public the accommodation.of receiving
light sovereigns in sums of 201. to 80/., in consequence
of the rotunda being required to pay dividends ; they
promise, however, to resume it as early as possible. It
hiss been justly Observed that the time which has elapsed
since the proclamation has been amply sufficient for the
discovery of some other office in which the coin could
be exchanged. It is true that the bullion dealers will
purchase, but by selling to them the extra" loss is
nearly a shilling in. every 201.
,It is to be hoped that
• the opportunity will be again afforded by the'Bank
almost immediately, the pressure for dividend warrants
not continuing beyond two or three days, when they
might •be transferred with less inconvenience to sonic
other part of the building.

INVALIDS.—Captain F. Moore, allowed leave to the hills
north of Deyrah for one year, on medical certificate.
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.—Surgeon H. Chapman, posted
to the 23th Regiment Native Infantry, at Barrackpore ; Su-
perintending-Surgeon G. King, permitted to proceed to
Europe, on medical certificate; A•sistant.Surgeon C. M.
Henderson, M.D., posted to the 68th Regiment Native In-
fantry ; Surgeon G. G. Brown, M.D., directed to afford me-
dical aid to the Bth Cavalry.
CADETS AND ASSISTANT-SURGEONS ADMITTED TO THE
SEILVICE.—Mr. F. Whiting, Engineers : Mr. H. G. Courtney,
Artillery; Mr. P. Alexander, ditto; Mr. H. J. B. Macleod,
ditto; Mr. S. Stallard, ditto; Mr. W. C. Gott, Infantry.
MADRAS.

STA FF.—Captain G. W. Osborne, Deputy Judge Advocate
General, to conduct the duties of the 2d district. Lieutenant
R. Hunter, Acting Deputy Judge Advocate General, is trans-
ferred to the 7th district, during the absence of Captain Bur-
nou, Foreign service. Lieutenant J. S. Freshfield, Ist Light
Cavalry, appointed to act as Deputy Judge Advocate General,
and posted to the 4th district. Captain J. Shiell, Pay-master
in the centredivision, granted leave to Bangalore and Neilgher-
ries, on sick certificate. Captain (Brevet Major) P. Hamond
transferred from the office of. Commissary
.of Ordnance, Hy-
derabad, subsidiary force to that of Commissary of Ordnance,
Fort St. George. Captain S. S. Trevor (Artillery) ap-
pointed Commissary of Ordnance Hyderabad subsidiary force.
Captain G. Briggs, Artillery, appointed Deputy Commis-
sary of Ordnance, Tenasserim coast. Lieutenant C. A.
Brown, 7th Native Infantry, appointed an acting Sub-Assistant
Commissary-General.
ENGINEERS.—Captain (Brevet-Major) A. Laire, to be
Major; First Lieutenant (Brevet Captain) E. Lawford to be
Captain ; and Second Lieutenant J. Ouchterlony to be First
Lieutenant. vice Cotton, retired. First Lieutenant H. A.
Lake returned to duty from furlough to Europe. Lieutenant
W. 11. Horsley, appointed Civil Engineer of the Bth division.
Lieut. P. M. Francis to act as Civil Engineer of the 7th divi-
sion during Major James's absence on sick certificate.
CAVALRY'.—Lieut.-Colonel T. K. Limond permitted to re-
tire from the service. Senior Major S. Bullock, 3d Light
Cavalry, to be Lieut.-Colonel. 3d Regiment—Captain (Brevet
Maj.,r).W. Hyslop to be Major ; Lieutenant L. Maequeen to
be Captain ; and Cornet J. r. Johnston to be Lieutenant, in
succession to Bullock, promoted. 4th Regiment—Cornet J.
S Douglas, posted. 6th Regiment 4-Lieut. St. V. Pitcher,
deceased, at Kamptee 27th April.
A ItT ILLERV.— First Lieut. H. C. Wade, appointed Adjutant
and Quarter-Master to the Ist Battalion. 2d Lieutenant C.
A l'urvis, removed from thp Ist Battalion to the Horse Bri-
gade. .2d Lieutenants Holmes, Mann, Thornton, and Irving
appointed to do duty with the 2rl Battalion.
INFANTRY.—Major F. H. Ely, 42d Native Infantry, to be
Lieutenant. Colonel in succession to Gibson, promoted to Ma-
jor-Genera! by her Majesty's brevet. Lieut.-Colonel (Brevet.
Colonel) John Henry ton)) nel, vice Hackett, deceased.
Major E. A. M'Curdy to be Lieutenant-Colonel in succession
to Henry, promoted.l st European Regiment—Lieut.-Colonel
W. J. Bradford, permitted to retire from the service. 4th
Regiment Native Infantry—Capt. Kirby, deceased at Madras
on the 23d of April ; Lieutenant (Brevet Captain) P. A. C.
Powys to be Captain; and Ensign P. R. J. Wood to be Lieu-
tenant, vice Kirby, deceased. 9th Regiment, Lieutenant
(Brevet Captain) C. Garrow, permitted to return to Europe
on furlough. 10th Regiment—Captain Foskett, deceased at
SrTunderatiad 24th of April; Lieutenant (Brevet Captain)
F. Henderson to be Captain ; and Ensign A. Ross to be Lieute-
nant, vice Foskett, deceased, 11th Regiment—Lieutenant
(Brevet Captain) J. 0. C. Farran to be Captain; and. Ensign
R. Benson to be Lieutenant, vice Wynter, deceased. 23d
Regiment Native Light Infantry—Lieutenant T. J. Newbold
to be Captain ; and Ensign C. Mortlock to be Lieutenant,
vice Cooke, invalided; Lieutenant C. Alortlock, permitted
to return to Europe on furlough, for one year, without
pay. 27th Regiment—Captain R. Thorpe to be Major;
Lieutenant (Breve-c. Captain) J. D. P. O'Neal to be Captain ;
and Ensign F. T. Gerrard to be Lieutenant, in succession
to M'Curdy, promoted. 32d Regiment—Lieutenant-Colonel
J. Wilson, appointed to do duty with the loth Native In-
fantr'. 34th Regiment—Major E. Armstrong returned to
duty from futlough to Europe. 36th Regiment—Lieutenant
(Brevet Captain) J. Wilton, placed in charge of the .in!,a,7
lids of the Company's Service proceeding to
ship Sesostris. 40th Regiment—Lieutenant Gl.,l!•!,_*:°ns ‘1,:,:
pointed to act as Assistant Surveyor-Generald;
duty.g 42d
Roberts and J. C. P. Prescott attached to Englandtftn
ap-
pointed e
Regiment—Captain P. Henderson. to be
ay to be Captain , an
Br,vet-Captain K. V. P. tbanovr Majoro; Lieutenant.d
in succession to Ely,
proiooted.
En.igti S. Gibbon to ho
on medical certificate. 47th
4.6t1A regiment—Lieutenant T. Greenaway,
permitted to return to Ee.roll
.G. Newell, permitted to
Red :ergot—Lieutenant Colonel
ti • t both Regiment—
return to Europe
on
medicalto act as a Sub-Assistant Commissary.
Captain E. T. Morgan certificate. e.
blot Regiment—Major-General
General until further orders.

A Presbyterian minister, in the reign of King
William 111., performing; public worship in the Tron
Church ut Ediaburgh, used this remarkable expreSsion
in his prayers :—`• Lord have mercy upon all fouls
and idiots, and particularly upon the town council ot
Edinburgh."
EcLirsr,.—On Friday morning next, the Bth inst.,
there will be an almost total eclipse of the sun, which will be
visible if the air prove clear. As an eclipse of the sun always
begins on his western, or right-hand side, it will commence,
or the first contact will be at 43 minutes past four in- the morn-
; the greatest obscuration at 36 minutes past five, when,
dividing the sun into twelve equal parts, or, as they are fre-
quently termed, digits, nearly nine out of the twelve will be
~cliyhed in tha northern limb, and the sun will appear as the
moon wh n three wr four days old. The eclipse ends 33 mi-
nutes past. six o'clock. This is the largest solar eclipse we shall
hava till Oct. 9, 1847.
TIIE LATE FIRE IN BERMONDSEY.—AS far as
can be collected, the losses that will fall on the different Insu •
ranee Comptniss, are as-subjoined; British Fire-office,s,6oo/. ;
Picenix, 4,300/. ; Sun, 2 5001. ; Royal Exchange, 1,5101/.
Globe, 5001. ; Guardian, 500/. ; Union, 3001. ; County, 300/. ;
Total, 15,5001.
Ton Poalt-ir...t.w IN WALES.—At the recent Quarter
Ses.ioas for Anglesea, the Chairman, Mr. J.Williams(Treffus),
referring to the exi•ethe Of the Peor-law, in his address to the
Gaand Jury, said that there had been, and was, a large annual
increase in this item ot expense. The average total expense
of the years 1834,1835, and 1836. was 16,500/. ' • 1837 might
be regarded as a broken year. In 1838 the total expense for
the country was 15,167!. In 1829 it was 16,3001. In 1840
it was 17,4191.; and in 1841, 17,646/. •
CAUTION TO THE FAIR SiN. EN GRANDE TOILETTE.
—A lady bad a perfeetly new silk dress, cape, and scarf, most
wantonly destroyed, on Saturday levelling last, by oil having
been poured.over it, in walking along the streets frorn tegent-
treet to the neighbourhood ot queepTsquare,

Hackett, deceased, at Cannanore, April 18. 52d Regiment—
Captain F. A. Clarke returned to duty from furlough to
Europe.
I!ivALID ESTAIILISHMENT.—Capt. T. W. Cooke posted to
the Ist Native Veteran Battalion.

Al F. DICA r. DEPA ATMENT. —Assistant-Surgeon J. Batton
removed from the 17th Native Infantry, to do duty with the
2d Battalion of klillery. Assistant-Surgeon W. Scott, M.D.,
removed from her Alnjeaty's 57th Foot, to do duty with 3ist,
Light Infantry.
CADETS AND ASUSTA NT-SURGEONS ADMITTED TO THE
SERVICE. A. W. Bernal. for the Cavalry; Mr. E. AL
Irving, for the Artillery ; Mr. W. S. ;Vann. for the Artillery •
311.. C. M. J. Thornton, for the Artillery;- Air. G. B.
Homes, for the Artillery; Mr. W. Iloberts, for the infantry ;
Air. J. C. P. Prescott, fur the Infantry; Mr. H. G. Luttrell,
31. D., Assistant-Sot geon.

THE BRAZILIAN CHAMBEVS'
We subjoin a traus:ation of the Report prk`6nted by
the Brazilian Cabinet to his Imperial Majesty, on which
was indor,q±d the Royal decree of dissolution alluded to
under this head on Saturday. It is an important docu-
ment, possessing considerable interest for all- British
merchants connected with the Brazils :
"DISSOLUTION OF THE BRAZILIAN CHAMBERS.
Sir,—The Ministers of your Imperial Majesty would savour
a grave responsibility towards the country, betray their own
consciences, and be unworthy of the confidence with which
lour imperial Majesty has honoured them, if they were not
with the most ptofound respect to pray your Majesty for a mea •
sure which circumstances imperatively clam for the ma-ntenance
of monarchical, constitutional, and representative government,
the only one which can insure the salvation of the State against
the intrigues and obstacles of factions.
" It is, without any doubt, better to prevent in time the
incalculable fatal consequences that follow in the rear of the
march of factions, than to enter into a strife with them after
having produced already irreparable e.arnage.
" The present Chamber of Deputies, Sir, does not possess
that moral force which is indipensable to accredit its acts and
to strengthen the representative system amongst us. It can-
not represent the opinion of the country, because an expression
of the national will and public necessities can only be the pro-
duce of freely given votes.
't The existence of this Chamber is not compatible with the
idea of a regular Government, because in it predominate men,
who, putting aside all constitutional means, would net refrain
a moment from subvertieg and invading all the ideas of social
organization, and from usurping and superseding all the other
powers of the State.
" The recollection of the intrigues and acts of violence
which in the election of the present Chamber of Deputies were
committed almest on every point of the empire, are strongly
impressed on the tomes; of the Brazilians. An electoral
triumph over all the laws of public decency was the object for
which influences which in spite of the national will, at that
time predominated, united all their strength, and success
crowned those deplorable efforts to such an extent, that they
command a decided majorisy.
Ail Brazil, Sir, will rise to testify that in 1840 no regular
and lawful elections took place. Public authorities, whose ade
hesion was suspected or doubtful, were unlawfully said even
en masse supended; girders drawn up in conformity to the de-
, sired ends were confided to the agents that had to preside at
the electoral proceedings, in order to remove obstacles, and to
prevent the action and success of the national will. Public
functionaries were forced to a cruel option between a sacrifice
of their conscience or of the bread of their children ; persons
emp!oyed in public works ree.t buildings, soldiers, sailors of the
imperial marine were constrained to march in a body to the
pell,*and tht;re to register votes imposed on them beforehand ;
subaltern agents of little morality, empowered to act according
to their own discretion, eureiled and armed individuals whose
electoral rights re ere more than questionable, and many of whom
did not even belong to the parishes in which they voteel. These
regiments invaded the churches, and tore from the table
violently the citizens constituting the board for the direction
of the elections, and substituted others for them by force.
They expelled them from the churches under insults and me-
naces—peaceable citizens that had come there for the exer-
cise of one of the mist precious rights of a freeman, that of
electing his representatives, and when those regiments were
not sufficient—when the citizen was not cowed at a nod of
those agents, supported by an armed force, the churches were
attaeked, profaned by bayonets, and Brazilian blond was spil-
led. When al those m ans failed they devised another expe-
dient, that of disturbing by all modes possible the electoral
operations. When a resjoeity of citizens had retired without
giving in their lists, the urns were, notwithstanding, found
filled with a number of those lists, exceeding that id the active
citizens of the parish. From the hands of those who had pro-
claimed them the electoral boards received the lists by scores
and in bundles, eithout caring whether signed or not, or whe-
ther beat iug the names of active citizens or mere children, or
slaves, or fictitious Lames ; end as if that was not enough, the
verification of votes by these boards AM made a subject of
scorn and laughter, mid thus the right of voting turned into a
h,tter mad criminal derision. They counted the votes as it
suited them—they read the name% et voters as they chose—they
verified the lists by scares. This caplet: was with indignation
a witness of the saturnalia nicknamed the elections of a free

people.
To these encroachments others were added ; the urns,
were surreptitiously taken away, and to the true lists, at least
to those publicly received, they substituted others that welt.
false, and those interested in these proceedings did nut shrink
back from such a ,c •ndaloui and undisguised falsification of
pubic acts, when the reitatts to be expected were not according
to their wishes.

In some n_ -aces the number of electors was augmented in
an it:ere:tilde and frightful manner; in some colleges, not
nititering a hundred electors, more than a thousand votes were
handed in.
" There is scarcely any part of the empire, Sir,. where these
crimes again.t the freedom of voting was not committed in the
elections of the present Chamber of Deputies.
" A Legislative Chamber, tainted by so many crimes, die.
credited in the general opinion of the Brazilians, who witnessed
them, can nerve acquire the esteem and the veneration neee.a..
sary to produce a moral torce, indispensable for such a political.
body, and for the maintenance of a Representative Govern-
ment. Its acts will never experience that easy and voluntary
obedience, producers by a conviction on the part of the governed,
who expressed their intentions by the means of a free election.
Such a Chamber, whatever may be its numerical forces, can
under no circumstances command public respect.
" Whatever passes in a Legislative Chamber, being neeessatily
i beim' sht to publicity, ;.rovokes to discussion the intelligence,
1 the passions, the interests of all the members of the assecia-
tions, and is, frorn day to day, judged, condemned, or approved.
" With what moral toree roust it be inv.sted, what confidence
must it command, if its authority is not to be endangered by its
daily verdicts?
igainst the Chamber of Deputies Just assembled from
every part of the empire voices are raised reproaching them
with their origin, that was a violation of the law ; on the very
day of election, on every point of the empire, protests were en-
tered against that Chamber, branded by public opinion, and its
immediate dissolution was loudly demand,.', and every fact that
happened afterwards only served to coofieni the justice of that
sentence. . To accept or undergo such a Chamber would be
assisting in falsifying the representative system, and plunging-
the nation into the abyss of inarchy or despotism.
The Ministers of your Imperial Majesty avow that the prin-
ciples of order have also their representatives in the present
Chamber of Deputes, and it gives them the greatest pleasure
to make this confession, as this circumstance affords a proof of
the strength of the national opinion, which, in spite of all inti-
mieation succeeded in placing in the same Chamber men dis-
tinguished by their acquirements, talents, and virtues. But
what can avail their powers, abilities, and patriotism in the Lot-
of these obstacles that await them. The salvation of the state,
such as established by the constitution and the lieform Aota
demands, therefore, that the present Chamber of Deputies
give way to another, to which freedom of.voting shall have
imprinted the character of a true representative of national
opinion, and impart that moral force required to .strengthen
amongst us themonarchical, constitutional, and representative
system.
" Aunt, for this reason, the Ministers of your Imperial Ma-
jesty did not hesitate a moment to pray your Imperial
Ala-
jesty to give his sanction to the measures implied in the
decree which they have the honour to deposit in the hands
of your Imperial Majesty, that will decide according to your
august pleasure.
" Palace of Bin de Janeiro, May 1,1842."
[Here follow the signatures of six Ministers.]