The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-31 00:00:00

THE MOVEMENT.

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There are two important public bodies to assemble in
April—the Conference at Birmingham. on the sth, and
the National Convention in London on the 12th. Mr.
Sturge's Declaration has been numerously signed in
Bath, Cheltenham, Cirencester, Devizes, and other
places. The following persons have been elected as de-
legates :—Rev. T. Spencer, Henry Vincent, and Charles
Clarke, for Path ; Bronterre O'Brien, Wotton-under-
Edge and Cirencester ; Abel Cook, Stroud ; William
Hollis, Cheltenham ; and others. The National Peti-
tion for the People's Charter has already receivea an
immense number of signatures. Large public meetings
hat e been held in Troubridge, Wotton, Gloucester
(county), Frome, Westbury, &c. at which Messrs. Wm.
Prowting, Roberts, and Robert filemp Philp, Inive been
elected delegates to the National Convention to repre-
sent the district of Somerset, Gloucester, and Wilts.

TILE COACH-MAKING TRADE.—DUTY UPON HIRED
CARRIAGES.--A meeting of members of the above trade
was held yesterday at the Freemason's Tavern, Great
Queen-street, to consider and adopt the best means of
obtaining an alteration of the duty upon carriages lot to
hire. Mr. Hopkinson took the chair, and said that the
alteration it was intended to propose would not affect
the present rate as to carriages hired for the year, but
related merely to those engaged for periods less than
twelve months. The present rate was 4d. per day for
carriages with four wheels, and 3d. for those with two
throughout the year, whether in use during that time or
not ; and the scale they now proposed was 6d. per day
for the former, and 3d. per day for the latter, when in
use. It was a general complaint with the trade that
they were now compelled to pay a whole year's duty at
the rate he had mentioned for carriages used only for a
few months or even weeks. The resolutions moved,
seconded, and carried, were-Ist. That the present duty
upon carriages let for hire for less than a year is oppres-
sive ; 2d, That the improvement sought would be effected
by a duty of 6d. per day (as often as used) for four-
wheeled carriages, and 3d. for those with two wheels, and
drawn by one horse, when let for less than twelve
months ; and 3d, that a deputation be appointed to wait
-upon the,Chancellor of the Exchequer, to urge the ne-
cessity of the alteration; and at the same time to obtain,
if possible, a remission of the duty upon carriages let
by English coach• makers, and used on the continent.
Thanks were voted to the chairman, and the meeting
separated.
PETERHEAD, MARCH 21.— GREENLAND FISHERY.
—Eight of the whale ships belonging to this place have
already sailed for the fishing at Greenland, and they'
will be succeeded by other two vessels, the Commerce
and Jane, which are intended. to depart for, the same
place in the course of a few das. The Jane will proceed
in the first place to the seal hshing, and, if -successful
at it, she will attempt the seahorse fishing on the coast
of Spitzbergen, where these animals are found in great
numbers.—Aberdeen Journal.
THE CANTERBURY UNION BANII.—On Monday
and Tuesday, the Commissioners, under the fiat in this
bankruptcy, met at the Guildhall Concert-room, Canter-
bury, to admit further proofs of debts, to audit the ac-
counts, and declare a dividend. The debts and claims
upon the joint estate of the bankrupts. amount to
122,6951., upon the separate estates—Mr. Halford's,
16,5431. ; Mr. Baldock s, 11,264/. ; Mr. Snoulten's,
2,900/. The Commissioners declared a dividend upon
the joint estate of 4s. in the pouad ; upon Mr. Bal-
deck's, ss. 6d. ; upon Mr. Snoulten's, 20s. No dividend
was proclaimed upon Mr. Halford's separate (state.
NAVAL INTELLIGENCI3.—WOOLWICII, MARCH 30.
—The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have or-
dered that a first-rate ship-of-war, of 120 guns, be built
in the Woolwich Dock-yard, and, in compliment to her
Majesty's illustrious consort, to be named the " Royal
Albert." This vessel will be built on a plan submitted
to their Lordships by Mr. Oliver Lang master-ship-
wright of the yard, and will be constructed under his own
immediate superintendence on the slip from which the
Trafalgar of 120 gnus was launched on the 21st of June,
1841, in the presence of her Majesty, Prince Albert, and

an immense Concourse of spectators:
THE PREMIER.-Sir Robert Peel, since his arrival
in Brighton last Thursday, has neither paid nor received
visits of any description. A large party, however, had
been invited by Mr. Laurence and Lady Jane Peel, for
the purpose of meeting the Premier at their residence at
Kemp-town this evening.
It is stated that, during the three days of the ham
fair in Paris, there were sold 40,000 hams, 500,000 an-
douilles, andouilllttes, and cervelas (different species of
black puddings and sausages), and 2,000,0001 b. of salt
meat.