The Sun.
London, England, 1842-01-29 00:00:00

No. 15,4[4

LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 1842

Local Committees be formedfor the purpose of receiving the
contributions of such town or district ; and, wherever prac-
ticable, that such Committee shall agree to fin wish a Stall in
the Bazaar, and depute one or more Ladies (who will be hos-
pitably received during their visit by friends in Manchester) to
superintend its arrangements, and the disposal of the various
articles during the days of sale,
3. It need scarcely be stated that every varii ty of the arti-
cles usually contributed on similar occasions will be highly ac-
ceptable ; but it may be observed that much of the value of
the contribution will necessarily depend on the design, inge-
nuity, and state of the donors.

PITALPI Ett) S WEAVERS' RELIEF
PLTND.—The Committee have been in active operation
during the last three weeks, and regret that it is their painful
duty to inform the public that numerous eases of the most ap-
palling destitution have been discovered In families dependent
upon the silk trade: A Visit& reports that in fit y families in
one district he found only ten beds, the remainder were bud-
died together in the corner of the room n ithout any covering
whateVer.
The Committee have, during the last *'eet, relieved
above 4,000 families,, mil hi'Ve slipplied them with 14,879
41b. loaves, 85,2t101b. ni potatoes, and 153,8861 b. of
coals, which hat Mailed an expense of above 700!. Every
rt.tty the applications are more numerous and urgent, and
tho Committee, therefore, most earnestly appeal to the b ne-
volent Public for enlarged Subscriptions, as the Funds now at
their disposal will very soon he entirely exhausted. Every
case is personally • vitlied by the local Committees, and relief
afforded 'According to its exigency.
Subscriptions already received.
By the Right Hon. the Lord Mr. Thompson and
Mayor. Friends, Penicuik £5 0
Her Majesty the Queen, E. Penrhyn, Esq. lO 0
Dowager...::: irgloo 0 Dowager Lady Arden 50 0
Earl Cornwallit ...... 50 OT.E. M. Z
BishOp of Durham...... 42 0 Richard Ellison, Esq
Lord Dudley C. Stuart 20 0 Subbrock
Rev. J. H. Fisk, of A Friend, per Drum-
Norwich, per Lon- mood and Co.
don and Westminster Lady Pulteney ...... ;15 0
Bank. 2OO 0l Countess Dowager of,
_ .

ENGLISH & SCOTTISH LAW FIRE &
-LIFE ASSURANCE St LOAN ASSOCIATION.
NOTICE.—INTEREST at the rate of Four per Cent. per
Annum upon the Paid-up Capital of this Association, to the
25th of December last, will become PAYABLE on and after
the 27th January ; and Proprietors may receive the same daily
at this Office, 147, Strand, near Somerset House ; and at
10, Rutland,square, Edinburgh.
By order of the Board of Directors,
Jan. 15, 1842. EDWARD BAYLIS, Actuary.

METROPOLITAN ANTLCORN-LAW
ASSOCIATION.—The increased expenditUre ren-
dered necessary by the approaching CRISIS induces the COM-
MITTEE to SOLICIT IMMEDIATE PAYMENT of SUB-
SCRIPTIONS or DONATIONS into Messrs, Prescott,
Grate, and Co.'s, Threadneedle-street; or at 448, Strand.
The Report, containing a List of Stibscriptions, to be had at
the Office. SIDNEY SMITH, Secretary.

_
PURSUANT to tt DECREE of the HIGH
COURT of CHANCERY, made in a Cause, HINDE
against DIA AlicEi the Creditors of WILLIAM BLAKE,
late of Smith-street, Chelsea,, in the County of Middlesex.
Esquire, deceased, (who died in the month of January, ISM),
are forthwith to come in and prove theft debts before Sir GIF-
FIN WiLsoN, one of the Masters of the said Court, at his
Chambers, in Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, London,
or in default thereof they will be excluded the benefit of the
said Decree.
MOUNSEY and GRAY, Plaintiff's Sofieiturt,

4. The Committee take leave to sugrzect the following de-
sirable arliiitions to the ordinary contributions of dress, orna-
ment, and vertu

AUSTRALASIAN, COLONIAL, and GE-
NERAL LIFE ASSURANCE and ANNUITY
COMPANY. Capital, £200,000, in 2,000 Sharcs.

Pecuniary Contribution

2. Articles usually contributed to Bazaars
3. Articles of Manufacture—British and Foreign
4. Models of Mechanism, (+cc.
5. Designs—Architectural, Fancy, &c.
6. Specimens of Coins, Minerals, Birds, Insects, &c.
7. Manuscript. Works of Eminent Authors
8. Books and Publications from Authors, or the friends of
Au;hors (if from the former, with Autographs).
9. Autograph Letters of -celebrated men or women of for-
mes days
10. Autographs of eminent men and women of the prPsettt day
11. Portraits and Pictures

biakcto“.
Edward Barnard, Esq. F. R. S. I C. E. Mangles, Esq.
Henry Buckle, Esq, J. B. Montefiore, Esq.
1
John Henry Capper, Esq, J. 11. Ravenshaw, Esq.
Gideon Colquhoun, jun., Esq. Sir Jas. Stirling.
John Edwardes Lyall, Esq. William Walker, Esq.
ASSURANCES may be effected with this Company at
unusually favourable rates affording every variety of accom-
modation to the assured ; Participation in profits, ascending
and descending scales of premium, permission to retain one-
third of the premium, which is charged as a debt against the
policy, tables for the assurance of a sum payable in the event of
death to the executors of the assured, or to himself upon the
attainment of the ages of 45, 50, or 60.
To EMIGRANTS to the AUSTRALASIAN COLONIES
in particular, this Company offers the advantages of permission
to proceed to, to reside in, and to return from those colonies
without extra premium ; and to pay their premiums and obtain
a settlement of their claims in those colonies. , ,

TI.MSVAI4Tto a DECREE of the HIGH
COURT of CllAllitttat'ir made ill a Cause, HINDE
against BLAKE, the NEXT of KIN of WILLIAM BLAKE,
late of Smith-street, Chelsea, in the County of Mifidletez,
Esquire, (who died in the month of January, 13g8), living at
his death, or the personal representative or representatives of
such of them as may have since died, eV) on or before the 6th
day of March neit, to came in and prove their Kindred, and
make out their Claims before Sir GIFFIN WILSON, one of the
Masters of the said Courts at his Chambers in Southampton-
buildings, Chancery-lane, London, Or in default thereof they
Will be peremptorify excluded the benefit of the did Decree.
MOUNSEY and GRAY, Plaintiff's Solicitors,

Philosophical instruments
Music 14. Poetry, &c.

Communications to be nddressed to the Chairman of the
General Committee, 5, Newall's-buildings, Market-street ;
or to the Honorary Secretary of the Ladies' Committee, Coup-
land-street, Greenheys, Manchester.
4.11 Contributions from London and the neighbourhood are
requested to be sent in either to the Office of the Metropoli-
tan Anti-Corn-Law Association; or to Alr. Groomiy.t.dge,
Bookseller, Paternoster-row, on or before the 27th Mt.

Mr. Justice Bosanquet 50 0
Sir R. P. Glyn . lO 0
An Old . 15 161
Anonymous, 5 0
An Inhabitant of West-
end Ol
Henry Sturg,e, Esq 5 0'
Mr. Iggulden, 8, Hug-
tell-square, per Mr: •
Syniotit • •
Iggulden, ditto 2 0
Mrs. Backhouse, ditto 1 0
John Wood, Esq. 3
celleetest•—fftqa
stablishni tilt a the' --
Bark or Erigland,

Buckingham lO 0
Duke of Northumber-
land
John Gardiner ...... 2 10
Miss Forster
Mr. Grainger . . .... 1 0
Miss Trundle 5 0
Alts. thither, per
Drum m o ds
Andrew Statley, Esq.,
per ditto 2 2
S.,Dun,ombe, Esq ... 10 0
Res.W,ll.E. Bentinek 20 0
Lady Carr '
John Labouehere 5 0
Oliver Anderson,

ANNUITIii:S.—The plan which has been adopted by this
Co;npani of investing a portion of its funds in the Australasian
colonies, at a rate of interest much higher than can be obtained
with security in 'England, enables it to offer snore advantageous
terms to annuitants than can be offered with safety by other
Companies which inv, st their funds in English Securities.
TABLES of PREMIUMS for Assurances on the Lives of
Officers engaged in Civil, or in Naval or Military Service
in the East Indict may be seen at the Offiffes of the Company,
126, Bishopsgate-street, corner of-Corn..--:.
_ By order of the RAH,
CHRISTOPHER COUSINS, Accountant.

LEASEHOLD rPROPEttry, UPPER TULSE-HILL-
ROAD, BRIXTON-HILL; VIRREY.
TO BE PEREMPTORILY SOLD,..pur-
eutuit to an ORDER of the HIGH COURT of
CHANCERY, made in a Cause of CLARKE v. FONT,
with the approbation of Sir GIFFIN WILSON, one of the Mas-
ters of the said Court, at the Auction Mart, in the City of
London, on WEDNESDAY, the 9th of February tiett., between
the hours of Twelve and One, by Messrs. VENTOM and
HUGHES, the persons appointed by the Master for that
purpose,
TWO DWELLING HOUSES, with Gardeus and Build-
ings attached thereto, in the oectipition of Mr. Aylmer and
Mr. Easto, respectable tenants, at yearly rents arnounting 1.6
761. per annum, situate in Upper Tulse-hill-road, Br/atm:-
hill, in the parish of Lambeth, for a term, of which 79i years,
wanting fourteen days, were unexpired on the 29th of Septem-
ber last, subject to a ground-rent of 301. per annum,
The premises may be viewed by permission of the tenants;
printed particulars may be had (gratis) at the said Master4s
Chambers in Southampton-buildings' Chancery-lane; of Mr.
W. Stephens, 30, Bedford-row; Messrs. Richardson and
Dignsm, f, Walbrook ; of Messrs. Swaine, Stevens, and Co.,
Freuerick's-place, Old Jewry ; George the Pciiirth public-
heuse, Brixton-hill ;at the Auction Mart ; and of th 6 Auc-
tioneers, Messrs. Ventom and Hughes, Angel-court, Tiifog-
morton-street.—Dated '27th day of January, 184'2.

By order of the CornMittO,
GEORGV WILSON, Chairman.

and other good
Friends, from Id.
upwards, per Mr.
Dicks 12/ Igs. 41d.
Miss Jones Bitrdett 50 0
Mr. Seturril&ry Potter 5 5
Mr. Cameron, of
Lochiel 5 0
Robert Byass, Esq
Child and Co 0
Anonymous .
Lathes at 13fighton,

Joseph Street S 6
J. S. P. . lO 0
Lbrd Geo, Soymottr..:' 3 0
'1 hot, 1 0
Swan Pearce ansi Co.; 5 5
Bruce Castle School
Benevolent §ocietl 1 0
John Bygrave
J. H. Urquhart 2 0
William Jones
J. A. Cropper
An Old Aluggletonian 2 2

ATIONAL LOAN FUND SOCIETY
FOR. GRANTING
LIFE ASSURANCES, DEFERRED ANNUITIES, &c.

No. CORNHILL.
Capital £500,000.
Empowered 1:11 Special Act of Parliament.
DIRECTORS.

T. LANIIE hIURRAY,Esq., Chairman.

J. Elliotson, M.D., P.R. S. John Rawson, Esq.
John Griffith Frith, Esq. I John Riddle Stodart, Esq.
Hunter Gordon, Esq. I Clement Tabor, Esq.
George Lungley, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq.

AUDITORS.

per Herrics, Farqu-
har, and Co.
Mr. Pody, 32, Alark-
lane • 50
A Friend 4 10 Ci
(lbs. Wolsler, Esti
ht SteibOon, Salt,
ithel Sens . . 1 Oi
John Flall, Esq., :of
Weston Colville 5O 01
A Lady of Tallman 1 0
Farmer Taylor, Esq.,
per Barnett aivl Co. 2 0,
Robert Riehird Wood 100 01

R. H. — 010
Geo. Woolley ...... 5 0
George Metcalf 1 0
Two Friends 2 0
E. J. E 1 1
Anonymous
T. P. Pl•ttt
Hon. E. Byng
D. Rowland
Ridgway and Co.
F. B. Hookey
C. F. Barnwell 1 0
Per Messrs. H anburys and Co.
A Friend to the Dis-

Professor Wheatstone, F. R. S. I Professor Graves, A.M. F.R. S.
ACTUARY—W. S. B. Woolhoure, Esq., F. R. A. S
PiIYSICIA N—J. Ell iotson, M. D., F. R. S.
SURGEON—E. S. Syraes, Esq.
Z--'OLICITORS—Mrssrs. Sweet, Sutt,,A, Ewens, and Omman-
ney, 6, Basinghall-street.
BANKEits—Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and Co.
LIFE ASSURANCE.

GLASGOW.
MRS. NEILSON begs to return her sincere
thanks to those Commercial Gentlemen who have so
long honoured her with their patronage, and to assure them
that no effort on her part shall be wanted to ensure their com-
fort. Those Gentlemen who ba,e not yet visited this Esta-
blishment will find, from its vicinity to the Post office and
other public buildings, the situation one of the most central in
town.—Commercial Lodgings, 68, Glassford-strect.

ADVANTAGES.—Perfect security from a large paid-up Capi-
ta' and accumulations—Equitable Rates--Power to borrow
Two•thirds Premium paid, without expense or forfeiture—and
Profits annually divided.
N.B. Policies for Short Periods at Lower Rates than at any
other Office, with option of continuance for Life, at the usual
rates.

5 0
Mr. Lynch 1 0
J. P..Stubbs, Esq.
A British Soldier

tressed, per Corbin
and Co.
H. R 1 0
Anonymous, per Glyn

Miss Hester Duffield... 3 01
Miss A. M. Duffield... 3 01

and Co.
F. M

W. E. D. and Family. 105.6 d.
Minden, Bridge, & Co. 5 0
Gen. R. Be3nardson 5 0
Bridgett Mitchell
Miss E. H., per Lon-
don and Westmin-
ster Bank ...
P.
Mr. (;ostling 5 0
A Widow Lady 1 1
A Friend, through Mr
George Sutcliffe,
Bridgewater Ho:el,
Worsley
C. B

.J. B. Brooke, Esq. .
Manufacturers' Relief
Committee for Beth-
nal-green lOOO 0
Ditto Spitalfields lOOO 0
Mrs. Ladbroke ...... 2 0
Mrs. and Miss Block 5 0
A Well-wisher
A. B.
C. W. Minet, Esq.... 1 1
Henry Robinson, Esq. 2 0
E. C. Bradford, Esq. 4 0
Thos. Shepherd, Esq. 5 0
R. Tweed, Esq.
MissesM. and A. Barker 4 0
Rev. Deacon Morrell.. 10 OJ. D. Powles, Esq.

E. B.
George Inn, Great
Queen-street, Lin-
coln's Inn-fields, Id.
a-week subscription 1/. 8s 7d.
Hon. Miss Arden 5 0
Charles Pared
D. E 1 U
C. R. C
B. F.
and Tiplady 5 5
Gen! ge Vivian, EN.,
Claverton, near Bath 5 5
S. A. Varden, Esq 1 0
Mrs. Varden ... 1 0
Broadvvood and 50n3... 10 0
Robert Pigou, Esq. ... 20 0
H. L H lO 0
Gen. Vivian, Esq., 2d
don.
Mrs. Abbott
G. F

3 01

S. P.
W. Bennett, Esq.
Messrs. H. J. Sperling 4 0
Mrs. R. Edwards
John Deverall
P.
R. Tidswell
Dr. Thomas Hume
H. J. Wheeler .. 5 0
R. S. Holford
R. IL Wrightson
E L. Bosanquet
John T. Hope ...... 5 0
E: Siveiking
J. W
Two Ladies
John Knight 1 0
Hanbury3, Taylor, and
Lloyd
E. E. A.
S. A. and H. Odley... 5 0
Per Messrs. Barclay and Co.

R. Sutton, Esq., Bank-
buildtngs .. 5 5
Robert it,hnson
Rev. R. rilonro

Messrs. Barclay, Per-
kins and Co. 52 10
C. J. Bevan, Esq lO 10
Messrs. Barclay', Bevan,
and Co.

Pileher and Son ......

T. F. Ellis,

Mrs. Dagley
Mr. James Dagley
A. F. (Clapham)
George Gillet--
Mrs. Marion Archer 1 1
A Friend at Leek
I. 0.
Per Mr. Thornborrow
S. W. Silver and Co lO 10
D. Salomons, Esq 5 5
Deputy Angell
E. Watson... ......... 2 0
Mrs. Over (Islington) 1 0
A Widow Lady ...... 1 0
By the Treasurer.
Truman, Banbury,
Buxton, and Co 52 10
W. T. Thorne, Esq ,
IG, Ciarke's-place,
Islington
Working Coopers at
Truman, Banbury,
Buxton, and Co.'s... 1 1
Anonymous

Dr. Richard Franklin 5 0
George S. Butler, Esq 5 0
Miss Davies
Miss C. E. Davies 0 10
J. H.
'l'. P. Warren
Miss Warren 5 0
W. Flanders
E. Townsend
Robert W. Melvil 25 0
W. Whelan, Gower-st 5 0
A. Z 1 0
Daniel Green
Josiah Martin
Per Messrs Drummonds.
Miss Irvings
Rev. Henry Bramwell 10 0
A Friend
Mrs. Thos. Cotton ... 5 0
L. Holland, Esq .. 5 0
Per Messrs. Nit•bets.
M. W. 0., per Mr. Nis-
bet
Miss Duff

A Friend, by Mr. Sy mes 100 0
John Baker and C 0.... 5 0
G. Byng, Esq., M.P. 52 10
Rev Dr. Sturtevant.. 2 10
R. L. Sturtevant....... 2 10
Mrs. Cliffe ... . 1 0
LordWynford 5 0
Mrs. Blissett 5 0
Mrs. Wolferston, Stat-
ford, Stafford .. 2 0
Record Newspaper.... 4 0
Rev. John Doncaster,
D.D., Oakham
Messieurs Suames,
Wheeler-street
Lord Ashley, per Rev
Dr. M'Caul ... 2 0

A. J.
Lady Charlotte Hanail-
ton
Mr. Holdship 1 0
Miss Law 1 0
Mesrrs. G. Milner, 3,
Ulster-terrace
Mrs. W. N. 1" 1 0
Rev. J. E. Carr
L. L.l 1 0
Miss Chittenden
E. D., per Mr. Nisbet 20 0
Four Children
Mr. Joseph Chandler 2O 0
C. Hall, Esq., Stone-
buildings
Lieut. Walter Walkins,

0. Delano Osborne.... 2 0 R.N.
B. Wood, Esq., M.P. 10 OT. S., per Mr. Nisbet 1 0
Woods, Field, & Wood 21 OH. A., ditto
A. Maclew, E5q....... 5 OH. L. 8.. ditto ...
Sir W. Clay,Bt.,M.P. 10 10 Miss E. Hamilton,
Alisss Shrapnell... ...... 2 0 Egham
Thackrah & Lockwood 21 OX. Y. Z... 1 0
Per Messrs. Smith, Payne, and C. H. A 1 10
Smiths. A. D., Mecklenburgh-
R. A. Slaney, Esq., square. '
M.P.
Admiral A. J. Griffith 210 Per Messrs. Hatchard and Son.
Miss M. C. Percival... 10 0 Lady Eliz. Clements 5 0
Misss Mary Percival... 5 0 Miss Scott, Winchester 1 0
Mis. 3 Isabella Percival. 5 OS. G.
Subscriptions will be most thankfully received by the Bight
Hon. the Lord Mayor ' • Messrs. Barclay and Co. , Messrs.
Hanburys, Taylor, and Lloyd; Messrs. Smith, Payne. and
Smiths, Lombard-street ; Messrs. Drummond and Co., Char-
ing-cro,is ; Messrs. Hoare and Co., Fleet-street ; Messrs.
Hatchard and Son, Piccadilly; Messrs. Nisbet and Co., Ber-
ners-street ; and by the Treasurer, R. Hanbury, Esq , brewery,
Spitalfields.

CONFIRMATION OF THE TRUTH OF THE
HYGEIAN SYSTEM OF MEDICINE.
THE following is a COPY of a LETTER
from Lady SOPHIA GREY :
" To Messrs. Moris, n, British College of Health, Hamilton-
place, New-road, London.—Gentlemen : This is to inform
you that many cases of cure by your Medicine have come to
my knowledge within the last year (1841), and that, every
year since I first took your Medicines (which was in 1834),
convinces me, more and more, that your Pills are the only sure
and safe remedy for all complaints.
" I encicse my 5/. yearly subscription to the Exeter Hygeian
Dispensary. You have my authority for publishing this letter.
" I remain, Gentlemen, your sincerely obliged
" SOPHIA GREY.
" Sandivray, near Northwich, Cheshire, Jan. 9, 1ti42."

CIOUGHS, COLDS, AND ASTIDIAS.
42d Testimonial in favour of that excellent Medi-
cine HOLLAND'S BALSAM of SPRUCE:—

" Brompton, 14th April, 1841.
" DEA a SIR—My prejudices being somewhat strong, I could
Da prevail upon myselt to try your Holland's Balsam of
Spruce,' until accidentally hearing of a wonderful cure being
effected upon a friend of mine by its use, I was induced to over-
come my scruples and give it a trial ; and upon using it, I have
the pleasing satisfaction of stating, for the information of others,
who, like myself, may be labouring under the cruel affliction of
confirmed asthma, that I have experienced so much benefit as
to truly say I have not been so easy for many a long and weary
year ; and am convinced that, in all cases similar, your Balsam
of Spruce will be, as it shall be with me, a constant companion
and bosom friend.
" I have not attempted to describe my sufferings ; they are
too well known and telt by all asthmatic persons to neod de-
scribing ; but earnestly hoping that others may be induced to
make the experiment, and obtain the same gratifying result,
and that you may be rewarded for your ingenuity in discover-
ing so valuable a medicine, I remain, Sir, yours gratefully,
" THOS. DAVIS."

Upwards of a hundred cases of cures are now in course of
publication in 200 newspapers throughout the kingdom, in-
clading many of extraordinary character, to which sufferers are
referred; its astonishing power in subduing coughs and colds
exceeds all belief, whilst its healing, balsamic, and soothing
qualities instantly relieve soreness and tightness of the chest,
sense of suffocation, sore throat, &c.
N.B. Sold byW. Hallett, No. 83, High Holborn, nearly opposite
the George and Blue Boar Inn ; Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ;
Prout, 229, Strand ; Johnston, 68, Cornhill ; and by all the
Medicine Venders in the kingdom. Price Is. lid. per bottle.

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DIRMINGRAM DISTRICT ANTI-
CORN-LAW MEETING.

FURTHER AMOUNT.
The following is a more lengthened report of the
speeches made towards the conclusion of the meeting
on Wednesday than appeared in The Sun yesterday :
Mr. SCOTT, speaking of the Stourbridge district, said,
—The wages or the glass-cutters between 1838 and 1842
had been much reduced, In 1838 employment could be
readily, obtained, but at the present time great numbers
were out of work, while others were only partially em-
ployed. He held in his hand e list, showing the reduc-
tion which had taken place in wages in the various
branches of the glass-cutting trade, which he proceeded
to read to the meeting. It was as follows :
Price in 1838. In 1842.
s. d. s. d.
Dishes 1 3 per inch ... 0 11 per inch
if
Decartterth.„ lO 0 each ... 8 6 each
7 0 „ 5 6 ~
•••• - 5 • 0 ~. .4 0 „
*a 3 . 0 „ „. 2 0 „
The wages paid for wines, clarets, champagnes, tumblers,
&c:, exhibited the same rate of reduction. Mr. Scott
then refereed to the price of food, in connection with
the foregoing facts, showing that the poor workman was
not only., suffering from reduced wages, but that he had
to pay considerably more for his food than when he ob-
tained a higher remuneration for his labour in 1838.
Again, with regard to the article of parchment, a con-
Siderable quantity of which was manufactured in his
neighbeerhood, principally for the American market.
Their climate g'a).e the people of this country almost a
Monopoly. of the article, for it could not be readily manu-
fitetnred in the United States, where there was a con-
stant deniand for it; but the Americans could not pay
for it, and we refaced to take their coat in exchange.--
(h ear, hear.) Were we permitted to import corn from
America, the men who were now unemployed would
obtain constant work, the trade would revive, and the
manufacturers would be enabled to dispose of the heavy
stocks which they had lying on hand —(Hear, hear.)
The Honourable Gentleman afterwards described the
depressed state of the coal and iron trade, and
the general distress which prevailed in Stour-
bridge and neighbourhood. Nothing, he observed,
was more astonishing to him than the endurance of the
people, pledging everything they were possessed of to
keep them from that fearful resource, the workhouse.
In visits paid recently amongst the poor, many of the
houses were found wit oat a bed, and the family huddled
together in a corner, with a few rags to cover them, en-
deavouring to. procure warmth and without a morsel of
food to sustain life.—(Hear, hear.) This was not a soli-
tary ease of destitution, and although he knew that dis-
tress would be Riittici to exist more or less at all times,
yet he firmly helleYed that the present misery and suffer-
me were almost entirely owing to the state of trade, and
the operation of iniquitous laws pressing down the ener-
gies and trade of the country.—(dear, hear.) lie would
not detain the meeting on that occasion by making a
speech on the general principle of the Corn-laws, but
proceed at once to the resolution which he held in his
hand, It *AS as follows:—" That the avowed, object of
the Corn• laws was to eteate a monopoly in the food of man.
That the operation of the Corii4aws has been to counter-
act the designs of Providence, by restricting the ex-
change of the productions of industry, to deprive the
working classes of the just remuneration for their labour
by shutting. tip markets--to ruin the trade of Great
Britain by circutnscribing its intercourse with other na-
tions, and to induce a feetftil state of general and un-
precedented distress which daily becomes more intense,
and threatens to destroy our commercial prosperity,
.a.nd
and our very existence as a nation." It might, perhaps,
be considered a rash assertion to say that the operation
.of the Corn-laws tended to eounteract the designs of
-Providence, but if Providence intended that man should.
enjoy the fruits of the earth and the honest reward of
industry, the observation would not be misapplied to
laws which deprived Mm of both,—(Hear, hear.) Their
opponents were fond of refeeeing to the home trade of
England, as affording a market for her commodities ;
but they forgot that the very act which destroyed their
foreign trade would reduce their home trade to a non-
entity.—(Hear, hear.) He defied their opponents to
point out a town or village in the county, in which their
home trade was in a flourishing condition. Their home
trade was,. he asserted, in a most depressed state, and.
unless some immediate legislative change took place, he
was convinced that universal ruin would swallow up the
trade and prosperity of the country.
Mr. Dimmocic, of Bilston, seconded the resolution, in
an excellent address.
Mr. TAUNTON, of Coventry, supported the resolution,
detailing the state of trade in that city, and the distress
which prevailed amongst the working classes. He had
frequent opportunities of observing the habits of the
working classes, and the very offal which was now
eagerly purchased in pennyworths by the people, and
the rags which were bought to cover them, afforded suf-
ficient- indications, if he had not more conclusive proof,
of the misery to which working men and their fami-
lies were reduced.
JOSEPH WALKER, Esq., of Wolrerhampton, moved
the next resolution :—" That inasmuch as the compli-
cated evils under which the country' now suffers are
shown to be the natural fruits of monopoly, this meet-
ing earnestly deprecates all legislative interference with
industry, and pledges itself to adopt all peaceful and
legal means to obtain the total and immediate abolition
of the Corn and Provision-laws." Ire did not think

that the present was the fitting occasion to go into the
general question of the Corn and Provision-laws, as they
would have an opportunity of discussing that question in
the evening. He would therefore proceed at once to the
immediate subject before them—that of communicating
information in reference to the trade and manufactures of
the town which he represented. The staple of Wolver-
hampton was hardware, and he would just premise that
the articles were not such as depended upon the caprice
of fashion ; neither were they in the position of other
manufacturers in the country, who depended upon
foreigners for a supply of the raw material. They had
coal and iron almost at their doors, and at a cheaper
rate than could be produced in any other part of the
world. They would therefore judge by the prices which
they paid for articles of hardware in 1836 and 1841
whether trade was improving or declining. Mr. Walker
here read the following list, showing the relative prices
of the articles mentioned in 1836 and 1841
Cost in 1836. Cost in 1841..
s. d. s. d.
Bolts 6 0 3 6
Buckles
Chest handles
Currycombs 5
.6 3 6
Door springs
Hinges (forged)
Hinges (cast)
Locks (iron door)
Ditto (mortice)
1 Ditto (iron chest)
Ditto, brass lO 0 7 0
Ditto Trunk Locks 2 0 1 2
Ditto, iron pad
Ditto, brass pad
Ditto, stock locks
Latches (iron) door ll 0 7 6
Coffee mills . lO 0 7 0
Rat traps 9 0 7 6
Screws l2 0 8 0
Bed screws

Now, in none of these articles, be might safely say, was
there such a thing as a machine used.—(Hear, hear.)
Therefore the argument of those who contended that
the evils under which they suffered arose from machi-
nery, here fell to the ground. But the comparison of
prices did not exhibit the whole of the evil, in order to
arrive at which they must take into account the cptan-
tity of the necessaries of life which could be obtained
in-the former year for a given amount of labour, and the
quantity which they could now obtain by the same
amount into
this exertion.—CLlcar, hear.) After entering
this view of the subject with great force and perspicuity,
Mr. Walker proceeded to observe that charity, however
Munificent, could not meet the evils under which the
industrious classes were suffering—it would be only
taking a slice off one poor man's loaf to give it to
another. It did not increase the amount of food. If
they went to buy up food in a place where there was
only 'a fixed quantity, it immediately raised the price;
it brought a fresh customer into the market, and
the landowner, in fact, pocketed the amount •of their
charity.—(Hear, hear.) He defied any man to point
out any other means of increasing the comforts of the
people of this country, and of adding to the quantity of
the necessaries of life, but by opening the ports of Great
Britain. Mr. Walker concluded amidst the cordial plau-
dits of the meeting.
Mr. WYNNE, of Wolverhampton, seconded the reso-
lution, which was unanimously adopted.
The Rev. Mr. WICEAN moved the adoption of a me-
morial to the House of Commons, embodying the prin-
ciples and views set forth in the foregoing resolutions.
The memorial was seconded by Mr. BROMFIELD, of
Coventry, and unanimously adopted.
The following gentlemen were then appointed 'as a de-
putation to wait upon her Majesty's Ministers, for the
purpose of laying before them a statement of the effects
of the Corn-laws on the trade of the district :—Joshua
Scholefield, Esq., M.P. ; G. FX Muntz, Esq., M.P. ;
T. Thornely, Esq., M.P. ; Hon. C. P. Villiers, M.P. ;
Robert Scott, Esq., M.P. ; Messrs. Joseph Sturge,
Joseph Walker, W. Boultbee, Corbett, Taunton, and
the Chairman.
The text resolution was moved by Mr. SMITH, of
West Bromwich, viz. That this meeting rejoices
that the National Anti-Corn-law League have convened
a meeting of deputies to assemble in London, on the Bth
of February ; and this meeting earnestly recommend to
the deputies, when assembled, to take prompt and effi-
cient measures, irrespective of the course which may be
pursued by the Government for testing the opinions of
the Members of the House of Commons on the total and
immediate abolition of the Corn and Provision-laws." It
was also suggested that deputies from the different Asso-
ciations throughout the country should attend the great
general meeting on the Bth of next month.
The resolution was adopted.
Mr. Alderman WESTON proposed, " That the Com-
mittee of the Birmingham Anti-Corn-law Association be
requested to forward to the Metropolitan Anti-Corn-law
Association a statement comprising all such statistical
information as may be best calculated to promote the re-
peal of the Corn and Provision-laws.".
SANT= (10PDARD, ZscF, in seconding-the resolution,