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

CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS.

Bank Stock l7ll India Stock ...... ........
3 per Cent Red. B9i Ditto Bonds
3 per Cent Cons B9! Ditto Old Annuities ... -
34 per Cent Red..
New 3i per Cent
New 5 per Cent.. — Ditto 5001........ 27 pis
Long Annuities toexpire ' Ditto Small 25 pm
Jan. 1860 ..... ..... 12 13-16 Bank Stock for 0pg,...
Oct 1859. ........ 12a India Stock for Acct....
Jan. 1860. ... ..•• Consols for Acct B9a
FOREIGN FUNDS.

Austrian, 5 pi, cent—. Portuguese, 5 per cent.
Belgian, 5 pet cent — !Ditto, New Ditto 32/
Brazilian 80nd5.... 65 !Prussian, 5 per cent.
Buenos Ayres, 6 percent !Russian, 5 per cent. 112/
Chilian, 6 per cent... !Ditto, Metallic ...... .
Colombian, 6 pet cent.. i Spanish, 5 per cent 24*
Ditto, 1824......,........ 23/ Ditto, Deferred.... .
Danish, 3 per cent B2* French, 5 per cent. —4. —c.
Greek, 1825,5 per cent — I Exchange............ I c.
Mexican, 5 per cent 36/ French, 3 pea-cent. —..
Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Dutch, 2/ per cent. 51/
Peruvian, 1825, !:per et. 16 Ditto, 5 per cent. ~ 102 a
SHARES.
Cheltenham and Great Western (72/ paid) 15
Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid) ..... 91
Ditto Debentures ( paid) .... ........ —.lOl 1 Is 8d
Great Western Railway ( 65 paid) B9/
Ditto New Shares (50 paid)
Ditto Fifth (4 paid)
London Grand Junction Railway
London and Brighton (50 paid)
London and Blackwall Railway (25 paid)... 11/
London and Gra•nwich Railway (•.20 pd)
Ditto New Shares (20 paid) l7B.
London and South Western
Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) ... 76
Northern and Eastern (40 paid)
South Eastern and Dover (48 paid) ...... 26*
York and North Midland (50 paid) ...... 88
Ditto New Shares (15 paid 29*

MEETING AT MANCHESTER
EXCHANGE.
(Abridged from the Manchester Guardian.)
The numerous merchants, manufacturers, and others
frequenting our 'Change on Tuesday repaired to Ducie-
place, leaving the room very thinly attended.
Mr. John Bright, of Rochdale, was called to the chair.
—He said I have come forward from a firm and a solemn
conviction, that unless you do something, and that soon,
you will see your prosperity swept away to such an ex-
tent, that no alteration of the Corn -laws, or any other
law, can base it upon such a footing as to make it at all
permanent.—(Hear.) I am persuaded, from what I have
seen of late in the House of Commons, and what you
have all witnessed, that there is a regular conspiracy on
the part of a very large and powerful elass in this coun-
try—(Hear and cheers)—to destroy the commerce of
England, if it should in any way grow so large as to op-
pose itself to the aristocratic power in this country.
—(Hear, hear.) If the principles and feelings
thus manifested be carried ont, farewell to the
prosperity of this country for ever.—(Hear, hear.)
The present Corn-laws are about to be abrogated ;
but the monopolists are about to forge in their stead
new fetters for our industry ; and it rests much with the
men I see before me, whether those lett( rs shall be
forged and riveted on us. You get the odium of re-
ducina• wages ; but have you not kept up wages for the
last five years, with your profits every year becoming
less and less? I have attended 'Change for the last two
years ; and I have asked myself what kind of men are
these that I see week after week on the Manchester Ex-
change, crawling about, grumbling at bad trade, and yet
not daring to lift up their hands aginst the cause. At
this moment, see the population around you starving by
thousands ; with a capital and an amount of labour
which, well employed, might make England greater
than ever !—(Hear, hear.) Let me intreat you to sink
the stupid distinctions of Whig and Tory, and to stand
up for your commerce, your homes, for the people amongst
whom you live, and for everything you hold dear and
sacred in this world.—(Cheers.)
Mr. Wm. HAnvEv moved a resolution as follows
That this meeting of merchants, spinners, manufite-
turers, and others, assembled on the Manchester Ex-
change, do declare our solemn and unalterable convic-
tion, that the Corn-laws are the great cause of the com-
mercial distress now existing throughout the country ;
that they are fast destroying the cotton-trade, depre-
ciating to an enormous extent the value of property in-
vested in that trade ; and that, whilst they threaten
speedy ruin to the capitalist, they have already im-
poverished multitudes of industrious and honest work-
men, and are driving almost an entire population into a
state of suffering and destitution, which it is fearful to
contemplate. That this meeting, in pronouncing au
emphatic condemnation of the Corn-laws, declares that
the measure introduced by the Government is a bitter
mockery and insult unworthy of any statesman to pro-
pose, and of the people to accept. That no alteration
of the Corn-law, which does not contemplate a total re.
peal, at a very early period, can be acceptable, or can
save the commerce of our country from the disasters
which threaten it with utter ruin."—(There were loud
cries of " Hear, hear," at the words " mockery and in-
sult," and at the concluding part of the sentence in which
they occur.)
Mr. Alderman BROOKS seconded the resolution.
The CHAIRMAN then read and put the resolution, in-
viting all in favour of it to say, " Ay," and hold up their
hands.—There was one general shout of " Ay," and
almost every one present appeared to hold up a hand.
The CHAIRMAN next asked if there were any of a
contrary opinion, and called on them to hold up their
hands. (Not.a hand was raised.) Upon the best estimate
he could make of the numbers at this moment, there
could not be fewer than 1,200 merchants, manufacturers,
and others present.
Mr. HENRY ASHWORTH then proposed a petition,
which was an echo of the resolution just adopted, with
the following as its concluding clause
" Your petitioners, therefore, warn your Honourable
House against the course of legislation you are now
pursuing, and implore you to pause ere you consign to
utter ruin the commerce and the industry of this great
empire ; and they pray your Honourable House, that all
laws which prevent the free importation of grain may be
forthwith abolished."
Sir Tnomis POTTER, who was loudly cheered, said
he did not know of what use this petition would be ;
but he had been requested to second it, and he would
now do so.
The CHAIRMAN, in putting the petition, read the last
clause again, and said if it produced no effect, he was
determined individually not to petition the House of
Commons again, at all events until after another election.
It was agreed' that the petition, signed by the Chair-
man, should be forwarded by that night's mail to Mark
Philips, Esq., M.P., for presentation to the House of
Commons, with a statement of the circumstances under
which it was adopted.
Mr. BELL, of Bolton, expressed the indignation he
felt -at finding the way in which Ministers and aristo-
crats received the speech of Mr. Ferrand, in his foul
libel upon the manufacturers. He hoped all would be
more awake to their own interests, and do their utmost
towards relieving themselves.
The Rev. J. W. MASSIE said he hoped some measure
would be taken by which the occupants of the Exchange
would be called upon to say whether they believed Mr.
Ferrand, when he denounced the mercantile and manu-
facturing classes of this country.
Mr. JOHN BRIGHT had only one thing more to say—
if they had made up their minds, he hoped they would
act as he and many others were doing ; and if his very
existence were staked upon it, he could not do more.
He believed, if all :before him had the same mind and
would do their best, the Corn-laws would be repealed in
three months. He believed he might state, that some
project, of a very comprehensive nature, would be sub-
mitted to the manufacturing classes of Lancashire and
the adjoining counties before long ; such a plan as, if
fully carried out, would at any rate strike terror in:o
the hearts of those who had lived and were living upon
the plunder of the people.—(Applause.) He then de-
clared the meeting dissolved ; and, before separating,
;he assemblage gave three hearty cheers.

THE SUN, LONDON. THURSDAY MORNING. MARCH 3, 1841.

perfecting true religion. And when your Majesty shall be called
upon to exchange an earthly for a heavenly crown, may the sceptre
of these realms descend, with unsullied lustre, into the hands of
your children, and their children, to the latest posterity.
-
"(Signed on behalf of the Mayor, Clergy, and Inhabitants,)
"
"TO HIS ROYAL RICIINF.SB PRINCE ALRDER.T HOWARD,
RN I Mayor."
CHARLES EIIANUFL, DUKE OF SAXE. PRINCE OF SLIM COBURG AND
FRANCIS
AUGUSTUS

GOTIIA,
" May it please your Royal Highness,
" We, the Mayor, Clergy, and Inhabitants of the:ancient borough
of Portsmouth, in the county of Southampton, approach your.
Royal Highness with feelings of the highest gratification on the
occasion of your Royal H gliness's visit to this garrison and arsenal.
We beg to assure your Royal Highness of the deep interest we
feel in your Royal Highness's happiness and welfare, and of our
loyalty and attachment to your Royal person. May your Royal
Highness be destined to enjoy many years of unalloyed happiness
with our illustrious and beloved Queen, continuing to fuster and
promote our valued institutions in Chiurch and State, to the
encouragement of virtue and talent, and to the maintenance of true
religion and morality.

(Signed on behalf of the Mayor, Clergy, and Inhabitants,)
"D. HOWARD, Mayor."
HER MAJESTY'S DEPARTURE.
•

At ten minutes to two o'clock, the four travelling carriages
(drawn by four post-horses each), in which the Royal party
arrived at Portsmouth yesterday at npon, drove up in front of
Sir Edward Codrington's residence, and her Majesty and Prince
Albert having taken a condescending and kind (indeed perhaps
the proper term would be affectionate) leave of the Misses Cod-
rington and the Gallant Admiral, the royal cortege passed along
the grand drive out of the Dockyard gates.
Previous to this the troops of the garrison, under the
command of Major Swinbourne, and the marine guard of
honour, commanded by Captain Robert Ford, one of the
oldest captains in the service, were formed, at 12 o'clock,
at extended files, with an in' erval of four paces' The depot
of the 19th foot commenced at the Dockyard-gates, next to
which were stationed the 32d regiment and their recruits,
and, on their left, the recruits of the Royal Marines in sue-
cession, along the Ordnance-wall to the Quay-gate. From
the Quay-gate to the High-street were stationed the recruits of
the 34th Regiment, and the 73d and 34th Regiments ; from
thence, along the High-street to the Landport-gate, where the
band of the 34th was stationed, and continued to play various
favourite airs until her Majesty quitted Portses.
The guard of honour, consisting of the light companies of
the 32d and 34th Regiments, and a company of the Royal
Marines, with the band and Queen's colour of the 32d Regi-
ment, under the command of Major Swinbourne, were sta-
tioned within the Dockyard from the Adm ral's house to the
yard-gates; and upon the Royal party quitting Sir Edward
Codrington's residence the military formed in rear of the,'car-
riages, and folowed them out of the gates, along the gun-
wharf, Lombard-street, thence up High-street and out of the
Landrort-gates. - • . •
Immediately upon the illustrlous visitors quitting the Admi-
ral's house, the Royal standard was lowered, and the same
ce-
remony was observed after her Majesty had passed through
Landport-gate and the triumphal arches on her road toßrighton.
The streets along which the Royal cortege passed were
densely crowded with spectators—even mote densely than on
the previous day, and the tops and windows of the houses till
displayed a profusion of banners and union jacks. Her Ma-
jesty and his 12,.yal Highness were greeted with the most en-
thusiastic cheering. They acknowledged the loyalty of the de-
voted inhabitants of Portsmouth by repeatedly bowing.
It may not be uninteresting to state that at the Royal Pa-
vilion at Brighton her Majesty expressed to Sir Edward Cod-
rington a wi h that " some of her old shipmates" (alluding to
the seamen who, while her Majesty and the Duchess of Kent
were staying at Norris Castle in 1831, were frequently en-
gaged in the Royal barge) should be employed upon this oc-
casion.

On getting afloat yesterday afternoon her Majesty inquired
if her wish had been carried out? Admiral Codringtuu in-
for.ned her Majesty that the four men seated nearest to her
were " aid shipmates," upon which the Queen observed,
" Oh, yes, I now recognise their faces." Just before parting
with Sir Edward this afternoon, her Majesty handed him 251.,
desiring that it might be distributing amongst the crew of the
Royal barge.
Her Majesty also gave the same amount to be divided among
the rope-makers who escorted her into the town.
Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert ap-
peared to have experienced considerable gratification at the
visit, and remarked to Admiral Codrington that they would
shortly pay Portsmouth another visit. They both appeared to
be in excellent spirits as they entered their carriage, and left
for Brighton.

BRIGHTON, TUESDAY EVENING.

ARRIVAL OF HER .111A.1-giY:

A few minutes after seven the Royal party entered Brighton,
escorted by a pat ty of the Scots Greys.
On the entrance of the Royal cortege to Chichester an ac-
cident occurred to one of the postilions of the Royal suite which
caused considerable alarm ; the leader on which he was tiding
stumbled and fell, and the poor fellow lay under the horse's
feet, but was soon extricated, when it was found that his cellar
bone was broken, and that he had received other injuries. Her
Majesty anxiously inquired the extent of the injury, and
directed every attention to be paid him. He was immediately
conveyed to the West Sussex Infirmary, accompanied by Lord
George Lennox, who humanely did everything in his power to
assist the sufferer.