The Sun. — London, England, 1846-01-22 00:00:00

THE CORN-LAWS. MEETING AT NORWICH._ Noawrot, JAN. 20.—This evening a public meeting was cosvened by advertisement at StS Andrew's Hall, in ' this city, to which all persons interested in agriculture were eves cially invited t o attend. The hall, which will"hold 4,000 persons, was quite crowded, and the 'arrangements for the accommodation of the press were very good, but a mob o( ruffianly fellows surrounded the inclosed space set apart for the reporters and made it. very difficult of approach. . • The chair was taken by Mr. Betts, the Mayor; and the greatest excitement WaS awakened in consequence of the rumour that Mr. Wodishouse, M.P. for NOrfolk, had accepted a challenge from Mr. Cardin to'rneet him and discess the great question of the repeal of the corn-laws. The 'city throughout the day was thronged with strangers as well as groups of townspeople , discussing incidentally'the object of ' the meeting. The proceedings commenced at half-past six' o'clock. Mr. Cobden arrived-first, and was much cheered; Mr. Wodehouse arrived.sooa afterwards, and was hailed with partial cheering and laughter. The MAYOR rose and said, be. wished every person to be fairly heard. That was an - Engliehman'a privilege. He did not pretend to know which was right or which was wrong on the present question; but lie had quite sufficient force to keep order, and he meant to have it kept. The Anti-Corn- law League of the city of NOrwieh were understood to have possession of the hall till Mr. Cobden had addressed the meeting. - Mr. CoBDEzr then rose amidst enthusiastic cheering, which was again and again renewed. He said—Mr. Mayor and gentlemen, it gives me peculiar. pleasure on this occa sion to address you in this magnificent hall, because I under stand we are favoured with the presence of a gentleman dis tinguished as a leader of the agricultural .protectionists; one noted in the House of Commeeis by his talents, competent to a lead in that influential body Of onr fellow-cotintrymen, and who; I am sure, will be able here to statethe case of the p-otectionists as successfully as any member of that body. .Now, gentlemen, as I understand, this meeting is intended to afford an opportunity for a discussion between those who entertain opinions similar to my own and those who favour protection to agriculture,. I shall confine-myself pretty . much on this occasion —(Clamour) —to the discussion of the ' effects of 'protection upon agriculture.—(Renewed clamour.), If those men are not perfectly quiet I shall .call on the Mayor to ask them to leave the.meeting; for I have no Idea of allow , - ing 5,000 people to be annoyed by the conduct of ten indivi duals.—(Cheers) I will confine myself to the effects. of pro tection upon agriculture, for I will take it for granted that there are no men here connected with manufactures who are' not, as we are in the north,. favourable to free trade in pros visions. I will assume ,you want no argument from me to convince you that .it is better to have abundance of food than an artificial and legalized scarcity of food. And now, taking for granted that the manufacturers and traders of Norwich are favourable to abundance and cheapness—that . you want no arguments from me to show that it is your in terest to have abundance and cheapness, we will address our selves to the consideration of protection as, it affects the agriculturists. I proceed another step. I intend to define what I mean by agriculturists. Nothing has-misled so much as the neglect of deanitions as we •go along. By agrieuls turists I mean men who labour. on the land. -• Agricul ture means lahouring the land. .Agriculturists means.. the tenant-farmer who works with his head if 'riot, with his hand, and it includes the labourer who works with' his hand.—(Cheers.) It i s o nly th e f armer a nd the labourer who are entitled to.come near the definition of 'agriculturist. —(Cheers;) It is true we have landowners who call them selves agriculturists —men who -probably never had one acre in their own hands to aultivate,' or who receive their rents and probably live at Paris,, Rome,. or Naples, or spend their time at Cheltenham, Brighton, or London—men who receive their rents, and then come forward pleading the cause of the agriculturists Sand say to the farmer and to the labourer "We are all rowing in the same boat."s — (Great cheering . and - laughter.) The question we have to discuss to-night is— first, what interest the farmer aed farm-labourer have in the , corn-laws. I say here; ai I have said a thousand times bent; that the farmers and farm labourers have no interest in . the corn-laws . If the corn• laws do what we are told they do=- keep up up the price of grain —why then one inevitable cones quence follows—rents must, be higher here than on the cons tinent.—(Cheers.) So long as you havetwenty men bidding for every vacant farm, yountay be quite sure rents will re main up to the full extent the tenant is able to pay. If the fanner could see that an SAct of ParliaMent could secure him 80s. aqnarter for his wheat, - doubtless he would be Willing to pay a 'higher rent than if he got. 4tla. a quarter fur his wheat, and'any Aet of Parliament which . doss really succeed - .in raising artificially the , prices of corn and provisions, why, that is a rent-law—(Great cheering)— and I believe there are not two farmers at this meeting Of in the country, with heads on, their shoulders sufficiently good to entitle them to be left at large without a, keeper— (Cheers and laiighter)--,who would. not be quite willing to admit that, inaae Icing rup,,Acta.of Parliament that raise the price of wheat are Acts of Parliament in some degree to raise the rent of land.—(Cheers.) Then, why all this clamour on the part of the farmers in behalf of the corn laws ? What do they hope to get by the maintenance of those laws ? What have they got by their maintenance in times past ? At the protection meetings what has all. the outcry been but that farming is a bad trade ? -What good, then, does protection do to farmers,? You have had. that protection—you have had a majority in Parliament—you have thrown up your caps at hustings for,, the men who promised protection—you have ten landlords in Parliamia fur one manufacturer or merchant—you haye ,liad it all 3 - our own way, and yet I say farming is a bid trade, and I know it has been a bad trade.-(1-lear ' and' loud cheers.) . - I'll tell you why' it is a bad trade; It has been a bad trade' because yon have had Acta of Parliament meddling with' your trade.. You have had Acts of Parliament proposing to. secure certain prices for your produce, and ..the farmers have taken their farms expecting these prices; but when _they have gone to market they have found the market prices not up to the Act of Parliament prices.—(Laughter..) They have reckoned their rents tipon. these Acts of .Parliament prices, and paid them out of the market pricii, and been losers by the bargain.. I need not go over now the history of the corn-laws since 1815. I have done it already is this very room. I showed you in this very room thatyoar first break down in 1822 was owing to the corn-laws. You, had a • law passed in 1815 to secure you 80s. a quarter. In 1822. wheat was selling at half that price, and in a number of the Ni,rwielt Mercury in 1822 there were no fewer than 168 edver- • tiseineias of farmers to be sold up.—(Hear, hear.) then, you have had two or three times since the. pricei down to nearly one-half the prices the' Adt of Parliament pros inised you. You know the distress which followed upon farmers in consequence. I need not go, back upon it; every , man here of my own age can recoiled it.—(Hear. hear.) But I hear an Hon. Gentleman near me, the Member for one of the divisions of this county, cheering me when I Allude to the distress of the farmers,— (Cries .of " No, no," f r om Mr. Wodehouse.) lam not saying that he• exults in, it, but when we are cheered. in the House of Commons by one Moor opponents we always think, that,something !Talcs', is meant by it, and I take it that the Hon. Gentleman means to infer Oat protection has not secured the prosperity of the farmers. But probably the lion. Gentleman has some; other way of accounting for the 'distress of the farmers than 1 . have. Well, all I stiptliate for is, that he shall confine him self, on the -present occasion. to corn, and If they, have had distress In spite of protection, what is the use of rousing the whole country and fighting- the battle of protection, ea; if the only thing it did was to benefit :the farmer:ea, I. ap s peal to past experience, to prove that the farmers have not been prosperous with protection; but I'll go further, and maintain, that the farmers ,have not only not been , pros peretis, bnt that they have done worse .as men of latislitese— I mean they have made less money than other classes of th e community. There is not a farmer in tbesountry' who would: not respond to • this • assertion immediately.. Our shopkeepers,. our...drapers, our grocers, our coach.' builders, every trade or profession you please our l a wyers, our doctors, every -other class, has made money An d b e c9ene prosperous, more °elms ; but, as 4 rule, farmers have gener:illy been unprosperous. Now, why ahould.it so? why shestki farmers not make money as well as other people ? Why sEf;mld farmers he the host unprosperous per- ,1 s ons in the community?" I can only account for it from that they have 'been...Specially protected' by Menibers of Par.', liament,--( Laughter. ) They have- had' much dry-nursing - 1 by county Members—(Continued laughter)—that they have never grown up into ,healthy. Maturity ; they have been zickety bantlings, and as they grow up, though they have now been under this system for 30 years and odd, they .must Atilt have crutches given to theen.—,(Hear.) Well, we hear a good deal at these protection meetings about the over, , gown capital engaged in manufactures ; and is it not vary odd, that the inanufactyrers; a/behave no protection, and who want .none, should Make out - better than the farmers with all their protectioei that:County Members; should be ' f i ghting night - and day - in' the' House of Commons, and coming down to public, meetings and rousing the whOle co untry to keep up • protectioa--that protection hieing intended to secure the farmer , the home trade. with out which you cannot possibly , live, , and. at the same time our manufacturers .in Lancashire -.end York shire, who are selling their goods . probably to the Chinese some 12,000 or 15,001 miles off, are, making money, and the farmer!, who have had the home market secured to them without any competition, can't make any money at all? Well, then, take the agricultural labonrers. Why, they are at the bottom of the sealei the very loweet scale of the ladder —( Hear, hear)—makieg less than 7s. or Bs. - at week.—(Cries of, " No, no," "Yes, yes," and other sums - named.) Nell, I won't pretend to settle the - question. Nothing,' I find, 'i 9 'so difficult as to, settle the .rate,of wages anywhere. - I find that in Wiltshire the wages .are 65., 75.,_ and .Be. a week, but I hope they are double in, Norfolk. , But,. whether or not, this I will undertake to say s tivin a pretty wide knowledge. of facts, that, the whole country through the lavest paid la.; bourer is the agricaltutal labourer.—(A voiCe. " No; no.") Now, anybody that denies that must not have' had his eyes and his ears open for the "lasttwa or three years. - NoWs . wht is it that the agricultural labourers An %Vete-paid sh a d an y . other labourers? . I would ask the gentleman who denies., that the agricultural labourer is paid less than the -mantifitc-: Luring labourer how .is it that the ; lahoirarA are running away from agriculture to. manufactures ?- Did any, eue! eeer hear of a Man running away, from 112 s. a Weekstse ( Laughter.) But I can imagine, it, possible ,tb4 he would. leave Sc. to get 12s. But how is s it that the egri4turati . laboureris hot badly off? I Will not. go :beyond One fata, r , s , that the farmers, see st rule throughout the gauntry, are defi cient in capital foi their land ; that they have not "a eriffi . cieat. capital for the acreage they occupy; and where theta is an insufficient capital, there you .hare badly paid and miserable labourers. Now, Ido not apply my remarks simply tp Narl folk, for I believe Norfolk.. and London are two of the beat counties .Engles, but I speak of the eountry generally: case l e zT e tt a to y t a h t a e t te ial is a f .nation . 'e use, , and not A Nerfolk o tamers in tuns country, as 4. rule,. have not one hale the capital thei,eaght • to zieri the men in the Hotite of Commons don't daily this, for r have told them so there: • - Why, just because, they are under - the- delete's . e t ) s vi s i t s th o is f r the corn-lawns You have had landlords living up o nle e en ? . c r ip ital efiuceessivetenante . in this country. If youlad'llla arm tenanta advert/set' to be sold up in the Nurteich Me, of the - dititress which must have existed einem; ti e s t abil ud a when all the capital was swept .away to r.parlot;l4l:tf:tr S' Lci tie farmers -left without the means of .employing thel Vas (A voice— That was owing to an alteration of: " the currenc).) Well, If .it be owing t q the. - alteration in the currency, call your currency meetings, hut den't:gp to the protection meeting s, and tell the far me r s there tha t it is Protection that makes them prosPerons, and when I show roes • e on t e ll me t t • you that they are not Praalle 4 currency that they are not so. I•have 'ob. owing to the cur but this • taking your own course, qLite• jection to your ke t • um p behind Nit up .4oti-Cdrai-' resolved upon, that you su ar j doe not. w uiryhhas' law League, as a bad boy, that $ post -chaise, to .any errands for other self, jumps' behind „,., , an ,cheerio • lt is, ers St people who employ him.-(4-4 11 1VaL prospered, awl that the admitted that the farmers have .pot prosp ed labourers have been distressed s . protection hisnot preveut that-.(Hear, hear.) • . Let us try,, then, j' 'We cannot - do with out protection. It ro said that neither &Oa)) fanners nor manufacturers can compete with foreigners. Why not? 4xe yew. not as good - and as clever?' Will Ton siibmit to have ~vossr coward ears cuffed as the farmers do?-Laughter and ch.Vl:l6l- bay, been literally ashamed of my Countrymen when have.heard accounts of theseprotection etinas Dukes, koala, end, • • me p .of whomi I shout be but ;Teat burley farmers, ampule and declaring Us th e f pismy,, mot together, .weeping ruined if Ow • ' ar a- • ace w t t 4. country that they i will he atU no p ro t ectedTit . n. Gen o me n held a white handkerchief • s ' Amid' iittghten) The, *ilat to Ist ' to his eyta .L:__ ,' - • lausaiana and the Poles, the Germans - and the Dutchmen.— exist?—(Clamour.) - The :amendment he intended to pro 7 (Laughter.) - They . Are protected: 'We don't ask them to pose was as follows : 7 send abroad and - compete with farmers at their own doors; 1. That this meeting, wailst it i s h duly, sensible of the in as we manufacturers do; - We - don't aak'them to send their estimable blessings derived from with eenjoyn eet,efcornmer to China, and sell it there at what they can ' get a ft er cial liberty, is still impressed the . be l ie f t h at w hat is United States, 14 nothing:morethan-a beau over the expenses , of freight and - duty ; yet ,we find • called" free trade," to use the words .o . f Mr. Clay, fo rmerly these meu meeting together, and blubbering -mid mourning President of the . over the bars idea that they should be called upon to com- dial vision, existing only in the imagination of_.philosophers ete with . foreigners , either here, or at their own doors.— and theorists, and practically . repudiated by all nations, since (Cheers.) It is aurPrising to hear one of those dukes and an indispensable condition to the aduptionaf it by one nation squires, when presiding at ptiblic meetings, tell the farmers is its adoption by all. that t hey will be all ruined if the corn-laws should he re - .. 2. That in ii a levying a . tariff of duti es, care should be taken , pealed ; and that if ' foreign' . corn' were 'ever introduced we • that all the great interests of the country,. viz., agriculture, should be unable to - pay taxes. 'Where is the country that manufacture, navigation, and the mechanic arts, should, as is not taxed? ~ I should like to find out 'such a country. far as may, be practicable, derive.equal advantage from the , rak ight i e n t g ii i vi t it e a matter is att m er ea o n f thy extreme ar revenue importance . Show. me the Government,arhether Turkish or Russian, that incid ental p rotection which a just system of revenue duties standa standard, will work for nothing, mid I will go and live there.—(Hear may and laughter.) And, farmers, if you had ever- travelled as understand i d you ought you would not be gulled' in the way that you are. bo th as re g ards its maximum or its minimum in respect of Foreigners are taxed to the extentof all they can pay , ilat- amount ; and also as to the mode in w hich suc h d ut i es shou l d as you are.—(Hear, hear.) That appears to me to be the be levied, whether on the principl e o f a d u t y a d valorem, or • chief end of Government, as far as I know.--(Some confusion bp taken in any other way. : , -took place here in consequence of a rush ' made by seaeral 3. That. the teram "Protection to domestic industry" are persons - at a side-door to foece an entrance, and the inter-. of popular import ;• but they should apply, under a just ,ferenceof- a policeman, who ejected - one. or two of their.)'. . system, 'to all the various branches of industry in the How the protectionists would like' hi • have such competition country. That the farmee'or planter; who .toils yearly in his for admission to their meetings - a-- , (Hettr, hear.) The fields, is engaged in "domestic industry," and is as much en protectionists talk of the emu of- the tenant-farmers by titled to have his labour protected as the manufacturer, the the repeal of the corn-laaw& I ask you , whether .there have man of commerce, the navigator, or the mechanic, who are not been in the House of Commons • three motions calling engaged also in domestic industry in their different pursuits. upon that House—for there are no tenant-fariners there— The joint labours of all these clesssee.conatitute the aggregate to show what are the ' burdens upon agriculture, and of the domestic industry of the nation, and they are, equally they - uniformly - voted against the inquiry ?—(Hear, entitled .to the nation's • protection . .. .No one of them can hear.) " They tell the farmers 'that they have peculiar bur- justly Claim te..be the, exclusive recipients :of protection, dens. We tell them in the Heise that they have peculiar 'Which can o n ly b e a ff or d e d - by. increasing burdens, on the exemptions. .1 have told them, as I tell them now, that if "domestic industry" of the others. - - • they will. show a • burden . borne 'by ' agriculture and the 4. That whilst this meeting, depends with confidence landowners, which :is not borne •by 'manufactarers and upon the justice of Parliament for the maintenance of the traders, .I will show them-that 'five" times the burden is rights of the agricultural interests of this country, it cannot borne by the latter classes.—(Hear, • hear.) If, then, the centeMplite with indifference the combinations of interested agriculturists have no peculiar burdens, what right have individuals of vast money power, whose professed object is to they to protection any more than any other class of the. destrey the independence and control the free agency of Par -community ?—(Cries of "Hear, heir.") W e say, if t h ey h ave liamenf, and. whose leaders have . given daring publicity to peculiar- urdens we will exempt them lye say *e have, no their intentions to Undermine and control . the ,freedom of desire that any class 'of the community. should have either election;- and that, such being the instruments by which the peculiar burdens or exemptions. • We say that they should "agricultural interest isampegned„,this meeting .pledges itself •be .fairly arranged; and, if. we have any othertaxation, let to oppose, by every legal and constitutional mode, such st ile have: a fresh; arrangement, - in which all shall be fairly tacks Upon, our most valued institutions, .and to Maintain treated,7-(flear, bear.) But when we seek for a statement inviolate the freedom of election and the independence of of accounts, they come to farmers' meetings, and say, "We Parliament, not merely as regards the eastern And Western cannot compete with foreigners, on account of our burdens."' diyisions of the county of ,Norfolk, but also 'as comprehend -(A laugh.) I say this scheme of protection is one-half a - ing the city and 'county of Norwich, the . borough of Great Political hoax, and the other half arises out of politicitaigno- Yarmouth, - the borough of Kings Lyen, and the, borough of rance.—(Hear, hear.) . The men who play the gameaaed the' Th et fo r d, whose electoral privilegee may, either now Or here men who are played upon by the players, make up the two after, be brought tohaeard, by being sebjectao inroads of a . classes of d u p es an d i m p os t ors .—(Laughter.) The landlords similai character., . _ - - • . -- • —the -,political landlords I mean—wish •to exercise supreme (The reference to"" Philosophers and theorists" in the amend - autboritrin-this country, and they frighten the farmers in meat was received with great laughter and clamour.) He order to drive them to the poll._ They bellow for "Protection did not know whether ay the' forms of the meeting lie was to agriculture."—(Laughter.) . ..There is nothing like a good precluded from further discussion: He was perfectly satis ",cay At an election.—(34ear,• , hear.)...Ay, but that old banner fed to sit down with this deelfteation of his resolution. The of 'protection .is most terribly. soiled nand torn of late.— resolution which had been moved included .-.the sugar duties, (Laughter.) ',don't think the. farmers will rally roun d it the malt tar, and everything. He wait rejoiced to see • Mr. again:--(Cheers .) I want to see the farmers put upon the Cobden, but regretted the. absence , of Mr. Bright. It was same footing as . the tradesmen and ether:classes are ; and impossible to view, without sentiments- of the greatest indige that they do not make their trade a species of party politics. nation; the excessive bitteineas with which Mr. Bright ex .No trade will ever -answer that is m ixe d up w i t h po li t i cs. p resse d him se lf on 'every occasion, -(Clamour, . and cries of .If anybody. conies: to protect you tradesmen, shut up shop, " Queetion;" in the •midst of which) . - . • , and turn to honest pursuits.---(A laugh.) Having urged • The llfavoit aose, 'and 'seid it was the right of an English eliis.usuel arguments in favour of farms being let on leases of man to be heard, fandathe more readily' they listened to Mr. nineteen or twenty yeare; and on mercantile terms ' and that - Wodehouee, the sooner would .they hear Mr. C o bd en 'a ga in they should not be suffered baba infested and injured by wild in re ply. If th e interruption Were persevered in he cer animal's, nor the leases clegged with covenants ineueious, to tailly would dissolve the meeting; and then they would hear the tenant-farmer, the Hon. Gentlemao said, you must- be • nothing:- . . ' allowed to do as youlike, and .'the best you . can with the Mr. Vonanousa said, he only asked the meeting to hear land, having no restrictions - as to how yoe are to dress and him patiently for a single moment, till 'he called on them to crop. it, or adeptit for the preservation and hunting of game.. Neal' in mied that not - a thousandth: part'. of Mr. Cobden's ..I say . that one-half of theeigricultnriats are dupes, and the speech - referred; in the slightest degree,, t o th e r e so l u ti on other impostors. In the first place, the farmers are made „ which : fellowed. aa (Great clamour and laughter 4. a . tools -of,. as politiCal farmere, by the. landlords; and, in the Ma. A. IleautoNee-Westaere, said their eepresentative, Mr. next place„ they. ere•staved off from inquiry into the game- . Wodehouse, had been checked by noise 'and interruption.— laws tenure, and the like.—(Hear, , hear.), In conelusion e (cries of "No, no," -and clamour.) Well, then, he had not 'Ma. Cobden argued that .the landlords would me. get less been checked , by interruptions. He had been checked. —(Re , rent if' the :farmers were freed from. the mischiefs com- newed-clamoar.) Mr. Hammond then proceeded to state mitted by, game,: and froth ancient covenants. prejudicial . that he would answer Mi. Cobden himself; bet he .would not :.to -the 'proper • cultivation of land. If any landholder in say anything bent:of that geatlernau. .li'llatavere they to say Norfolk 'would- let his land on such terms, and ' for a 'of the man who told them at one time that the landlord was lease :of nineteen or twenty: years, he would under-. the only party to be affected by the repealaafthe corn -laws, take - e tc . get .-him .- a tenant.—(Heare- hear.) Yet - th e while .teenight hi had eaid-thatthe landlord would not suffer. . landlords told. the farmers. that -such changes would ruin air: Cobden hid said that the agriculturists had had too there.,-(Hear, hear.) What could -. be more degrading teach protection. He (Mr. Hammond) was ready to show than to, tell the farmers. of England that: they were the Bri- that they had too little:- -What had been the effect of the `fish' lion, and that if they_ only -shook . their mane and • reduction of protection in 1842? Hid it aotlowered prices wagged their tail, the. miserable ..monufacturers would be • of wheat sS.or'los. a comb! ••• Mr. - Colideti ' bad ' referred to thrown off like dew drops , —(Laugliter_and cheers.) • They the , number Of- sales • •of fartifers' . atock in 1822. ' Now, he were told that they were loyal, men, that they upheld our -(Mrs Hammond) wiehed - the . ineetingto - retnemboa What had institutions in Church and Sta:e, that they were the founda- .takeneplace- it the time `referred to. Itivaa ce rtai n ly mos t tion upon which the Th rone * an d th e ar i s t ocracy reste d ; a nd- imereper and unjust- to attribute thealistrees Ol a. that - period that they.had fought the battles of the country at Waterloo . to -thetorn-laivs. :It. was . edely attributable to Peel's Cur and Trafalgar.--,(Laughter): Whya if I were addressed in rene.y Bill, which ;doubled-the , farmer's' debt, while it 'left that way ( exclaimed the Hon. - Gentleman) byabody of men,', him .only half the means o f P ayin g it. . ',F or s i x years, end i ng I should think .of the fable of the fox.and the crow, wherein • and'including the year 1809; the total cash currency of the the fqx flattered the crow t h at : she , had amost enchanting cOuntry• averaged 44' millions" and some odd' hundreds. The voice, and, deceived .by.the•.`f.soft sawder , " she oPenedher - average priceof wheat dining . the ' same period was .. 80s. 2d. beak to sing, - and down dropped:the cheese which she had For seven years i 'ending and includingthe year 1825, the total held in it, and:which was all the fox, who ran off w ith it; cash-; currency averaged 30 milli o ns s om e odd..hundreds, and wanted.—(Great laughter.and cheering.) . I venture to pre= the-priee of wheit averaged 60s. ' Pot 12 years, ending and 'diet that when -the corn-laws are abolished—as abolished: including - the year 1843, flietOtel ,casa currency wee. 28 „they : will bee e (Great cheering)—(A cry—" Th ree c h eers f ur millions, and the averag e price of *heat was 52.1. This, he -the Abolition of the corn-laws,'? which were heartily given) maintained, Witaitiaiiidence of the depressing effect Of the --you will sea no more of . those painful and humiliating efr- currency 'measure 'on the interests of the farmer.. Mr. hileitioes., The farmers will. not • then be brought to ether Cobden had tried': to'' prove . that - protection .was : of no and treated like .children.,-like school girls—to be .flattefed,, use le the fernier.' ;He (Mia Henn - non to have soft sawder laid on,,not with the brush, but with the tale 'that it'wee of gatiat Use :not eular . te ,the farmer, but to d) .would Main trowel. I wonder they don't see through it . Ithink they do. every individual works with his own bands.(A 'Voice, But I want to see all that nonsense abolished- The.faimer's "'Pro've it.") ' The free-traders have, tried to charm the.peo vote will then be his own—(Loud cheers)—and the latidlOrd ple with the .cry of cheap bread; they had talked of the eig and tenant, instead of layi ng , th e i r h ea d s t oge th er tb r t h e loaf, and of the increased quartets of food in the cou n try ; :maintenance of an interest opposed to that of the community, but they had always kept out of view that cheap food Meant will lay their heads togeth er t o d o as muc h f or eac h o th er as low•wages.—(Li ug ht er , an d c r ie s of s a'NO,..no.") What they they can •in an honest way.--(Cheers.) Both landlord' and ' 'meaet was that they could not c o m p e t e w ith the foreigners tenant, i -think, must Sad considerably indebted to me and because they eat cheaper bread than the pe o pl e ' of tbiacoun the League for telling them that we are going to abolish the 'try, and because wages were higher. here than they; Were .cern e laws.... Andave- will :do, it--(Loud . cheers.) The old there, and God knew they were low e noug h h ere too., He edifice is looking very shaky,. but you will • see it tottering (Mr. Hammond) did not grudge ..Mr. Cobden the .thonsends and crumbling before six aveeks ..are. over.—(CheeM.) 1 he had made by manufacture a, but he' did abominate the want to do this without 'exciting. the alarm of the eartieS "gross delusion which he preshed u p on ; th e minds ofa those concerned. I have held meetings froth Dorsetshire to ',Aber- . men out of whom he c arve d th a t moiley, t h at i t w a s. the deenshire ; - the League, a few years ago, expended 16,000/, landlords of - Englied ,who,. by their attempt :t o keep, up .in enlightening- the farmers; ' but no sooner wa s my• back the 'Price of bread, deprive d these men of f o od, • This was ; -e -tornednthao -alp -got protection societies, which sa y t o th e not the portion of merely deprived the inanufactimere of a farvers—..! , Don't mind what Cobden has - been saying., You certain portion of their proats. (Ilootings and la ug ht er .) cnn't.thrive e -you can't hope to hold your farms to any good What did that great League authority, .Mr. Deacon.'Hume, purpose . unless,, you are protected against the Russiads, the say on this matter? In ans wer t o a qpestion put tO him Poles, and. the Americans.. if .you don't trust .114 you by Mr. of the House of Commone. whether he Villiers, when lie .was examined before. a Comenittee will all be, ruined." And. now in . what a • precious messcontemplated placing they are all landed 1,---(Cheers and laughter.) -. Now they the working man of this country oe the same footing its the are going to have the coan-laws repe a l e d, and, they working men of other Countries. Mi. D e a con H ume expli eitly said, that he would pla c e. lain on the same footing. I know it. As to- this galvanized movement amo n g th e far mers,: we know all about it. It has originated with a few Well, what did Mr. Baring, another League authority, say on landlords—not the most intelligent of their class-...vrho have -. the subject He said, "I will not 'deny [fiat the desire and sent about their agents to rouse the farmers. They eennot policy of the men - engaged in trade, whatever may be said of get aboie 60, or 80, or .100 persons to attend their meetings. its inhumanity , is to screw down the rateof wag e s a s lO s " as Then -they.. get their speeches . put in the- Morning Post or poisible."-4 net of - "Question.") .He saw that thole re the .3forning Herald,, and:this eort-of thing they call a !great marks were not very palatable, so lie would try. another, tack. national-demonstration.-41,aughter-). Then, what do we see 7 --(Laughter.)! He would - ask why should they believe why on the other side?. ...A. meeting is called at Oxford, and every should' they trust a body of men beund together by the hand is held .up : - in . favour. of free _trade.. At Brighton a ' ateongeettlei of interest to aggrandiie themselves at the ex thousand . people are seed bolding up their hands for free pense of the rest of the country ?..-(Ceiee of " No, no," and • trade,- and only six against it.' •At Exeter' a meeting, called confusion:) • Why, 'whit had they. done h ere i Th e y h a d by the Mayor, is unanimo us i n f avour of free trade. i And conic to a soft-saw-den" the ta rn i ersew hi c h, h owever, they had -.with all thosameetings in favour of free trade the p ro t ec ti on - most thoronghlYiti g. :T failen doinhiw...carne to tell,the far iste are unable to call A single meeting in a single town in the, mers their . business, when the feet - was, that they did not kingdom. The game is up, Mid they know it.--(Cheers.) We know the commonest`• peat of the farmers' business.. They meet in Parliament 1)111 bursday, and whit has come of this -came there to deseribe the landl or d s as tyrants, . who d rove greet proteetionistePartY 2 ..--.Wbare. is .. their. own Prime their tenants to the pen' like sheep. lie (Mr. Ilemmend) 'a's Itlinister, whom they made to,n_phold the corn-law?.— (Cheers s landlord, .denied that altogether. Il e. d en i e d t b a t an y land - - and laughter,) Run away- This , state of. matte r rem ind s lord in Norfolk dare coerce his tenantry.—(Cb eers an d me of an anecdote which I ~ once laughter.) . Before Concluding he wi s h e d t o say a .f ew w or d s asked a gentleman; who had to deposit stake s , . w h ose hands' heard. A friend of mine 'about 'the use which Mr, 'Cobden would make ef the present meeting. lie would. say that he lied been opposed by a f ew he had deposited the stakeein ? In the hands of M a j or - - so-and-so," was the reply.- " Yes. but," said my friend, booby . c on ntr y , gentlemen = (Langiiter):—D.nt ' that he • toad succeeded , in .convincing and persuading the - : great hady " who will.- hold -the. majoe?"--(Laughter.) In , - 184 t the' . of the ferniera of Norfolk that protection mad,l bean.. of no feriners,put.the stakes In &r.Robert Teel's . hands, and) now they, want, aomebody - to hold Sir Robert•— , (Renewed laugh- benefit to theni. He ' (Mr. Hatuniond) sincerely . hoped ter and. cheere.) 1 ask ,your . worthy • representatiie .to that the farmers Would that night . show - by. their ices ' limeale out candidly-to-night what. his real opinions are as to that this was'a fallacy.. Mr. Cobden had said hundred times jiroopeets,of protection, for I thinkbe will agree with me that 'he had all the farmers with hint . who had any a, this, at least, that if . protectiOn is- likely ;to be abolished, brains in' their heads.. He (Mr. Hammond) tipped that to nothing can be so ruischievousa nothing is so greatly to be eight it Would be elioaria that all the farniere.who.badbiains deprecated, as that the farmers of this country. and kingdcna *'their . ' heads' 'were in favour of protection..-(Latigliter.) should be longer deluded. With the idea : that • protection , is to 'He knew that they had many fanners with them who had be maintalned,—(Hear, bear.) I ask that Hon; Gentlemen to brains in their heads, who their. capital, ;wh o o cu invested. ltivated . their lands, who ,h.em join with me to-night in . acandidavow al -as to the prospects .lalaYed their energiql, w, of maintaining protection. I can see but one danger from spent their money upon nriproving the • land, belonging, h e the Immediate- abolition of the duties on corn, and that - is nd anotheriPitted, to mether party; but did they ,net rinike such a entirely :occasioned . tor ,the absurd course followed •by the bargain 'as they Were, safe hy 2-41 - lear,. hear, and laughter.) protectionists. The protectionists . have .already robbed the Was all the - nonsense true .that had .been eittered, by, Mr. farmer of ss. the quarter on his - wheat for the last six. 'Cobden about , lettang lead .to one Min,' and :a. - butcher , week& or two m on th s by, the-panic evlacletheY have created. , running a sheep over t it again ?--( Cries of ." Yes,") ,H e • If there best panic Among, the f ar m ers ,. ; that will be - entirely' (Mr. Hammond) - di not., deny .: that there were ~,cases .cases ,of owing to the preaching and teaching of the arotectiOnista and injustice.. Ile' tinieght it Wee a case of injustice .*here & all , l have been trying. to do .fer the farmer is undone. ' I shall man let hie land to another to ,sport, Over and pe rhap s ' to now do my best to obtalu free - trade in corn instantly , if: itla - I gentlemah , frcini. Mincheiter and Nottaigham,who cared • to be got •at 011•- , -(Oheers.)' _Noir . - we are going' to Pirlia: . for n,ottehig but miskin - g . a niarcantiletransaction ;Of . it' avh /mut with Sir} R. reel determined fi r itinerate -shintslf frorn' 'kept 'bates and 'rabbi ts, riot foie- spoithig,„eut toiend to ° the Hon..• Gentleman and his partyt-- , ((,Cheers.) 'There are market., This he - did: consider 'ae a grivone•lainetice ;_but, two; men in the:Heusi of Commons ' whevalone Call . lead !that, fortunately; auelf. cases Wein Tara , : few, , Mr. A;olAttl : hat' de bray tesek .rents frein;theiratenantte, but House—Lord J. Russell or Sir R. Peel. :The,Hon. Gentian:4n - scribed' the' ' landloidaaa the mosauejeetanen, en...thaaaCe of. will admit • that such ..ia.thsk.case.; Lord - John Russel la our' the 'atirth, who. net , toadish.— -Loud cheers.) Sir R. Peel was their leader— Laub bi assed their political' printiples. Now he (Mr, Hammond) ; AWAY. But that is nit the worst of ita had canvassed tile western division-of Nortollt,lll , 4 for him- He he is run He carries with him Sir- J. Graham and Mr. , Gladstone, the self„ but for a' friend,. and he had had eccesion., to see' the only two men who could po est blYbe conceived capable of lead- - screw applied mueli.bglitpr.by attorneys or : nrioneyraeriveners, ••ing.the House. - •IVell,'then, what is to become of the protec- than ever hteheh.eLeadsegeane w it iel b s tlarid to lor i ele nc . rew th Mr.C e o„b fr d a e n n o a i l s s e o . tol i d f . . tionist partyofthe 100 Or 1 p forloin,looking gen tlem en, avi th,, them their hearts in their shoes and their Chinsdown to their waists? Mr.. Cobden wished to increase the franchise in this country, . They may ravilteSir It Peel, bat the' conntry will any they, why did. he not, in. the Hotise of Commons, bear Witneas to :a Obetp.pointed, z , They areimpotenti and will sink lower and his desire ? . But the fact:was, that he only wished to in , re. . .. , lower in .pnblie , .eninion- as the session advances, , Well, *hat crease the franchiSe for a 'particular purpose, and nothing .cOntes.of : the protectionists ?ad tallaha farmers at once the .eise4. • But he-(Mr. Hainmond) frankly • said - that he ,dis game Is up{ you may. talk, of anything you e like, but if any . approved of this interferende with the representation of this one speaks to you again of protection , you , should : ask him, country altogether :; but hallo. more disapproved of it: than , i Do you mean, to.. hoax, , us?,"-4(Clieens .and. laughter.) • A .he 'did of , -.the interference - 'oftha. - Carltim and Reform Clubs. egentlerean has addressed s< note to me aakingMe to:explain - , Hethought,all 'interference bad,. ';-110 begged to • urge apon host; if the corn-laws ere repealed, the ta s tes are lobe paid. '. . therneeting not to heled. Away by aim, false iseetements, of 'Wadi:4ft object to ..pay - the gileetala [)axes, ' :We object pnly Mr. Cobden—for false he naaintitned • they-were: - lie (;Mr, 'to Pay-taxis to tilt HonAlentleinan'if ftteride...,-(cheere;aed Hommondlattintttedthatlieliadrailid to convince the meet e leughteaa aenever.lieerd of agitations being•got 'up teomain. Mgl that his violas were right.. ../le was., soria , .to say that tain a tax for the Queen's revenoe,'' If the gentleman Who •lie. had.. been weak in argument_ although .etreng rn, the 'Patti taff , l4oololßViit:ShOlif me 'IOWA W 4141410 for - the I be:- knowledge of wha t - eais :fight. a 'lle had not Ahn.ahilityrto ad- nefit of theQueentto pa , t axes to somebody else, then Twill dress. Ifiem.ailie-anght,-. _lautl.M - bogged the .farmers to re exPlein-bal,difficulT, Mr, Cobden next proceeded to-repeat his statementi.on eaohjeet „ of. the eeelifieetiois, -Het did • las, a quarter.—(Ories..of r lift .1. , .; .N 4,1.44,3 1 0. of. laughtpr.) Mau - 1 19 0 - a a _that.a daia/S- _aavarevitllpretection meant. wheat at not: advance ' this' money, neither • did the League, Tha It .meant , the loweet,•pPeeible - wages for !all...kinds of labput `Majority 'of that meeting , were. .f ree -t ra d ers; ' and he 3 f-a- Cohn bad 4.141a1a41 : theta that ..their labourers were only begged of- them t° 'give .Mr. 'Weldillonse ii . right frank. recerying. Bs., Per .week, • H 9 Ihir..ldammend)..einployed; a and hospitable " Welconrea 'lf :.that' teroatiemete ,were net it - gefiat many ' labourers, and at this - moment they . were re very Plucky' ona,- hi would not .have - • been there that Relying lle• a week ; inoreOT•er , Abe/ earned. 51, 12s. 6d, in night. Having shown thatthenorn-liwa - Were no Venefit to hipiest, • Mr, ITAI1)10.114 ' conoludeo , .hy '. arging- the farmers fayrner,4ebottrer, or'everr landlord, Mt. Cobden, in emichiaion, • to, continue -to. hold together, and AIL thie-bobbery of .the said,—if .that fron, Gentleman and • hie-order- , -itthe aristo. Leag ue Would. Wale to nought, •-• • • - •• • •-• • ' • • :cratey of this eountryee-eyeepa'• infatuated as , to persist in - Mr: Barn, then came forward and begged to'be allowed to fighting this battle agaimist.thiu people , on -that most anhil. enake a few obsereationi - • Ile' denied - that the corn-lave of lowed of 'a n. groood*,..a..bread tax-- , then. I. wen them, if 1814 had been' passed - with- a view of . securing 80s. a quarter they put.us. te it, wa . .yrill show- that the power 7 WhiCh the fer,whear l as: 'Mr,.. Psbclert•bad Stated, fir of ec_tualispg ot middle and hidustrlouse elaaeee posess is „sufficient •to 'put . p r i c e of wheat in any ' - avey i bat a rather for tali Paraese P. ! Mein' the usurpations of a privileged ,Riaili, The tri al of :giving protection to' the British farmers against the risk of . strength betireen - t hi people and the aristocracy has t en earn rowing in frotn•ahroid.. in eiseh •abtnidance 'for to'beat 'Preeeafiseieheie; inhutny countries and age's: It never proved down the prices here till. the-grower would be-rulned by the successful, aniFtherairlirtoereey may depend upon it their_ ate - competition: With reference tibthe•depreSsidit Which occurred '• teinliterill , not prove taceessful - here,--( The lion. Gentle- among 'the• farmers in 182'2; to Which Mr. Cobden bad alluded,. ...man reauM64 - -Ida seat amidst ' loud • and ' -long: ' - eontleillea .1h at Ives ewine•enet to thecorn-leiy ; .:baa to the aeati ahtii eleteringia e a - • a a .; ~ - . - -. • - -a ' ' • - .•18ii there4as..an. nonsnaliy.4l34ntiapt hatlzeit..- "4c 0.,T P. 'Mr, — ; GitAir ,'' l *lA'oPoacidthe rfit isalatien as fOlIOWB: to Mr. Jacob, there were that; yea} no fewer .thaii 4.0 00 .1 : - t 4 That thb %,3' i l t e - ' ,••• •' 1. . -•• ' • • $ quarters bf wheat above the average; in • addition to wiaice e - lavfie. and all ether laws designed to re stfiet teade--imiter 'pretenee 'Of' ' there were I,ooo,ooo.quarters - imported from Ireland; and it,. unjust in principle and inaurnius - in op eration , and ought t protectieg particular classes, Are be forthwith abolished;" was owing. to.tbia e*oeseof4,9oo,oooquartera that Prices were' seconded the reaolu . tioi . : - , . ,:. o be aten . down e and so eietn e y farmers ruined. - The corn-law had ile.tendel to with this depression in Oleo. Matters were Mat. Wonkitanasa rose amidst Cheering and clamour, . said, that an presenting himself befete the. meetin - 11 that his fiAat expre‘sion ought to be Oria of duty toe ,, ,eird e s e h lt • .. ' ' 'but they would heyebe ep te bad anoug ~ w 1 the corn-law, . .ll and' times tyurse withoet 'it, They were told th et, there were vaet atifehtliaes'ef cOrti . in .A.Merita,nnd th t if we pa ly had free trade we iheuld haVe an' abundant supp ly • mayor: ,of, ecreafrom America, He attended here in'clefeience'to 'that gentlemiin' e a ' and That she ' would take our commodities in return. This agthority.. He i ' , ( l S l J: Wolohan/ 3 e) hal addressed a =letter . to , soundedill very well in th y, but it would hive do in rac - the ele c tors 0 orfolki•-telling them that. thongh there were tice: ; One effectof th • : l a; • ' _ . _ r p_ _ wint uctton- of , American corn would ' indications .of a scarcity, the . statements is-to a Amine were.. be, that It Weida eweep e ly ya • all the .milling property Inthie exaggerated.;. grossly bat that at • all' times, and under • al) country ; for Anieriea Cor o d ' send ,our in such vest qaanti: nee& an allegation of scarcity Ought AO , make it a ties, as lie virily believ a would ' , reduce : the valued -manna g c iP st4--- • t . - - He w n sked,if .thorn -wasnut '' '' ' • • t ma tter of laterea •,... , ParalllPP .•••• • the ' : hi hint effracteor_ on part of Mr 'l l pruarty ,t, thsAt §o.ner pent,,; so 4 advised everybody-who E As to look to theMaelees before a something Of ane , laa.... ._. t fi . sm allest de to the P 4 e P.', .... _ ... , . , , t b. y . 4 ,- or.ocaod • t a u t tding, ea tt the ~ „ _gre, , , free trade in corn. . flebelieved.thatUr. Cobden..would, not Cobden in no ree d to -. Wohlleer 'week, .aeo was - suippq . i . ,,949?!;. . den? , that the capital inipllSAlL:pip4 RAM „, , „,, e - t ,, lii „, ntua .1 7 w ..,.: ..., . ... Ito the capital employed in all cotton-mill s i n th e ki ng d om. —(Cries of " No, no," and laughter.) Th en th ey were to ld . that there would be no interruption to this beautiful inter change; but he (Mr. Ball) assured the meeting that there would be an interruption. America could send corn cheap; but in the Baltic corn was cheaper still, and therefore men would go with sovereigns in their pocket to Odessa to pa-- chase corn, and beat America out of the field. Again, was it just and proper that we should be dependent on America for corn—that we should import 4,000,000 or 5,000,000 quar ters from America when it was possible to increase our own produce to that amount?--(A voice, " Then why don't you do it?") Every quarter of English wheat we imported dis placed so much English labour. And there was another con sideration worth mentioning, that when Great Britain should cease to grow corn adequate to the wants of her population, America might insist upon our giving up Canada before she should give us her corn. He contended, also, that the ruin of the agriculturist, which would inevitably follow the with drawal of protection, would involve the ruin of the villlge blacksmiths, the wheelwrights, the shopkeepers, &c., who were at present principally supported by the agriculturists. Mr. Cobden had cast ridicule upon his opponents, and used sundry illustrations to excite laughter. He had pointed to the portrait of Nelson in the ball, a name which should secure their love of the aristocracy —(Laughter.) Mr. Cob den was most illogical in arguments, but of good temper. He was a gentleman indeed.-4 Hear, hear, and cheers. ) His excellent manner of receiving Mr. Wodehouse, his general courtesy and good feeling would make him (Mr. Bill), thongh he differed from Mr. Cobden, go away from the meeting much better pleased with that gentleman than he was when he entered it. — (Cheers.) He had been told that he should meet a lion; but he saw nothing of the lion but the skin. A speech less calculated to impress the under standings of people than that of Mr. Cobden he had never heard.—(Oh, oh, and laughter.) He should, therefore, sup port the amendment. Mr. COBDEN rose amidst much cheering, and said—Be fore the resolution is put I wish, in accordance with the rules of public meetings, to offer two or three words in reply. (Some disturbance was created by a small knot of persons at the extreme end of the room, which eli cited cries of "Turn 'em out?") No, don't turn anybody out. In five minutes I hope to put some common sense into their heads.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) Why you are more disorderly than the House of Commons.—(A person near the platform made a noise, and was ejected.) It is only a young lawyer who is a land agent.—( A laugh.) When I came here I expected from the accounts I received in London that there would he " a great shindy," as it was called. I did expect, at all events, to hear a great speech from the Hon. Member for Norf o lk ; but he has said nothing in reply to my arguments.—(Hear, hear.) He was very ready to answer Mr. Bright, who is not here ; and, no doubt, if I had been absent he would have answered me.—(Cheers and laughter.) But if Mr. Wodehouse has not given us a speech he has seat forward a substi:ute to do so—a volunteer in the cause, and you have heard his speech.—(Laughter.) Whatever you may think of the quality of it, it is quite as good as I generally hear on, that side of the question.— (Cheers and laughter.) But I think the third speaker, who moved to the rescue, did certainly display more capacity to treat this question. He has told us, in answer to my re marks, something about the failure of the farmers in 1822, which arose from the abundant• seasons of the previous two years, which exceeded by 4,000,000 quarters the average pro duction ; and his argument amounts to this, that the far mers were ruined by the bounties of nature.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) And if there is anything new in that argu ment, it comes to this, that the farmers would be most pros perous if they had the least possible production from the soil.—(A laugh.) Is there not something foully unnatural in that?—(Hear, hear.) Must there not be something fun damentally wrong in the trade of the fermer? I have no occasion to appeal to your judgment. Your moral and reli gions feelings rise up in rebellion against such an argument as Olt the blessing of abundance ruins the farmer. Why, then, does the Church offer up prayers and thanksgivings for abundant crops?—(Hear, hear.) I told you why the farther is ruined by abundant crops: his rent was fixed with the expectation On his part that he is going to get 80a. a quarter for his wheat. The Hon. Gentleman tells us he held oat no such promise.. But I put it to any candid farmer whether it has not been the general delusion from 1815 •to the, present day, that the farmer could regulate the price at which he could sell his wheat? Sir Robert Peel by his last, Act proposed to secure from 555. to 58s. a quarter ; and is not rent fixed according to that valuation ? So it was from 1815 to . 182 - 2, as any old farmer will bear me out. In 1815 the law said that no foreign wheat should be brought in until the price reached 80s. The farmers believed in that delusion ; the landlords pandered to it; and the land-agents fostered it. But if rents were fixed on corn instead of money, abundant crops could never be otherwise than beneficial to the farmers, at what ever price it might be sold.—(Hear, hear.) In 1835 the average price was under 40s. ; and you know the ruin that came upon the English farmers. But what was the state of the Scotch farmers? One of the most intelligent farmers in the East Lothians told me that lie never made so much money, as in the year 1835, when half the farmers in England wore completely ruined. Why, because the Scotch farmer paid his rent in. so many quarters of corn, let the price be whatever it might.—(Hear.) Bnt the Hoa. Gentleman says you will ruin the millers by the introduction of American flour, for there was more capital invested in flour-mills than in manufactures.—(Laughter.) And then in the next breath he said that would not last long, for we should ,go and get corn at a cheaper rate from the southern provinces of Russia, and from Moldavia and Wallachia. What does that amount to? That the millers will find more employ ment and the people cheaper food.— (Hear, hear.) The Hon. Gentleman talks at one moment of our being coin • pelled to go to America with our money in our sacks' mouths, begging with bended knees for food from Brother Jonathan; and he also talks of our farmers being able to grow 4,000,000 quarters of wheat above the average quan tity.—(Murmurs,) A person has anticipated me, and asked, " Why don't they grow it, then ?"—(Hear.) The gentleman says that if we import 4,000,000 quarters we prevent the growth of corn, and the cultivation of land in proportion. Well, if the people can eat the 4,000,000 quarters more of wheat, why is it not grown for them ? and why are they made to eat potatoes instead of bread ?—(Cheers.) When these gentlemen talk of throwing the poor land out of culti vation and of depriving the labourer of his employment, mind it is their argument and not ours. I have always held a different doctrine., The poor soils will be better cultivated. than they are now.—(Hear, hear.) Let me tell those gen tlemen who wish to frighten the agricultural labourers, that there is no force in that argument. It was well dealt with at Goatacre.—(Cheers.) A labourer said, " Let me have four acres of land of the same rent that the farmer pays, and I will maintain myself, wife, and six children far better than I can upon my present wages."—(Hear, hear.) I wish I could see a prospect of land being cheaper.—(Hear.) But if these are the arguments with which we are to be staved off from the adoption of the principles of free trade, let it be understood, that if farmers are frightened, if the farmed tenantry are in a panic, if the value of stock is depreciated ? if, the soil is neglected and reduced to three-fourths in its worth through the absurd teaching and preaching of absurd protectionists, let it not be imputed to us. I say that, with the utmost supplies we can get from abroad, the food the people are likely to have will be dear enough ; and if there should be a want of food, it will not be because of an inundation of food, but because there are more mouths than there are means of supply.—,(The Hon. Gentleman sat down amid loud cheering.) they joined with several others, equally curious, and o in f c t lu h d e in ti g ve m of r . Villiers, wliomth h e a C d o e u n n t e e il e h d ad r been twice a week, month after month, did they meet together and discuss that' question. Th e result was before hand of Parlia ment, and had distinguished themsel ves to a very remark ' composed, :world three, remark able degree in their uncompromising exertions to succeed in obtaining what they originally declared, and which had since proved the truth, to be the best and wisest legisla tion; he meant the repeal of the corn-laws.—(Cheers ) Their success was gratifying, the whole country was in their favour, and warmly and earnestly applauded their opinions ; and there could, therefore, be very little doubt that even the strongest of Governments, and even the most obstinate of Ministers, must give way to, and acknowledge the might of a public opinion, so unmistakably and so gene rally expressed. Mr. J. FOGGO seconded the resolution. The CHAIRMAN then put the amendment, for which be tween twenty and thirty hands were held up. On the original resolution all the rest of the multitude voted, and the Mayor declared it to be carried by an immense majority. Colonel THOMPSON and others afterwards addressed the meeting, which, after a vote of thanks to the chairman, broke up at a late hour. Arrangements for expressing this most important meeting were facilitate, by both the Norfolk and Eastern Counties Railway Companies. To. Mr. Roney and Mr. Clay in par ticular thanks are due for their attention. GREAT FREE-TRADE MEETING -IN MARYLEBONE. On Tuesday a large meeting was held in the Riding school, Albany-street, Regent's -park, called by the Anti- Corn-law League, for the purpose of expressing the opinions of the inhabitants of Marylebone regarding the corn-laws at the present crisis, and principally of hearing the addresses of several gentlemen on the advisability of taking immediate means to extend the 40s. freehold franchise throughout the metropolitan counties. Upwards .of 3,000 persons filled the body of the building; and on the platform, amongst others, were Sir William Baynes, Mr. Bagshawe, Rev. Mr. M'Crea,, Windsor; Professor Keye, Mr, J. Ivamey, Mr. Wingfield, Mr. Reay, Dr. Heath, Mr. Foggo, &c. Mr. J. Hums;, at the hour appointefi. took the chair and 'on opening the ProceeilingS, 'after having requested silence and attention from the vast assembly, in listening both to those agreeing in, and to those opposing the opinions en tertained by the majority of those present, said, that' as they possessed a constitution the object of which was to deal with all equally, they should, as honest men, whenever they found that particular laws. which had been enacted proved partial to one portion and oppressive to another portion of the com munity, do their duty and carry out the views of that consti ,tution in such a - way as should repeal the injustice and re store the right.,-(llear, hear.) He did net .appear before them as a mere tyro in public speaking, advocating ,a cause 'for the first time, but he came there to tell them the result of his experience, and to declare that the sentiments on the particular subject in question, and on all other subjects in the discussion of which he had ever taken a part, were now the same as when 34, years ago.he entered the House of Commons. With what, a difference, however, did he now express . those opinions ! At that period there were few, if any hopes of seeing the laws against which the whole country now protested, repealed. Little' prospect of such complete and.ample success as_ that which now attended the almost universal appeal made by the people against the system from which they proved they derived no benefit —a system which, it was now 'found, was.and only had been sustained for the limited advantages of a numerically insignificant Class.-- (Hear, hear.) Axel when in. England, as in all other coon the voice or the people was unanimous and energetic in its declaration for any good cause, no Minister existed but would see, if he had common sense, that it was his policy, if his sense of justice did. not urge him, to yield to the dernand::—(Cheers.) They had now met not only to declare that .they would no longer remain quiescent under the preteetivalaws, but also to prove that these laws, which were enacted, f or th e ex p ress pu rpose of benefitin g a class, did In reality no t b ene fit th at c l a ss, while their inevit able and known effect. was to injure and deaden the progress carrandystathboise views lity the indiusneturmy incumbent fiZonn themation.--acit, and espe ioar,) To cially on those exercising the constitutional privileges in that P°Pl4l°llBll , " ( AO , to use every exertion i n their power. The power of electing the representatives in Parliament was entirely in the hands of the middle class, and if that class now acted honestly, what they desired would speedily be effected to the benefit of their countrymen and of their kind. If the country had been, fairly represented in the House of Ceniniona those laws would never have passed. .Theie ohject, that'night' was to take into eqnsideration, and to pass r esolution pledging t4e111"117"44°14 means as for, the future would secure to' them representatives who would l e g islate for t he people, and not for the private profit of a portion alone of the community. In ,a. few days—in 48 hours —they would, it was not improbable, receive from the Premier a declaration that such le g i s l ation should be adopted at.onoe and f ar e ver but if tlo sUch, or, contrary declaration weiz made, and that ft 1T2c 1 4 11 0 nq one'eould 'as yet tell, then he (the Chair man) trusted theywould all buckle to like men , conscious that they were injured, and determined to .be righted.— Vuiutla Cets,) The Hon. .Gentleman•conclueed by intro clng -Prof essor Key.sto, the notice of the meet in g . - lie Professor K EYE rose to . propose t first resolotloO7 "That this meet i ng . euters i ts so l emn pr otest against the carn-.lawN Eix , linpelitic and unjust; and urges their total, Professor Keye ediate, and un con di t i o n a l repea l . ' P then continued—Like the Hon. Chairman, though the term of years was somewhat shorter, he had, since he had a rr i ve d at matur i ty an d exe rcised his reason,. been of opinio n th at protective l aws wer e inlurioua and lie • elite: for s i tueir total, tininediate; and unconditional repeal." had, ( - )11 end eve of,icasic,,o in' big poVier, been the It happened happened that when he, then a young man , lef t the Uni versity of Cambridge, he came to London with Mr. Villiers, whose acquaint ance h e h ad the p!Pacaqg 4t'6)l.' lage' wno was tile first Vantlein'ild'ihat ever proposed the total repeal of th e corn -l aws; an d both being led to inquire 18 to the beneata Ulm might be derived from free.trade, Mr. R. JlToortE then rose and addressed the meeting at great length,' but owing to the press of matter we are compelled to omit his speech. The resolution was then put and carried. Mr. BAGSHAW proposed, and Mr. R. BAGSHAW seconded, the second resolution " That this meeting tender its most cordial thanks to the Council of the Anti Corn-law Leauge for the attention given to the registration of electors, congratulates them on the progress of the 40s. freehold movement in the counties, and pledges its support to win the counties of East Surrey, Hert ford, and the other metropolitan counties." The CHAIRMAN then made some remarks on the fallacy which he stated prevailed as to the landed interest being the most powerful, supporting his position by referring to the income-tax returns, which evidenced that only one-sixth of the whole tax was paid by that interest; and by the fact, generally he believed known, that if the middle cruses in the boroughs only exerciie their rights honestly, the agricultu rists could only send . 258 members out of the 658 of the en tire representation to Parliament. in conclusion he put the resolution, which was carried unanimously. Thanks were proposed by Mr. MOOSE to the chairman, and Mr. HUME having briefly replied, three cheers were given for the League, and the meeting broke up. THE ANTI CORN-LAW LEAGUE. (From the Daily News.) The most significant movement of our times is the agitation which has now fir several years been conducted by the Na tional Anti-Corn- law League. A few days, at most, will show whether it has done its work and gained its victory, or only reached a crisis when its strength will be tasked for the severity of a final struggle. But, no continuance of resistance can render the result uncertain, or postpone it to any very• remote period. All that resistance can do is further to de velop the new power which has arisen, and, perhaps, enlarge the sphere of its influence. The League is not a creation of certain wealthy and discontented manufacturers; it is a symptom of the condition of society; a decisive symptom, in dicating transition; and the legislative note of that transi tion will be the abolition of the corn-laws. The wheels have revolved; the hands, point to the hour, and the clock must strike. The characteristics of this agitation are obvious. They reveal the secret of its success. It originated with no political party. By no political party has it been cherished. Till recently, it found little favour with Whigs or Tories, the aristocracy or the working classes. It grew amid indifference and scorn. On no prevailing prejudice could it fall back for aid. No religious or other class affinity linked it to great masses of the people. Its progress has been by individual conviction, that conviction being accompanied in its advance by the strong perception of a common interest. The League has agitated by instruction, and excited by dem ons t ra ti on. Even the economical tr u ths it taught had not the stimulus of novelty. They had long been the world's property, though as little understood as the worth of Aladdin's lamp. A few manufacturers, feeling the injurious working of the system took to conning the pages of Adam Smith. They rubbed the lamp, and the genie appeared. The League seems to us to be a less understood thing than the principles it ad vocates. It is a reality quite as interesting as any that Smith or Ricardo, Mill or Malthus, have investigated. Our statesmen do not yet quite comprehend it. The common herd of politicians is terribly bewildered. Protectionist Dukes have about as distinct a notion of it as Marcellus had of the Ghost when he proposed, if it would not stand to strike it with his partizan. "It is, as the air, invulnerable, And our vain blows malicious mockery." The League is only the exponent of a living thought which has come into the world, and must work its work by the necessity of its own vitality. Only thus considered, does it become intelligible. Look at those seven men of Manchester who first banded themselves in this great cause, became the germ of the Council, and have not since failed one day, some or other of them, of meeting and consulting for its promo tion. Look at that scene of untiring labour, presided over by the piercing, though quiet thoughtfulness of George Wilson, whence issued tracts by the ton weight, till, to every elector, the means of judging had been offered; where the statistics of every city, borough, and county are accumu lated, and the opinions of every elector known who has avowed them by his franchise. Look at those magnificent subscriptions, from the fifty thousand pounds at which the clubs laughed as an impracticability, to the quarter of a million, at which they do not laugh. Look at those übiquitous League missionaries, with simplicity, earnestness, and de — otedness, that might have sufficed in other days for the establishment of a religion, living only in their work and finding it their life. Look at those unprecedented meetings in the metropolis, held sometimes week after week, with un diminished interest in facts and arguments, to which it would previously nave been deemed most preposterous and rain to invite the attention of a popular assembly. And look at that uncontested verdict which the West Riding of Yorkshire, the first fruits of county representation, is prepared to pronounce on the question between the League and its opponents. There is something in all this not to be explained by "hired oratory," " corrupt expenditure," " hatred to agriculture," "cunning tactics, ' and other less decent assumptions, which pass current at Protection meetings; something not dreamed of in the philosophy of Old-street; but which belongs to the irresistible agencies of social change and renovation. It is unnecessary to qualify our perfect confidence and satisfaction as to the tesult of this agitation by any ex hortations to unremitting effort. The friends of free. trade will persevere. The truth that is in them must work itself out. The inhabitants of Westminster did well, though the revelations of Monday are so near, to meet yesterday, and add their testimony to that of the city of London and the provinces. Again and again will the people of Manchester gather in their tens of thousands. The purchase of freeholds will proceed in its course towards an enfranchisement alike unexpected and ominous. The quarter of a million subscrip tion will, if necessary, swell to half a million ; or, by pro longed hostility, reach a million. The leaders of this cause will move straight on, undisturbed by the tactics of Parlia mentary party. The many cannot un- know what they have learned, nor an enthroned principle be forgotton or case aside like some temporary ccntrivance of a faction. Greatly mis taken are we as to what the agitation is, in its reality and vitality,, unless it contains and combines ie elements of con tinuance up to the moment of complete success. Anil; then, when the material good is gained for which we look to corn law repeal, there will also r main the intellectual and moral benefits accruing from the development and discipline of the public mind in the process.of its accomplishment. THE POOR-LAW AT LINCOLN, On Monday week, there was a numerous attendance of guardians at the Lincoln Union-house, in consequence of an investigation before Mr. Assistant-Commissioner Wesle, by order of the Poor-law Commissi niers, as it re gards a neglect of duty on the part of Mr. C. Wellington Kent, one of the surgeons, and Mr. Joseph Cunnington, one of the relieving officers, in the case of a poor old woman, named Elizabeth Tye, who lived at Cherry Wil lingham, about two miles east of the city of Lincoln, and was accidentally burnt on the 27th of November last, by her neckerchief taking fire, which much injured her about her head, and she died three weeks afterwards. On the inquest, it was shown that Mr. Kent was sent for several hours before he attended, and that on a second call, he went late at night, without ordering any other application than that of a bread poultice; for about a week he attended the patient at intervals of two or t:lree days, but afterwards saw her no more; that he gave no. instructions about the dressings, but ordered she should receive 21b. of mutton. He hid said that a nurse should be procured, but this the relieving officer did not do, pre tending that no person could be got to attend upon the poor woman; she did not receive the mutton ordered, and with the exception of a neighbour sitting up with her the first night after the accident, which was before she had received any attendance from the parish autho ritfes-, this poor old insane creature of fourscore, with a bed a neighbour ignorantly employing train-oil to to the Ae e i w d e o u u t n a d l . d e a The effect - r i o d f d e a n s h e r u i s o b u a s n i d u , u w r a le ys of theft e head, alone, suffering without properf rom the ap pliances, with a severe censure on some parties for neglect. Th e r p e r s e u v i e t n o t f the rags s f t r w o Board of Guardians of the Linculn Union im me di ate l y in formed the Poor-law Commissioners, an d suspen d ed both m as a ea v t er7lict in o the surgeon and the relieving officer. The result of the inquiry on Monday fully bore out the previous state ments made at the inquest, and though the decision is not made known, there is no doubt it will be in the dis mission of both parties. The relieving officer had ten dered his resignation to the Board of Guardians imme diately after the inquest, but th ey d ec li ned to receive it, pending th e inquiry they had solicited from the Poor-- law Commissioners. PEDESTRIANISM. WILD AND RAWLXNGS.—E. Wild Merry-legs) and R. Rawlings (r4' Kilburn), ran their mile race on Tuesday, over Ham-common. It was a hollow thing. The men toed scratch about half-past three, and made a very fair start. The running was good for the first 150 yards, when Raw lings left his man. At about 800 yards Wild gave in, as to pull up the lost distance whs hopeless. Rawlings thencefor ward strode in an easy winner. • 'HANDLEY (OF NOTTINGHAM) AND CHARLES JENKINSOX (THE LONDON SrAo).---These seen are again matched (dis tance this time, 200 yards) for 501. a-side. A deposit is down. Handley is also engaged to run, at Birmingham, With James Newton, of Ashton, 160 yards, within two months, for 50/. CURIOUS EsCAPIS OF A POACHES.—Avery curious escape of ijioacher happened the other day.. As the game keeper on Craigie-hill was going his usual rounds, he came ' upqn a number of wire gins", in one of which was a strangled grimalkin. Believing, from the early hour, that the person who set the gins, would not be long in making his appear ance to examine them, he lingered in the Shade of some trees at a little distance, keeping a sharp look out. He had not been many minutes ensconced when the poacher made his appearance, walked up to the gins, unfastened the hare, and plunged it into ids capacious pocket; but he had no sooner done so, than he detected the ! gamekeeper emerging from his ambush, and making towards bins with all speed, He, of course, made off as fast as his legs would carry him, and direiited his way to the centre shaft of the railway tun nel, leaped into a bucket which was being lowered at the tune, and went doWn into the bowels of the earth. The gamekeeper arrived at the side of the pit just in time to see his head disappear in the darkness below. He took the op portunity of descending with the next bucket, considering the delinquent in quite as:secure a trap as the hare,-hut the poacher perceived him, and got into that which was ascend. ing—there being always an ascending and des cen di ng bucket at ; the same time—and slipped past, the gamekeepe r without being perceived by him, and arrived safely at the top. The gamekeeper having no idea of being so out-lA A/I , o " r a' *only discovered his mistake when he was at the bottom; anj there, to add to his disappointment, he was compellA%l to give a douceur to, the workmen ere they would allow him to merge again into daylight. He did not find his man, belt we hear he is one of the bands e mployed At the is likely to.be traced out. —Pert/While tgAlleis and The following aneod,oto of Mr. Webber, forme r ly President ef , cambriclise .liege, illustrates tl When s a ili ng one'e d laecul i iarity of bis plat liedatical gen us. palsy for pleasure, he accid en t a ll y fell overboard. day c . oin er sink ing pret-y deep, he at length came u d • p, and raisin raising lAie heisd above the surface of the water , .11 e „gayety oksAme.d i o it is 'expected," YOUIT;11 " " ''•• • • NI vac a rope, LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Jan. 21. The Lord Chancellor sat in his Court at Westminster to-day, and heard appeals. His Lordship rose at an early hour to attend the Council at Buckingham Palace. His Lonnstur postponed his judgment on the motion of Christ's Hospital v. Granger till Saturday. ROLL'S COURT, Jan. 21. His Lordship resumed the hearing of the remaining peti tions. This was a petition impugning the decision of the Master, with reference to the taxation of a bill of costs of 165/. I Is. Bd., and praying for an order to that effect. It appeared that the petitioner, Mr. Alford, had employed Mr. Bolton, the respondent, a solicitor, as agent to conduct some law pro ceedings, aad an item of bill of costs of 25/. was objected to by. Mr. Alford, on th e ground that it was an unnecessary ex pense, and that the case had not been properly conducted. Lord LANGDALE, in giving judgment in the case, said he was content to make the order, though he considered that Mr. Bolton was placed in a situation of great hardship. Ile had no doubt that the decree referred to was defective, in consequence of Mr. Bolton having reliel on the promises of a gentleman to do something which he had failed to execute. Ile would now make an order for the payment of the sula found, by the Master, deducting the sum of 25/. IN RE SAME. This was a petition on the part of Mr. Bolton, praying for the costs of the petition as well as the costs of taxation. Lord LANGDALE considered the petitioner entitled to an order to the effect required, which he would accordingly make. The hearing of these petitions occupied the greater part of the day, and the remaining petitions were quite uninteresting. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Jon. 21. (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of EN ;LIND. ) THE MAYOR OF LOUTH V. THE WARDENS OF LOUTH FREE SCHOOL. The arguments in this case were resumed, and occupied the Court the whole day. (Before Vice-Chancellor WpanAm.) PARSONS V. SPOONER. It will be remembered that the plaintiff, the projector of, and solicitor to, the Southampton, Manche-ter, and Oxford Railway, instituted the suit to establish a lien on the depo sits of the shareholders, and that the cause was heard on demurrer by the defendant. His Hosoun, this morning, overruled the demurrer in the usual terms. BAIL COURT, Jan. 21. (Sittings in Banco, before Mr. Justice WILLIAMS.) TIIE QUEEN V. THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE CITY ►ND BO- ROUGH OF LICHFIELD. Sergeant TALFOURD moved for a rule to show cause why an attachment should not issue against Charles Simpson for disobedience of an order of this Court. This was a prosecu tion. by way of mandamus, on the part of Mr. Simpson, against the Town Council of Lichfield, commanding them to make compensation for the loss the applicant had sustained by being deprived of his office of town-clerk. It appeared, however, that he had been dismissed for misconduct, and was not, therefor% entitled to any compensation. The rule for a mandamus was made absolute, and the return to it alleged a disobedience of its order. The claimant had traversed the return, and the case came on for trial at the last Stafford assizes. Before the period appointed for the trial the order on which this ques tion arose had been made. Although the claimant had been dismissed from his office, he had thought proper to retain in his possession all the memoranda and books belonging to the Town Council. As it was considered necessary for the de fence of the mandamus that an inspection of these papers, with the view of making extracts, should be allowed, an application was made to Mr. Justice Wightman, who ordered that full opportunity for inspection should be allowed. This order had been so worded, that when the case came for trial Lord. Denman had postponed trial in consequence until the following assizes. Since that time various eni.ea- Yours had been made to persuade Mr. Simpson to comply with the order, but without success. An application was, therefore, made last term to Mr. Justice Patteson for an at tachment against Mr. Simpson, but, although Mr. Justice Wightman's order had been made a rule of Court, it bad not been served, and Mr. Justice Patteson thought that, under the circumstances, an attachment could not issue. The rule bad since been served, and as the order was still disobeyed, the present application was made.—Rule granted. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Jan. 21. (Sittings in Banco.) THE MARQUIS OF BUTE V. SIR JOHN GUEST. This was a special case sent by the Court of Chancery for the opinion of the Learned Barons of the Court of Exchequer. It would appear that the Marquis of Bute some time ago let on lease a piece of land, in Staffordshire, to Sir John Guest, the defendant, for the term of 61 years, and a covenant in the lease provided that the lessee was to erect premises on the piece of land suitable and proper for carrying on the business of a glass manufactory, and gave him power to alter or en large such premises so often as the exigencies or necessity of the trade might require. The lessee took possession of the property, and in due course built the glass manufactory, in strict accordance with the terms of the lease. The building had a frontage to a canal, which was also the property of the noble lessor, and the canal was made available for the conveyance of the glass to the market. The speculation, however, turned out to be a failure, and the lessee abandoned the manufacture of glass, and the premises were now unoc • cupied, and fast falling into decay. The noble lessor, finding that the traffic on his canal fell off after the abandonment of the premises, applied to Sir John Guest to resume the manu facture of glass, alleging that, by the terms of the lease, he had no right to give it up till the term of his tenure had expired; but the lessee controverted this construction of the instrument, and the result was, the parties mutually agreed to refer the matter to an eminent conveyancer, who subse quently gave his decision in favour of the noble lessor, and awarded that, by the terms and provisions of the lease, the lessee was bound to carry on the trade of a glass manufac turer, whether he lost or gained by it. The lessee, being still of his original opinion, carried the case into the Court of Chancery, and equity referred it to the Barons of the Ex chequer for their opinion. Mr. Woon; of the Chancery bar, accordingly now ap peared to support the case of the Marquis of Bute, and urged that as the lease was granted for the express purpose of en abling the lessee to build and carry on a glass manufactory on the piece of land in question, there could hardly be a doubt that it was intended that the lessee should carry on the trade of a glass manufacturer till the expiration of the lease. In the cases of Webb v. Plummer, Samson v. Eastbury, Soul ton v. Houston and others, it was ruled by Chief Justice Hol royd and other eminent judges, that when the terms and covenants of a lease lead to the impression that the parties contemplated at the time of granting the lease the carrying on of a particular trade or business, and although this inten tion was not expressly stated in the instrument, the lessee was bound to carry on such trade or business. Now when this lease was made, it was evidently contemplated that the land would always be used, aad without any interruption, for the purposes of a glass manufactory, and therefore he contended that the lessee had been guilty of a breach of covenant in abandoning the works. The land was let at the reduced rate of 30/. per annum, not because that was the real value of it, but be cause the carrying on of a glass manufactory on the spot would increase the traffic on the lessor's canal, and the lease never could have been granted had it been contemplated that the lessee was to be at liberty to abandon the trade before the sixty-one years expired. Mr. Cnosnsrox rose to address the Court for the other side, but he was stopped by The LORD CIIIEF BARON, who intimated that he could not see by what rule of construction the terms of the lease could be said to bind the defendant to carry on the manufacture of glass during the whole period of sixty-one years, if such manufacture was an unprofitable one. The intention of the parties was that the concern should be a profitable one, and if it was not it was absurd to suppose that the defendant was bound to carry it on for the term of sixty-one years at a loss. The case must be remitted back to the arbitrator with the instruction of the Court. Mr. Baron ALDERSON and Mr- Baron PLATT concurred; and the case will be sent to the arbitrator for his re-con sideration. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Jan. 21. Their Lordships took the special paper this morning, bui nothing was elicited of any interest to tha public. TUESDAY. HEARNE V. TURNIR. Sir T. WILDS was heard this morning in support of a rule applied for in last term in this case, on the grounds of sur prise, and the improper admission of evidence. It is a bill discounting was stried at affair, and o a n n d d on the i tftaicntgssaraet Guildhall,ho t Iytl aesef.ter Trinity e rin ca it s y e term, before Mr. Justice Erie, in an action to recover two promissory notes, amounting together to 1,100/., alleged to be the property of the plaintiff. These notes, it appears, were drawn by a gentleman named Mytton, whose con nexion with bill discounters has ere now several times met the public eye. lir. Mytton went with the notes in question to a person represented to be a bill-discounter, and passing by the name of Smith, where he left the notes in order to be discounted. He called next day, when he learned that Smith had left; that a brass plate on which the name was engraved was removed; and that the notes were in his possession. The notes were subeequently negotiated, and after some time came into the hands of the Oaintiff. Under these circumstances Mr. Mytton employed Mr. Turner, an attorney, and that gentle man by means of a stratagem recovered possession of the notes. The plaintiff then commenced proceedings to recover the notes from Turner. The principal question raised by the pleadings was, whether the notes were really the property of the plaintiff, or whether he had received them without a consideration. After a long trial, in which, judging from the evidence adduced, the plaintiff had got the notes into his. possession without advancing any money for them, a verdict for the defendant was returned; •and hence which u n w e x a was e e s t t e i d p i p y o r a t d e d . by the allegations thethe motion for t h at pre s entevidence l , had been •cluced which the plaintiff had not an opportunity of re butting, and that the evidence to given was improperly re ceived by the Court. Oa Saturday last Mr. Sergeant Slice was beard at length in support of the verdict of the jury, and to-day Sir Thomas Wilde was heard in reply. The Learned Gentleman on behalf of the plaintiff main tained that he had given consideration for the bills, not out of his own means, but by borrowing ‘of certain parties whom he had named, and into the truth of which the fullest scru tiny had been invited ; and that the evidence adduced by the defendant was of such a character as to have lead Mr. Hearne to proceed against certain parties for perjury in the case. The Learned Gentleman here went into a number of facts in rela tion to two of the witnesses, from which it would appear they had been connected with proceedings that rendered there evidence if not absolutely false, at least highly suspicious; and 'that the plaintiff had not had a fair opportunity of bringing these objections out upon the 'trial. The Court were of opinion that at common law the testi mony of Mitton was admissible, but if any doubt existed it was entirely removed by the modern statutes on the subject. —Rule discharged. SECONDARIES' COURT, Jan. 21. (Before Mr. Secondary PorrEn.) MEADOWS V. GARDINER. This was an action to recover the balance of an account for work and labour. The defendant had pleaded that he was not indebted. The facts of the case were very simple. The witnesses for the plaintiff proved the work was done, and its value to be 211. ss. 3d. The plaintiff, however. emitted the receipt of a portion. The Si cQNDA ft r said he did not see how the jury could glYe a verdict for less than the whole. The plaintiff had been drivn to produce evidence, and the jury were, in his (minion, bound by that evidence. The jury, after a slight hesitation, gave a verdict for the full amount. Mr. John O'Connell, M.P., has a " Life of his Father" in the press, with his speeches. When any great and predominant passion xules the heart of man, all the others are submissive to it. Thus, in a covetous mind, if avarice be the prevailing passion, love must give way, purely to avoid the expenses it may cause, in its pursuit and gratification; whereas, on the contrary, when love is the reigning passion, even avarice itself will be converted into profuseness. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-ROUSE. Mr. Holt, the principal proprietor of the Iron T r ' ,o .ls4 o newspaper, appeared at the Justice-room for the rti e 'd of explaining the circumstances under which the for 35/., which Mrs. Oliver cashed upon the respeosm of that establishment, had not been paid. f e d He stated, but in such a tone as was not P er e l audible, that the money which the gentleman eh ° , d the cheque, kept at his bankers, had been attsoftiol consequence of some railway transactions, sn u n R id when the cheque in question was cashed the p ers attscle held it had nut the most remote idea that any o pe meld had been issued. It would have Tinter' of takenup by the proprietors of the Iron Tinto, did not apprehend that in consequence of the V.OO i -, gs adopted in attaching the money at t he, e - drie r they might be obliged to pay it over sgain• Th of the cheque was in the habit of paying to b 1,400 large sums of money, .and had handed over to AOO a few , days before the sum of 3751., so that O tte Or whatever was entertained as' to the validity of. s trurn 1 The LORD MAYOR said that Mr. Oliver ha" :yes' what appeared in the m wspapers, and also thittis;not cheques had been cashed in the neighbourba° similar circumstances. b e que g Mr. Holt was understood to say, that stir c u d 0 1 had been cashed, arid that the attachment autfe-begil payment of these cheques as well as that of te`. oo o‘ which was cashed by Mrs. Oliver, but the PoP r iil l i the Iron Times never hesitated to pay 101 ei t - cleeti' them, and they were ready to discharge any ce d e d upon them wiihout delay. Mr. Oliver had p rt- s - '"; law against the drawer of the cheque, so that fbreen ground for hesitation as to the pay merit of e a. ji°l - was made at the office of the Iron f r 'ellw; for the statement that the attachment 1/ 05 , i be li l eri,;, one, there was no sort of foundation for sue" Mr. Ashley, of the Lord Mayor's Court coul d bad bid b bte ) testify ing to the determined resistance which made to the admission of bail in that Court. hig ibr The LORD MAYOR said he supposed there C‘ some misunderstanding on the subject. 14 10 a lI Mr. Holt was understood to intimate, that d received the amount of the cheque which he PAiipi he had heard that a complaint had been to e talV Lord Mayor. wh ich to The LORD MAYOR—That is a matter wh ich decided in a court of law. en, sr John Wills and William Garland, se en . charged by Captain George Stupple, the . tn i l i eh Prima Donna trading from London to St. n - Terceira, with having refused to work, upo ii b l orev dered, thereby causing immi ne nt d ange r of Ipso ceell tion and mutiny amongst the crew. The prosecutor stated he had engaged t he m to e .) as able-bodied seamen on the outward vorg he f a ceira. They had signed articles, which, tog et io of; their registered tickets, were in the posse ss- t ° be7 consul at that place. There were seven i o d bio), eo including the prisoners, two apprentices, an n , oc il.. 4o ,' The conduct of the prisoners, on going out, wila htr ook vessel stopped at St. Michaels, and dhcharge° " - At r.t, and then went to. Terceira to take in gOOdt o , r r o ceira the prisoners refused to come upon de e* sl O OO l but smoked their pipes under hatches. mate , Th e s e i attention to the orders of witness and th e ard went ashore without leave, and the consul wasepoity to upon the subject. The immediate col:1 5 1 1 ,4 oco their refractoriness was the obligation on the °' ; $ 1 witness to employ other men to do their // i r apprehended consequence was mutiny, and n :,„lsli pi r obliged to make a deposition before the vice•emLdis o i o l caused the men to be seized and imprisoned , quently, upon the oaths of the witness and OA - 14 they considered their lives to be endanger to further continuance of the prisoners in the / e t y - sent to England in different vessels. be totej, Mr. Goodman read the depositions taken 2 11 1 r vice consul, which were impressed with the eu- tY/ and were received in evidence. e a t ioi tt The LORD MAYOR asked the prisoner w"" could offer any explanation of conduct so O ct .4/ 0 / 0 The prisoner said the captain acted tinfol'ore dering them to go to work before their bellie s ,. fit 0.4 11 ;4 and that after they had finished their bl ess but i d expressed their readiness to do their dnil'areew captain then rejected their services, and of e° ' went ashore. he 911 The LORD MAYOR said the prisoners had ' - .1 0 ,0 of an offence, the commission of which s i n' to lead to extreme danger. It was in his powef w ith t Y the offence with thirty days imprisonme r "A, labour, to which penalty he sentenced eac w l e or ' prisoners, and if any w a g e s were due to wages were forfeited. lIIA I? LBORO 17G H- S TREE ' ..01 William Gunn Alahon, described on the It a fepiti sheet as residing at No. 72, Q ua d ran t, an d wh° 7,h" ° b a captain in the Royal Mari nes , was c h ar ged money under false pretences. Mr. Humphries appeared on behalf of the accu7rtd, apprehended last night at his lodgings, in Re p t- o f ,° Police-sergeant John Grey, 10 C. The specific einstv`„ e io, the prisoner was for obtaining from Mr. Angsr u ted.,2 Oxford-street, in July last, the sum of 41. 123 ',,t0 iritY order purporting to be drawn by the prisoner oil :le or td' for his half-pay as Captain of Marine' F . time not being on half-pay. i nt Il i On the prisoner being placed at th e bar, Serge - , IA formed Maltby Mr. altby that the p rosecu tor did Serge offer " any The evidence in support o f th e c h a rge. accused was then instantly liberated. be The connexions of Captain Mahon are maid to respectable. MARKET INTELLIGEN CII° conx r t e te; o i ° Nothwithstatding th e s h ow o f English Whea again small, and of very middli ng qua lity, the ! la . 9 ,; , that description of produce was in a depre 11 , 9 at barely, but at nothing quotable beetolo i day's prices, and at which very little Pa eana n made. Fine Foreign Wheat comma:.„j little attention ; nevertheless, holders were fir , 7„,4 7 4 / not sell except at full currencies. In Corn und er to nothing was doing: For all kinds of Barley the I _ l `,l l , ii tcp',l heavy, and the secondary sorts were a shade easierrt rdi The quantity of Malt was by no means large, y r for it was rather slo w at una lt ere d fi gur es. 11 , 0 supply of which was li m it e d, nex t t o no thing yet prices were fi rm . B eans , P eas, an d Fl our dui' , ' may be considered somewhat lower. ARRIVALS. 1 1 2 I Wheat. I Barley. I oat/ Jr / 1,390 qrs. 6,570 qrs. 390 4r°• 720 570 Malt. 1.870 tyre. V7EXTECIP:APEL. f We had a f a i r average supply of each ki n d 0- „ie offer, while the demand was steady at very, to le Beet; from 2 s 4d . to 3s 8d ; Mutton, 3s 4unet Veal, 4s 2d to 5 s 2d ; an d P or k , 3s 8d to 5s 2cl r the carcase. " We are told," says the Paris Chariv a q the wishes e x p resse d b y our C hambers in favou r are sterile. 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George p r ior, Igor" Mevagh, Letterkenny, Carrygart, Ireland, May 2 ' a berta# 4 , To Professor Holloway.—Dear Sir,—Within : d or tance of my house resides a small farmer, who, fer_,7 4 4 twenty years, had been in a bad state of health, a 5-o f but a moment's relief. Mrs. Prior procured a be,_"•ol :90 Pills for him, which did him so much good, that I De f o o d so say that for twenty years previously he never ate hu enjoyed it so much as since taking your Pills. Sillo e '''t, Prior." Sold at Professor Holloway's Establish Strand, and by a l mos t a ll w h o se ll medicines throulr" civilised world. English ...... Irish ........ Foreign ...... 7,500 BIRTHS. . _ ..A. On the 2d inst., a t Li s b on , th e l a d y o f W . R.Nfr— mill of a daughter. 0 7 On the 15th inst., at Westhill, St. Helier's, Jersey' of fi' of E. H. Blyth, Esq., of a son. led On the 17th inst., in N o tti ng h am-p l ace, the eel Methold, Esq., of a son. On the 17th inst., M rs ." G eorge Allen, of Tool e)" Southwark, of a son. Will On the -17th inst., the lady of the Rev. Robert. A Hippisley, Rector of Stow, Gloucestershire, of a son'f P On the 18th inst., at Hampst6td-heath , the lady v • ~,of o Bruce, Esq , of a son. f A ! I9 On the 18th inst., a t Tunbridge-Wells, the lady p W. Ward, Esq., of a daughter. O rl. On the 18th inst., in Belgrave-place, Brighton , . lo ot Sherriff, of a son. lifr * On the 18th in s t., at W est-square, Lambeth, iir,, ....„0/ Holman Andrew s , o f a d aughter. . ilv" On the 19th i ns t., at U pper Thames-street, _....,, Hawkins, of a daughter. MARRIED. P ori 0 On the 13th inst., at Horsham, the Rev. Jar" 9th ttk M.A., to Etheld re d Fraser, widow of George Fraserp_ A viA A , Oa the 15th inst., a t B r i g ht on , the Rev. Rich o r 8.A., Curate of Ki m b o lt on, H unts, to Eli z abe f Or , eldest daughter of the Rev. E. H. Hoare, Vicar ° Leicester. On the Bth inst., at Staines DIED. , Middlesex, Miss s. On the 9th inst., a t Sk e l ton, near B oroug hbri d g el shire, the Rev. Isaac Crakelt, aged 78. je On the 14th inst., at Brooklyn, near Maidstone, ~,1 1 chant Hadsley, the only child of M. H. Gosselin, On the 16th inst., at Beverley, Yorkshire, Ml' Bowden, relict of th e l a t e M r . W . B ow d en , a ged 8 4 ' b a r- On the 17th inst., at Mont-le-Grand, near. Exet er ' Gilbert Wakefield, o f h er M a j es t y ' s 36 t h F oo t. te r, Ki Vi ar On the 17th in s t., a t L ea - cast l e , near dderrol ° 2 v , cestershire, Mary Ann, re li c t o f th e l a t e J o hn lirv" te London: Printed and Published by MURDO flice9 1/ o f No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Th e Sun 0 00 0,1 Strand, in 'the Precinct of th e &MY, the • Middlesex, Thursday, January 2Z 1846. ritirm s u N,x L iN D'„ofttv,‘. R,U_R S 'DAN mon N IN - G. JANUAR A 22. 1846 )tte Ito! a an T, de l) , itet , Roy] lial No. 411 I•1;t, kat Fill 44,, 171 Ar t the C '' , 4r n o r tl kti No: 1 t 5, Iv x. 4