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LVINiNnDITiON they must see that the measure was one fraught with greater ruin and di,aster to that country and the colonies than any he had ever known proposed.---( Hear, he I%) The resolution was then put and carried un inimously. It was to the effect that the Chancellor of the Exc 1,-quer having, in his Budget, announced his intention to bring forward a motion on the Sugar Duties on Friday nex►., the meeting deemed it its duty to take immediate steps t) pro test against a measure which they believed would prove ruinous to their East and West Indian possessions. Mr. SEELY moved, and A:r. DOUGLAS seconded, the adoption of a petition to both Houses of Parliament, em bodying the statements contained in the resolutions. Thanks yvere then voted to the Earl of Mountcashel for his conduct is the Chair, and the meeting broke up. LAW INTELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF LORDS, Mar 6. SCOTTISH UNION INSURANCE COMPANY V. THE MARQUIS OF QUEEN SBERY The LORD CHANCELLOR was engaged this morning in the Hone of Lords hearing the conclusion of the argu ments in this appeAl, but deferred judgment. His Lurd ship then let% to attend a Cabinet Council. COURT. OF Q UEEN'S BENCH, M 4,• 6. ‘4l.lilfiN J. CHF. A 11,CHRISHOP (W YORE AND Di: YIIILLINOR E Sir WILLI.% 7,/ FO L ETT VI it h whom was Mr. Cockburn) mod for a rule to ham cause why a prohibition should not issue to the defendants to prohibit them from proceeding fur ther in a case of deprivation of ecclesiastical rights. He should state pretty faily the circumstances which had occurred, and which rendered it necessary that some application of this sort shmild he made. Certain differences had existed among the members of the capetular body of York respecting the pro perty of the trustees of the Chapter fund. There was an order made be the Dean and Chapter to pay a sum of money to the Dean. One of the Canons Residentiary, Mr. Harcourt Vernon, a member of . the capetular beds, stated thet he should appeal against that order. He did appeal, and there was a cita tion for a visitation to take place on the 18th of January. There had not been an instance known of an archiepiscopal vi s it a tion in York since the year 17th. A citation for a visitation was issued on this occasion. At this visitation Dr. Phillimore appeared as the Commissary or Commis sioner from the Archbishop, under the authority of a com mission, which stated that the Archbishop had duly and lawfully appointed a visitation to he held on the lath of January, between the hours of eleven and two, ee and whereas we were about to commence the said visitation in person, but may after find ourselves prevented .by certain other business, " &c., therefore Dr. Philli more was appointed Commissary. That was the autho rity under which the Commissary was to act. The visitation was fur the purpose of making inquiries and receiving pre sentments only, and it entered into the mind of no one at that time that it would ever assume the shape or form which it did areewards. On the lath of January, certain articles were exhibited by the Archbishop. and they had re lation to various matters connected with the chapter and the cathedral. The 19th of these articles or interrogatories was " Are the chancels of the churches and chapels belcnging to your body in good and sufficient repair ?" That interrogatory had led to the circumstances which had since taken placo in the cathedral. On the 16:h ofJanuary the articles were ad ministered. N., answers were at that time given, hut as there were certain disputes respecting the property of the Chapter, it was thought better that they should be referred to arbitra tion. This proposition was assented to ty all the parties interested in the dispute, and an agreement was made to eabject these disputes to the decision of an arbitrator. he melting at which this agreement was made did not take place till the 21st of February. In the meantime cer eain answers to the interrogatoriel , were put in by some eit the members of the eapetular body, and one gentleman, t he Revereed Mr.. Dixon, among other answers to the art i c les, returned one to the 19th, which (so the Letrned Counsel was understood to say) was to the following effect : " Teat the churches of the Dean and Chapter, which are in many counties:. are repaired, the chancels are usually let, and are lien by the provisions of the lease to the lessees mid the l eres‘ntinents sold, but whether the proceeds are applied to repairs dues not appear," Whetht r the answer meant to charge the ilean with Lasing simeniacally sold the livings did not .appear, but`elie Dean was thus di,tinetly charged with the sale of the preseiitetions. There was a second meeting of this -visitation appointed; ant in the meantime a letter was written to the Dean, and this l t ,ter was the only thing in the shape of a citation, or a summons o! any kind, which Lad led to pro ceedings that had ended in he Dean being deprived of It is Deanery and all his ecelesiasti,‘l preferments. The letter referred to was as: fellows Dear Sir, it was only by yes terday's post that I received Mr. Dixon's answer. The answer to the nineteenth article involves a charge against you, which has not before been brought to my notice, and which is of so splines a nature, that I enclose a copy of it for your perusal, in order that you may properly reply thereto on Thursday ne.xt." This le:ter was signed by Dr. Phillimore. at was not stattel in that letter that that was a charge which would be formally,l , rought against the Dean, but merely that that was the areal or of Mr. Dixon to one of the interroga tories of the Archbishop. In fact this was a private letter from Ur. Phillimore to the bean—it was neither a citation nor a !munitions. The 21st February was the date cf the letter, and the meeting' was to be held by adjournment on the 24th of that month. In t eply to this letter the Dean said that he was then 300 mile: distant, and that he could not attend at the time specified at that period of the year. The meeting was then ezain adjourned to the 23d of March, when Dr. Phillimore stated that it was his intention to try the Dean on the eh rge ri simony, as contained in the answer of Mr. Dixon. Nei ther at that time, nor at any other, had there been any articles exhibited to the Dean. The simple statement contained in,the answer was all that he knew on the subject; The Dean stafed that he protested again 4 the jurisdiction of the Commissary in respect of the churches, and this occasioned a considerable alt?reation between the Dean and Dr. swore. who first refused to accept the protest, insistllT that the 'ean should plead to the charge, but this the I)ean refused to do. It. appeared that Dr. Phillimere thought right, in conse quence of this protest, to proimunce the Dean in contempt, and the Dean left the Court on the •23d of March ; and after he had done so, in the itb-ence of the Dean and of al his friends, t s ke \ Conunissary proceeded to examine en oath, and vitel voce, e.‹tairr witnesnes, and then under these cir cumstances, tri'hott.: any charge made, and w,thout any articles exhibited, anti in the absence of the Archbishop, lie made a report to the Archbishop ; and the Archbishop himself, who ;sad never heard one witness, and had hail - no opportunity of examining ores deposition of any sort or kind, on the sole representation of Or.: klellimore, and in the absence of the Dean, declared that he was convicted of simoniacidly seßing the " .1 certain presentment was made by the Rev. 1 1 4 Pf--IL Dixon" was the statement in the judicial declaration, but none 'Whatever had been made until after the .sentence was pronounced ; and even that which was- then brought forward was never exhibited to the Dean of York. The declaration went on to allege that the Dean bail appeared to fore the Commissary, but had been pronounced ci;utumacious and in contempt, for having wilfully interrupted the pi egress of the proceedings, and declared that he would not sulmit 0 the authority of the Court. Now, the Areheishop could not areave what occurred before the Commissary, for the proceedings were not taken down in writing ; vet the document went on to .declare, that in consequence of such con , uct he was removed :and degraded from his office of Dean, and frt m all Lis dignities and preferments in the province of York. So extraordinary a prow eding was who ly unheard of in modern times, and so far as research into ancient authorities went, was without justification. If it could be maintained, it would establish that an Archbishop of York, or his Commissary, with out any charge duly made or exhibited. might pi oceed in the absence of the person accused to deprive him of all nis pie. ferments, and pronounce so severe a sentence as that if de grading him from all his offices and digni ies in the Church. In the course of these proeeenings it never was believed that they were going to take such a step. but something irregular was apprehended, and on the 31st of March, which was before , sentence was pronounced, an application was made to the Lord . Chancellor for a prohibition, winch his Lordship refused, on aZke ground that. all t hat the affidavits disclosed was, that the Corn • en baary had done that which might lead toa sentence of deprive. tion ; i.kitthat it was not within his juri , dietion, there being no criminal ,nroeeeding in the case, and that he could not believe that the Comin:ssary would take such a step. The prohibition was refused, and t;te very thing which the Lord Chancellor had said he could not bel;eve the Commissary would do, was actually ,done. In additio): to this, the affidavits on which the present applica'ion was tourOed set forth that there was a composition ent-red into between , the Archbishop of York and the Chapter of that diocese, which expressly prohibited such an exercise of archiepisenpal power in such a mann. r. Whatever, the'efore, might be. the amr.unt. of episcopal authority in other sees, it did not exist. to that extent here, and the whole proceeding was sconsequently irregular The Learned Counsel quoted a great nnanv authorities in support of his argument, and The COURT ultimately granted the rule. 'fie ATTORNEY-GENERAL, who appeared for the Arch. • blebel. asked for an early day to be fixed for the argument, • than peace might he restored to the diocese. ' The COURT said, that it , would depend on Counsel them. wives when it was brought on. It might be brought on on the first day of next, feral. -..., - - --- CO UPT OF EXCHEQUER, MAr 6. . ( Sittings at 'Nisi Pr us it Westminster, before Mr. Baron PARKE and a Spec:al Jury.) aattr,soN A) OTItERS V. HARFORD AND OTHERS. 'This action was hroughtto recover c:,mpensation in damages Tot al. . allege infringement of a patent for the improved appli cation of a ir td produce other e hint in tires, forges, and furnaces, 'Where b i l lows a • blowing apparatus were required. This cage h a s occupied the attention of the Court for three diys. The defedee . wa s the usual 0119 on such occasions-viz., that ow invent ,on as not a new one, that the specification was at h with , was Act upon whiCh the patent was granted , and va riance ~ not of public benefit. that the , ov en verdict fl 1 a. a. verdict for the plaintiff on the principal • Th ury foun . w ou ld fve the effect of establishing h i s r i gh t to issues e , Jury b fblh Ul d fve the effect of establishing his rht to issues, whi .th (' found for the defendant as to a technical .the patent, but they point, however, woint arising in the, especification. to O m u ov t e h t i te Court above. inve was given toj2......._______7__,__ pijBLIL JOURNALS. 1-4ITUT of the r: P APERS OF THIS DAY. . . w e hitherto said of t e hnancial FROM Till: :HORNIN-- . h . . CHRONICLE.—In what dwelt raest on programme of the Ministry, we . have naturally A 10 us the most prominently that part of it which appeared in the Corn-laws. But . good; we meats the proposed alteration the whole plan which 'there are considersnien; bearing hiva n . • f its avour, and might might have more weight with others in oliections to th,t even be necessary, in ;. 4 1eir eyes, to reenoveelf t w j hich ought not , part of it which seemed so excellent it , '' , n' I to point out i so be overlooked. T o others, it may b e use ttemp t u ton snore forcibly than we have vet done, tha t this a It is not the Corn-laws is part only of a more general scheme. holds— that monopoly is struck at in one only of its strong ce i t j e not that the landlord has been singled out fur a sat.. .t . ni wn —ol • that the gauntlet has been wantonly thrown do ' to the " predominant interest;" but the (ise was thus., Upon a , general view of our commercial and financial conii 1- titan, i t was seen that our finances required assistance no less than our CP. , ,amerce needed relief ; and it came then to be con sidered whet tijc the requisite aid should be sought for the one in those ordinar ) \measures of taxation which could not but ad.l something to the i lirdeus and difficulties of the tehT, or whe ther some means cot.. td , trot be devised which would alike pro mote and vivify both. "'lt .s . v thought that by a wide clever 'lure from our restrictive '.totem so great an end m i g ht I se a t • 'Mined ; and thl 4uestida then e arose exw ri lh e e n th t er w t i that interest Ilaauld be privi'eged from • h * •ransiltiote whether that t s best l tole to bear the brunt of the . contribution, which, amid t alone should be exempted from` , . f othser sources 0 wealth, '..the general stagnation of the least, to flourish aid e s ncrease, bas continued, for some time at . ears has added som. 20 which in the course of the last four r i s , which is only now so per cent. to the value of its p - uss"alle°eause its prejudices have indignant at the proposed scheme, b eee pae more obdurate by a been strengthened, its selfishness .. ndeed, that we sheuld see course of unusual . prosperity. rot j else but a reason to re in that prosperity, in itself, anythin g e, good of attack; but *ice, still less that we should s ee it to a the in' ountry is such as lie financial and commercial position of to require that sacrifice among other s, and to that positi o n we course of im. have been brought, not by any assreckl, ettain B or . providence or mismanagement, but by . ' h h have no current in the commerce of the world which we • . t i pin it, an : power to control. at least by °P ' c' l g e streneth. which is yearly setting in with increztole, • our kOne result of this, and that which it is most immediate business to remedy, is the present state of our finances. It is idle to suppose, as many do, that the defici which it is necessary to supply is attributable to a rash aban donment of taxation. For if welook back to the last two years of our financial prosperity, the years 1835 and 1836, the last years. too, in which there was any reduction of taxation, we find that out of 1,175,0001., the whole estimated net produce of the taxes repealed, or reduced, the sum of 520,0001. is put down for coffees, flint glass, and raper duties. These, in fact, were the leading articles on which the repeal or re duction then took place, and yet, in comparing the aggre gate net produce under these heads , in the two years 1834 and 1839, we find an increase of about 3,oool.—the two sums being 1,982,0001. and 1,985,0001. ; and under the head of coffee alone there is an increase, in spite of the reduction of duty, from 620,000/. to 780,000/. If we look stow to the whole produce of the two years 1836 and 1839, we find a decrease from 48,591,000 e to 47,351,000/. The year 1836, it is true, was one of singular, nay, even of excessive pro sperity, or at least of excessive development cif our resources; and the depression that has since prevailed has been in some degree, no doubt, the consequence of that excess. But if it were only the ordinary penalties of overproduction that we had to suffer, the country has had ample time to recover from the blow. There was, indeed, a temporary rally in 1838, brought about by the disastrous losses of 1637 ; but in 1839 oar commerce and trade again relapsed into that state from which they have not yet recovered, and show as yet but little signs of recovering. There is an obvious want of ex pansiveness and spring in the sources of our wealth, and though we have no time to go through the many facts which show this to be a consequence of our restrictive system, we will mention one which comprises a multitude of facts within itself. We mean the great, the unprecedented difficulty which the Bank has experienced in bringing back gold to its coffers. This, as is well known, is effected partly by checking importa tion through the scarcity of money, partly by stimulating, ex portation through the lowness of prices. And in other in stances these means have been found to answer the purpose both promptly and effectually ; but in this instance, that is, since the last drain in the spring of 1835, the bullion in the Bank remained for many months between two and four millions ; and has barely yet, as appears by the last monthly publication, reached the amount of five mitlions ; and 416 is not only the immediate and temporary consequence of the purchase of corn—though much inconvenience and danger may arise even from - that—but an evil more permanent and more deeply seated is indicated by the fact, that though this drain for bullion to a large extent began more shan two years ago ; though it has been for the last half year and more very much abated—if it have cot altogether' stopped—yet the whole power of the Bank steadily direeted to this point has failed in producing, to any considerable degree, 1 a balance of imports in our favour. Doubtless other causes, over which our legislation has no control, have tended to heighten the difficulty ; but it is wilful blindness to suppose that our restrictive system, particularly the Corn law part of it, has not much to answer for in the mat ter ; and whatever allowance we make make for the ope ration of those causes of which the effect has passed, or will soon pass away, we should recollect, on the other hand, that other causes of a more permanent nature, and more di rectly incident to our restrictive system, are about to be called into activity ; we mean the impending changes in our relations with America and the Brazils. Surely there is something in this peculiar and novel juncture of our commercial affairs to , justify a grater change of opinion than any we have yet heard of; a more sudden conversion to free trade than any we have yet witnessed. The present, however, is but a slight advance in that direction. Free trade is not the only, nor is it even the chief professed object of the Ministerial plan ; it has further for its object the restoration of our revenue ; it has further for its excuse, if it need one, onr financial necessities. Whether even that plea will avail in its favour against the combination both of party and private interests which will be arrayed against it, the division of to-night will show. For it is not the question of the Sugar Duties akne that is at issue, it is nut the prospects of the colonist or the cause of the negro that is alone or chiefly at stake upon the result; but it is, indeed, the whole question whether the combined monopolists of every class shall prevail, at the cost of impending ruin to the manu facturer, continued hardship to the consumer, and an imme diate increase of burden upon all. And it' the opponents of a more liberal policy should triumph in the conflict, and if that success should transfer them for a time, at least, to the other side of the House, the motto which they will have writ:en upon their banner—the Principle to which they will have pledged themselves as a party—will be the maintenance of monopoly in all its branches, at the expense of increased taxation. TlMES.—There is something very perplexing to the mind in the contemplation of a real unreal thing—like Mr Francis Baring's " Budget." At one mo.r.ent the thoughts begin to follow it out in all its bearings and results, and become per plexed in all its perplexities; but then, in an instant, the re collection breaks in—" Pooh I the whole thing is a fiction ! There is nothing substantial about it 1" But, assuredly, the allowing the mind to rest for a short time upon this most ex traordinary scheme has a ter dency to excite no ordi nary degree of wrath and of astonishment. Were it pos sible (which it 13 not) to imagine that the Chancellor of the Exchequer ever really desired and intended to carry his three most astounding propositions, it would certainly be time that some measures were taken in Parliament to guard against anv further f: oaks of this description being played off against our most important commercial interests. The whole scheme can be de ' scribed by no milder term than that of "monstrous." It is monstrous, if its author really meant to carry it into execution ; it is still more monstrous if he did not so intend. Take the first supposition ; and what is it ? In 'a time 4,f difficulty, doubt, and hesitation, the Chancellor of the Exchequer coolly proposes to throw into confusion, at one and the same time, three of the greatest interests in the country. The first and foremost of all is the agricultural interest. A very low esti mate—Mr. M'Culloch's—represents this as the producer of an annual amount of 197,455,375/. We are not now aleait to enter upon the queition of the Corn-laws ; but a`l w.ll admit that to interfere this vast matter would have been, of itself, quite sufficient occupation for an entire ses-ion of Parliament. Not satisfied, however, with grappling with this, the greyest andmost difficult of all qu stions, the Coavernment must, forsooth, agitate, at the same moment, the two great ennurer ' cial interests connected with the West Indies and w ith Ca nada. Now, these two great divisions of our colonial empire may be reckoned to amount to about one-half of our foreign possessions. Looking at the employment they give to our commercial marine, they might make a still higher claim. The North American colonies empl, , y, we believe, about 2,000 sail of merchantmen, having an aggregate of 5(1(1,000 tons. The West Indies give occupation to about 1,0(10 vessals, of 250,000 ions in the whole. The value of 1-friti.h manufactures exported •o these celoni.s in 1837 was 5,597,7;•01. And these are the affairs—these the interests, which the Finance Minister thinks it wise to throw into con ; and not only so but to throw them as , into confusion at one and the same time ! Surely common seine wool I have dictated the obvious propriety of dealing with these great matters each by itself ; and of letting one such chan _e suffice for a single year ! For. let it be well observ,d, that these are not mere speculative or theoretical changes which are contemplated, but real and extensively operative ones. Each one of the three is to yield its quota of hundreds of thousands to make up lllr. Baring's deficiency. It is as sumed to be a certainty that a large quantity of foreign corn will he introduced, or else the revenue will be largely minus. It is calculated that a great pro, orti , n of the sugar to be im ported shall be Brazilian or Spanish, or else the expected 706')001. will not he realised. It is taken to be certain that the impeyts of Baltic timber will be greatly increased, or else the 600,0001. from this quarter will be m.ssine. 'thus it is a part of the Om o the Chancellor of the Exchequer, that the English farmer, t h . ,•• Canadian colonist. and the West Indian planter, shall all lose a large portion of their present custom ers, in order that our rt7 v ellue may gain a new 1,700,0001. g, our second a prat-. And this brings us' assertion— that the Ministerial scheme is equally monstrous— supposing ( w h a t we t a ke to he the case), that the Cabinet have no real intention, or desire, to carry their propositio ns t h roug h. F or w h a t r i g ht, l e t its *4" have any Alinisters to throw nea r ly a 'l the great interests t,:f the country into confusion, merely in order to take the chance sif getting up a little temporary populari y. a miserable e!ectioneerC i g ( . -17 of " Cheap bread," and " Cheap sugar ?" There is nothOg genuine about the plan. It results not from real conviction, apart from a momentary exigency. Every one can see that, like the penny postage, it is but the offspring of a fit of despe ration. " Something must be done" to avert the necessity of resignation. And from this mean and miserable motive all kinds of distress are, in an instant. inflicted on crowds of inno cent persons, depending upon the prosperous state of these three interests. Endless are the miseries arising from this rash and wicked expedient. Anti then, how revolting is it it, the midst of all to fall back, as one is often forced to do, upon that which all people feel to be the truth—that the whole affair is a cheat—a proposition not intended to be carried, hut merely put forward to raise a popular cry, and assist in the operation of a factious dissolution HERALD.—The Ministerial project for encouraging the atrocities of the foreign slave trade, and for perpetuating the miseries of foreign slavery, in the hope of replenishing a wast ing exchequer. exciies the indignant surprise of a people, who, when they advanced an enormous sum of money to get rid of slavery in our own colonies, never expected to see any Govern ment in Great Britain desirous of entering into a partnership with foreign nations in the profits of the most infamous traffic that ever disgraced civilisation. We are glad to see that the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society has spoken out on this important subject in a prompt and ener getic appeal td the Christian feelings of the people of Eng land, worthy of the great cause of humanity in which it is engaged. That cause is the extinction of per sonal slavery and the slave trade throughout the whole world. If the Ministerial scheme should obtain the sanction of Parliament, the supp'ies of foreign sugar will be almost wholly furnished from Brazil and Cuba, in which countries, as the Anti-slavery Society truly states, " the atrocious sys tem of slavery is maintaine.t in all its rigour, and the revolt ing traffic in human beings is carried on to an enormous extent. No kss truly does the same society also assert, that " the inevitable tendency of the proposed reduction in the duties, will be to stimulate the growth of sugar in those coun tries by materially increasing the demand for it in this, by which the extent of the slave trade will be fearfully increasers, and its unutterable horrors aggravated and prolonged, while the condition of the wretched and degraded slaves already in bondage will be rendered more grievous and intolerable than ever." It is one of the few proposition s o f politi cal economy, which no one thinks of disputing, that in , crease of demand has an inevitable tendency to produce as in creased supply; indeed the Government organ of last eveiiing :roasts of the large supply of foreign sugar which the proposed al eratiun of the duties will bring into the Bri!ish market; it alludes also to the great additional comforts and luxur es which an influx of foreign sugar will allow the public to enjoy, while it will give an increased impulse to our commerce and in dustry. As to the revenue, the project is t m work wonders fur that, add in order to conv,nce the public that they ought to hail the sugar " boon with gratitude, our Ministerial Contem porary quotes the work of some " most learned Theban," whose name we never heard of before, but who, next to the Secretary of the Poor-law Commission, appears to be one of its chief oracles. POST.—We trust the Opposition this evening will press home their resolution regarding slave-grown sugar at mice, and thus give the coup de grace to the present wretched Ministers. '1 he resolution of which Lord John Hessen has given notice, in favour of the general principle of alteration in the present A y;tem of protective and differential duties, is n:anifestly but another subterfuge—another convulsive throe arising from the a gony of anticipated defeat. The most that Ministers can expect from it is a protraction of she debate—a little more d e lay. But we hope that no such thing will be suf. beret]. The country anxiously desires a quick derision of the House of Commons, whether we are to have wide spread agitation, and an experimental revolution in commerce and finance, in order to keep the pre sent Ministers in dim, er to get rid of these Ministers aod their desperate experiments by one and the same vote. If the abstract matter of Lord John Russell's resolution is to be de bated, it ought to be debated before going into Committee, because what does the Committee propose to do, but to carry into effect one of the details which is dependent upon the ab 'tract m a tt er contained in the proposed Ministerial resolution? The Gove rnm ent proposes a Committee to make an alteration rif protective and Differential duties in a particular case, and the Minister says, if the House w;11 not allow us to go into Committee fur that purpwe, then we shall ask the House to affirm a b arren resolution that such alterations ought to be made, not only in one case, but in all cases ! Is it possible to c once i ve anything more preposterous or unstates manlike than this? Can any rational being suppose that ma ture considerati on or soun d discretion has led to such a propo sition? Must we not rather conclude that it is a rash and stupid expedient for delay—a desperate notion suddenly acted THP, SUN, LONDON. _ . upon by incapable managers of public affairs, who are beside themselues with abject fear of being turned out of office. Lord John Russell's resolution iq not to be proposed entil after the House of Commons has refused to go into Committee upon the Sugar Dutiev. And yet, if that resolution means anything. it mean. that the House ought to do what is proposed to he done in the proposed Committee ! MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. CHRONICLE.—The notice given by Lord John Russell last night, of his amendment to Lord Sandon's resolution, in the event of the House not going into Committee on the Sugar Duties, has produced an improvement in the funds. The astute and sensitive minds on the Stock Exchange in stantly perceived that the principle set forth in the amendment of the Noble Secretary of State fir the Colonies is strictly sound, and that it is impossible for any one seriously to dens the truths which it declares, or the skill with which it has been used as a weapon in the struggle of Parliamentary war fare. It is precisely in accordance with the views entertained by almost every impartial man of business in the City, and brings the contest of party to issue on the proper grounds. The Money Market has, in consequence, been rather brisk to-day, and the fears of an immediate dissolution of Parliament are rather less strong. No man can deny that by remodeling the import duties the interests of trade may be promoted, and the productive industry of the country greatly relieved. On the other hand, the fallacy of Lord Sandon's motion is pretty well seen through and understood. The atten pt to keep up the prohibitory duty an foreign sugar, upon the pretence that its exclusion tends to put down the slave• trade, will not answer the expectation of the new-born love of emancipation now ex hibited by the Tories. The quantities of sugar importe 1 into the United Kingdom for each year, since 1837, are as follow : Total.—Cwt. Foreign.—Cwt. 1837 4,482,578 342,700 1838 1839 4,678,219... 722,777 1840 Under the head of total th ere is included in the above, be sides the foreign, also East India and the Mauritius, which were as follow • East India.—Cwt. Mauritius. 1837 294,679 .537,961 1838 1b39 518,925 612,586 1840 482,836 .545,009 The average price of British Muscovado, and of Brazil brown and yellow, for the above years, was as follows, by the mercantile priceS current : Net Revenue British Brazil. each year. 1837........34.7 ...21.3 . 4,760,565 1838 33.8 ..... . .....21.3 4,656,92 1839 39.2 —22.1 4,586,936 _1840.. ~ 49 1... .. .21 6 . . 4,449,070 ..... ....... , What are the facts to be deduced from the above figue es but that, for each of the ve ars enumerated, we have been ►mporters of foreign sugar, and that during the last year we were con sumers of it to the extent of neatly 116 tons? Yet there was no addition to the revenue, but a decrease, in consequence of the diminution of the total consumption, which, in 1840, was 642,374 cwt. less than in 1839, and 994,529 cwt. short of the ' imports in 1838. Yet the price paid in 1840 for the di minished quantity was gr( atly beyond what the larger quanii tiea cost the consumers in any of the previous years In each of these years the import of foreign sugar has increased, in spite of the prohibitory duties and of the ;,reat inferiority of Brazil sugar to the growth of our British plantation. Sugar is a necessary . of life to our population, which is rapidly iccreasing, thus enhancing the demand, while the supply has fallen off from our own colonies, and rendering it necessary to make up the deficiency from other sources, but with all the additional cheanness of forced labour, the Brazil and Cuba sugars can never compete with British plantation under a differential duty of 12s. per cwt. The produce of our colonies will always command the market. The demand for home consumption will take off all that our colonies can pro duce at a remunerating price, and the balance must be taken from the East Indies, the Mauritius, Cuba, or Brazil. If we refuse to do so, we cannot expect that the Brazils or Spain will take our articles of produce in exchange; if we re ject their sugar, they will refuse our manufactures. and prohibition will be the ruling principle of com mercial legislation a principle which, since the year 1825, the leading men in the House of Com mons, of both sides, have condemned. Neither can the pro hibitory system be confined to our relations with Brazil, or with Spain; it must extend to the United States, and the cotton and tobacco of that country must also be repudiated. We cannot maintain things as they are. The duties now ex acted on the import of foreign sugars, and of American cotton and tobacco, must necessarily be raised. If Lord Sandon's motion be carried, the import duties must be increased on sugar, coffee, cotton, and tobacco, to render them more strin gent, and to increase the existing heavy burdens on the people, so as to give effect to the principle of exelusion, and to carry it out in Practice. The success of Lord Sandon's motion would necessarily be followed up by such results, otherwise it would be of no utility to those who erroneously support the present duties on foreign sugars, upon the ground that they keep down the traffic in slaves. Instead of taking the lead anti showing 3n example of enlightened commercial policy to other nations, Great liritain would, to follow out the Tory policy, necessarily have recourse to rigorous measures of bigoted ex clusion. Instead of reducing the taxes that bear most heavily upon the necessaries of life, these taxes would be increased, and the depressed trade and industry of the people still more heavily manacled and pressed down. Mr. Horsley Palmer and the other leading merchants in the City who petitioned fur a revi sion of our tarifF must give their best wishes for the success of the amendment of Lor t John Russell, and so must every man who wishes to see the trade and commerce of the country in a prosperous condition. The friends of free trade in the City say with great, indeed invincible force, if the principle of pro hibition against f ireign produce ra sed by slave-labour is to be made the fighting point, let it be fairly fought. There should be no strainint , at gnats while we swallow camels. TIMES.-21 he English stocks have fluctuated to-day t. the extent of a quarter per cent., and the Ma. ket twee an un settle I appearance. It was not, however, produced by any pressure of motley, for that was as easy as yesterday, but more probably by the uncertainty of what wilt I e the 'res It of the discussions on the questions connected with the Budget and tee unsettled state of affairs in Chica and the East Indic Presidencie s. P(PiT.—The public securities were firmer again this morn ing, but without any great accession of business, the infor tnati,n from China being teemed too vague and ineoncluSive to warrant the dealers in being materi it y influenced by it in their operations. The api.roaching debate on our own do mestic affairs is. for the moment, almost. the only thing that engages attention among men of business, the interests of all (lasses being, to a greater or lest extent, implicated in the issue. H ER A LD.—The groter easine , s of money has considerably r. lieved the Stock Market, and Consols improved. From some unaccouatable cause in the Foreign Market Span sh Stocks are on the advance, and the Active with the Coupons unproved to 2.4 h to t 3 i . It would seem that some ex pectations were entertain, d by the more adventurous spevula tors that in the event of Esp,rterto being declared tole Regent Ilendizah ,1 would be one of his Minisiers. and as he is a so. t of patron saint of stock-jobbing. it is considered that hefire long some scheme of hit may appear for raring the price of Sp :ei.t. Pond , . 'I he Lest thing of alenilizabal undoubtedly is that he has been really earnest for a commercial treaty with this coun try, by which the march of the prohibitive system may be re. laxed, whilst Spain would content to receive the manufactures of th.s country on moderate terms. SUN.—The gencr-.1 feature in the Stock market to-day has been an appearance of greater firmness, though as is natit-al to infer, thJ public are not disposed to operatc until they learn the result of the grani questions c on before the House of Commons. The West India iu Wrests here, with their usual narrow-minded and suicidal policy are dining all they 'can tl throw obstacles in the way of the proposed alteration of duties, but we trust with. eff:ct. It is curious indeed to watch the party in trigu-fs of this body. Some time beck they were all apathy and i,,, e. nsibility to the question of slavery, and were the first to adv,:rt to the advantages, as vs gards cheap eultiv , .. Von and comto."t to the negroes, enjoyed by rival Stater where the hateful .• syrt'm of slavery still exist:. Now, howese-, they have become exceedingly phi lanthrophic, and dieczvee that an alarming f a!ure in the modification of the sugar duties would he the encou• ragement of slavery, w hich the people of England have paid twenty millions sterling tat abolish. We suspect the people of England, for whom they ioarify such a disinte• !e7ested warmth, will not be dispoed to thank them fit their interference in the present instance, since they begin to perceive that their having already paid so large a sum for the attainment of freedom to the colonial labourers, is the very reason why they should now be permitted. in re turn, ta have the it sugar on more reasonable terms. If statement in circulation, of the basis of a treaty with Bra zil having been concluded, in which some Como' .eYe art pulations arc contained respecting the slave trade, turns nut to be true, this will be another argument in favour of the import duties reform. The public seJuritis were not very arrima'ed to-day, but they supported tle;r value. Fur immediate transfer Consols realised 891 to 90, closing at $9l to and for the Account, 89k to 90, which were tie current quotations up to the close of business. Exchequer Bells rete at a pr , mium of 8 to JO, and India Bonds or 3. Bank Swett rallied 23 her cent, viz , from 1653 to 168. So little is doing in this security that when a sale or purchase is effected, the party coming to market is eqmpelled to " pay the pip r," and submit to the rates offere I 11 , m, whichever way hu ni,ty be operdtieg. India Stork was dull at the depression to 250. The New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. realia-d 9SI tot, the Three and-r-Half per Cent. Reduced 973 to t, aid the Three per Cents. 88i to The chief business in the Foreign Market ha's been in Spanish Stock. The Active B inds were voted 23 t , 24, Portuguese New Five per Cents. improved to 341 to 34:}, Mexican Stick was at 29k to 1, Colombian at 22i to 22k, Belgian at 100 ex-div., and Dutch Two•and-s-Half per- Cents. at 521. The Railway Shares did not vary in price. Great Weatern Railway Shares were marked 291 to 29i, the prom. New 14, the and the Birmingham Thirds 211 m B righton ths gh F to if ewl 2f, North Midland 25,111 e New 4 1, and the Great North of England 15 el,. London and Westminster Bank New Shares were '2 I i iii , and Na tional Provincial Bank of England New 3 pleat. CORN-LAWS. The Sheffield Operative Anti-Corn-law Association has just issued the following spirited address : NEVER DESPAIR. BUT FIRMLY PERSEVERE! The benefit of so doing was never more strongly exemplified than in the proud position In which the advocates for the repeal of the Corn and Provision Laws stand at the present moment. How many have derided their labours, and prophesied that no benefit would ever arise from them. Inhabitants of Sheffield! the Anti-Corn-iaw Committee sin cerely congratulate you that the present Corn and Provision Laws can no longer be borne. The increasing evils they are produe ing,—the declining state of our manufactures, commerce, 'and revenue, has at length awakened her Majesty's Government to their impolicy and injustice. If they follow out their present plan, a death-blow will be given to class-legislation and aristo cratic plunder,:which takes from the industrious classes' one. third of their earnings, to gratify pride,luxury, and intolerance. Operatives of Sheffield 1 do your duty ! You were the first of your class who stepped forward in this jusi: and holy cause. You roused the attention of the artisans of the United Kingdom. Make one more splendid effort, and the victory will be yours. If the present moment be ne e llected years of penitence and regret cannot recal it. Your oppres sors will stir earth and hell to prevent you from obtaining your rights. The advocates of class legislation say you must not eat slave grown sugar, but must pay double the price for that grown by the West India planters, to whom you have given twenty mil lions sterling for compensation, for which 800,0031. a year has to be provided for in taxes from the fruits of your industry ; while you have consumed 80,000,0001b5. less of sugar, in 1840, than you did in 18.38; yet these planters purchased from Eng land slave-grown refined sugar fir a less price than they e.ll theirs at in its unrefined state. The landowners say you must not give your knives, cotton, or woollens, in exchange for food with other nations who have it to give you in exchange; but you must keep them, and st !rye in the streets, while foreigners, who can eat their bread and beef at one-half the price, are beating you out of every market in the world ; and the landowners say this, lest you should in jure the agriculturists (who. they urge, are your best custom ers), and deprive the agricultural labourer of his employment. Hut this fallacy has often been exposed. At the close of the war, which was created by Tory influence, to crush the rising spirit of liberty in the people, thirty mil lions sterling, )early, was added to your burdens; whilst their rents had risen 100 per cent., in a depreciated currency. In reer to maintain their rents they pas-ed the corn and pro vision laws. Had the agricultural labour employment before the pas-ing of those laws? Undoubtedly; and he received inc,re food for his labour than he dues at the present moment. Let not this silly stalking-horse alarm you. The repeal of these laws will give you more labour and better wages. What is most astonishing of all, in this contest for cheap bread, is, the holy alliance of ultra-Chartism and ultra-To ryism. The Tories care not whom they ire as tools, provid ing they accomplish their purpose. The doctrine of the ultra- Chartists is to prevent every rational reform, and drive the people to despair and mailii..ssi " by creating the greatest evil, the greater good may come." The address thus concludes—Rational Chartists 1 who are labouring to annihilate con uption and tyranny, by extending information and giving the franchise to every rational being, and who support the opinions so ably set forth in the late ad dress of the London Association, by 3lessrs. Lovett, Coiling, &c.—are you ready to support the 'lorie., and play the mine game that some who call themselves Chartists have done at Wal.all and Nottingham? We know who are not: witness the spirited letter of the Chartists of Alanstield. Can you forget Castlorcagh and Sidmouth, or their worthy colleagues, tle4 and Oliver? ('an you forget the victims they brought to the block, for the treason which they them selves were the authors and abettors ? Have not the Tories always resisted every a' tempt to improve the happiness or extend the rights of the people? Judge for yourselves, by past experience. Will you place in power those who passed the Corn-laws, at the bayonet's point, and would sup ! ort them with the sabre? Can you forget Peterloo? Give them a ma jority in the House of Commons, fur the next seven yfars, and, Ile the snake in the fable, they will turn round and sting those who have supported them, and restored them to political power. We ask you not to support us for party purposes. We are as anxious for the extension of the liberties of the, people, and just and equal laws, as you are. We have got the wedge tld into class-legislation, and weak you to assist us to drive it forward. It is " measures not men," that we want, without reference to party, whether Whig, Tory, Radical, or Chartist. By order of the Operative Anti-Corn-law Committee. J. WARDLE, Secretary. Men of Sheffield! hasten and sign the petition, which will lie open at the usual places until Saturday next, when it will finally close. ADDRESS Or; OF THE NATIONAL ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE. To our Fellow-Countrymen,—Little more than two years ago the Anti• Corn-law League wa. founded, fur the purpose of ,wakening the public mind to the injustice of a monopoly which taxes, for the benefit of the wealthy few, the food of an entire people. Nearly a quarter 0f a century hal elapsed from the passing of the Corn•law of 181.5, doting which another gene ration had grown up, habituated, and therefore apathetic to the evils under which they were suffering from that law. The League essayed to teach a nation the causes of its sufferings. The task was herculean; their means were insignificant to so mighty an end ; but the cause in which they embark , d was just, and they (lid not despair of ultim►te success. But the progress of truth in the public mind has beau, more rapid than they had ventured to anticipate. Witne-s the response of the public pres , , and the co-operation of the enlightened and bone volen, in every part of the kingdom. We hail the recent declaration of her Majesty's Govern ment as a crisis in the fate of this great national question. The present is one of those tides in the affairs of men, which taken at the turn leads on to fortune." The duty of the people on this emergency is plain and it is also urgent. The country is alive to the qu, scion of the bread-tax—the Ministerial and Opposition parties in the House of Commons are equally aware that some.iiing must be done—this our annual motion for the House to deliberate maturely on the subject has been taken out of the hands of our tru-ted champion by the Ministets of the Crown. A month —one short mouth is given us to work in. During that month our labours must know no intermi.sion. The result of the deliberaiions of the House of Comm ns de.- Lends upon the pressure that can be br tight to bear 'upon them from without. To be indolent and apathetic at such moments is the conduct of the wicked generation idly asking for a sign, when it is blazing before them. Let every man who would not bind dpon his soul a load of unavailing regret heavier than human strength can bear, be labouring incessantly now that the hour has come. Ministers have announced their intention to seek to re-ad just the balance betties n a (le rt asing revenue and an increas :ng expenditure, by approximating our tariff, as tar as they can, to one constructed on the principle of taxing for revenue aone, not for protection. They have a , the same time an nounced their intention of grappling with the inevitable ques tion of the bread tax. BUT THEY HAVE KEPT TILE TWO QUESTIONS SEPARATE. With the tariff tl.ey go to work at once. But with regard to the bread tax they announce that a month hew .e they will invite the Leg slature to deliberate what is to be done. They say to the country a. plain as words can speak, " 'fell us what you want and what amount of sup port we can look for." It is true that Lord John Russell said that he was in favour of a low fixed duty; but it is also trip that Mr. Labou(titere declared against the• principle of protective duties altogether; and a tax upon imported grain is a protective duty. The true view to take of thin Ministerial step of Friday evening is, that they are . feeling their way to learn what they can and what ihey ought to do. Therrftre, we do say that they are the true friends of the'r country, who, between this time and the Ist of June, will exert themselves most strenuously to show Ministers and the House of Commons what is the real wish of the people on the great question of the bread tax. Honesty now, and always is, the best policy. I here must be no reserve ; every man must tell frankly what he wants, the whole of what he wants. The man who, thinking or professing to think that the law which imposed the bread tax ought at once to be swept from the statute-hook, it as false to Government as to the cause, if he persuades those who wish for total and immediate repeal, to ask for less. He bids them deceive Government; he bids them tell Govern. meat that fewer are prepared to back them in a total repeal than really are; he bids them tell Government that a measure wi I give satisfaction which he knows will not. Asking for all we want cannot weaken our causeln Parliament. The House of Commons will not reject what Ministers propose, because they know. that a heavier demand comes behind. Hut ours " is not the cause of party or of faction, or of any individual, but the common interest of every man in Britain.' Our-business is to get up petitions, and persuade others to get up petitions, and to heap them on the table of the House of Commons before the end of the month, for TOTAL. AND IM MEDIATE REPEAL OF THE BREAD TAX. The operative must be up and doing for the abolition of the bread tax, which pre vents him earning food for his family. The capitalist must be up and doing for a repeal of the bread tax, which keeps him in constant tear of bankruptcy, and surrounded by crowds of hungry and irritated men. 'Fhe clergy, the ministers at God's altar, roust be up and doing for the repeal of the bread tax, because it is a practical blasphemy, a wanton destruction of the fruits of earth tieely best twed upon man by his Maker. One month is ours, and that month must be spent in heap ing the table of the Howe of Commons, till it break down beneath the weight with petitions, telling both Ministers and this ()position that the repeal of the Corn-laws can no longer he postponed, and that that repeal most be total. Signed on behalf of the Council of the National Anti-Corn law League, GEORGE WILSON, Chairman. Ilanchceer, May 4, 1841. let the Commissioners avail themselves of the ascending scale to which they are entitled, thus bearing equal) , upon all parties. It is, therefore, humbly hoped that the House will not permit the Bill to pa-,s in its present state. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. J sl DER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS, THIS EVENING. MAY 7, Will be repeated the New Comedy, in Five Acts, entitled LON DON ASSURANCE. Sir Harcourt Courtly, Bart., Mr. W. Farren ; Max Hark away, Mr. Bartley; Mr. Charles Courtly, Mr. Anderson ; Mr. Adolphus Spanker, Mr. Keeley; Mr. Dazzle, Mr. C. Mathews;_ Mark Meddle, Mr. Harley; Grace Hark& way, MadameVestris; Lady Gay Spanker, Mrs. Nisbett ; Mrs. Pert, Mrs. Humbv. Alter which will be repeated, the Grand Romantic Fairy Ex, travaganza, entitled BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. Beauty, Madams Vestris ; The Beast, Mr. W. Harrison ; John Quill, Mr. Harley ; Dreesalinda, Miss Rainforth ; Mar rygolda, Miss Grant; Queen of the Roses, Miss Lee. To-morrow, Lc'-don Assurance, with Beauty and the Beast. I t.• 1 e opened at hall-past Sit—the i)erfutmances t( commence at Seven o'Clock. Ores; Boae,, 7s. ; Second Price, 33. 6d.; First and Secoto rcies. ss. ; Second Price, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 33.; Second Price ; Gallery Is. Tie.e , , ant places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Grogan at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Ticket may oe had upon application. Private Boxes to be had so'ely of Mr. Andrea's, bookselle , . , '7, New Pond-street. SUGAR 1) U TIES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stit—Ou passing through Oxtad - stre et j ust now, I observed a wan parading with a placard , call in g a meet inat Exeter 11.11, on the 14A), for the purpose Of mi. tioaing fora reduction of the duty on free labour sugar. I am quite sure that it must be the production of the Anti- Abolitionists, or gentlemen who wish to i troduce a sy , . tern worse than West Indian slavery to our beloved Isle. Eddying bcfri:nded the negro when the tido ran strong against him, I shall hardly now be supposed his enemy. Indeed, Sir, I atn not. I glory in his conduct. Since oMsining his rights he hat completely falsified the predic tions of the Tory prophets ; arid, Sir, from recent com munications from a Jamaica friend, I am assured that even-handed he can contest the British market with the foreigner, much more with the protection of 50 per cent. Let me appeal through your columns to every liberal man in the metropolis, to every lover of his country, to attend and watch the proceedings. It is quite clear that the Ex chequer cannot atl'ord a reduction, and to mysell it appears equally clear that while the present o bject is the em barrassment of the Ministers, it as something else, namely, the continuance of the present monr.poly; and, as a result, high prices. If the poor cannot affird to pay they must go without. Your's respectfully, AN ENEMY TO OPPRESSION. May 6, 1841. IF'SwICI-1 DOCK BILL. REASONS POR POSTPONING THE CONSIDERA TION OF THE REPORT ON THIS BILL UNTIL FRIDAY THE 14th IN-,TANT. ; This :-- is a Bill to authorise certain Commissioners, appointed by rirpre of an Act passed in the first sear of the reign of her strueting a Wet Deck there, to raise the sum of 20,000/., in ad present Majesty, for improving the port of Ipswich, and con dition to the sum of 70,1kini.authotised tobe raised by that Act. Both the above sums are to be raised and secured by dock dues to be collected from shipping using the port of Iposich , i to that schedule, all British vessels not belon g in g to whir?i due: are regulates! by a ecitedule to the Act ; b u t, ac coriing Ipswich are to pay half as much more, and all forei g n vessels doub . le the amount paid by Ip sw ich vessels. With regard to foreign vessels, however, the Lords of tbe Treasuiy have the power of reducing the rates. The preference i thus given to Ipswich vessels o v er ot he r Bri tish vessels s so completely at variance with sound policy and every principle of justice, that it could only have been suffered to pass from the attention of Parliament not ha v i n g been called to it. In other putts, Ipswich vess els are charged no higher &sires than those belonging to those ports, and cons'quently, by the i tet now referred to, Ipswich vessels have an undue ad vantage over all others. 'I he lojUstiste of this being generally acknowledged, and hardly &mutable, it was intentled to crave of the Committee to whomthe Bill was referred, to introduce a clause, repealing so much of the Act lot Victoria, as made a distinction in the amount of duty between Ipswich and other British vessels; and it being found that the Standing Orders of the House of Commons prevented a clause of this n ature from being intro. duced, applieation was made to the Committee to adjourn until the proper notices had beers given, but the application was re jected, and the If the principle is eveed . eil, that it is utijeot to rare money impost upon British vessels belonging C ommittee raputp4 the Bill without alteration.' for . the construction of the ipswieh Dock , by laying ,a travior ought . not to pass an Act entJtori'ir!g to other ports than non those of the town of I s pwi c h, w hich will be most materially henefitted by the di.ei;; }t follows of course, that Parliament further money to be raised by the same objectionable meant l injustice, no other eogmg $ and # 0 ;!1,7 proMoters of the Bill have refused their concurrence in the Pali ou r grated . for enabling the parties aggrieved by the impost to coma !,a . ily . before the Cpromittpa with a clause for remedying the poise tl . te consideration of. I s li l an for the house to post tgt ppoli, Oaf 4g, Alit sole be re. CO oinadted when the necessary form has been g4Fie tliroui,,li fir dues may have been regulated, enabling the question to he brought before the Committee. without LIN Shoind it he contended, that however improperly these duck thoy cannot now be altered urn the security of Nos; i the answer is obvious and satisfac tory--the whole menev has seen raised, and for payment of the . 'tieP to those persons who have advaneed money interest of it, and for the rest of the annual outlay, authc f rispq by the Act, the Commissioners do not levy more than a moiety of the dues specified in the. schedule. Let then the slues be eValiZed) and if the present assessment should not be sufficient, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S--TIMSDAY. The betting yesterday afternoon was confined to the Derby. and was extremely flat. The four p.i telt al fa vourites remain pretty nearly in the same positions as when we last quoted them, with the d fferenee that Van Am burgh was in gnat request, aid trod so closely upon the heels of Coronation that 6 to 5 would hay,: been taken between them. Marshal Soult fluctuated betweea 14 and and 18 to 1, and closed at 16 to 1, having backers at each; the 18 to 1, we believe, was a beiging bet, and . was taken to 1001. Belgrale was constantly inquired after, and in the course of the afternoon reached 20 to 1, taken in ponies, with an offer from his backer to double it. Joachim was also in better favour, and left off with the call of Camekon. The price quoted against the Rosalie colt, will save us thel trouble of any ob servation. Young Quo Minus and Ermengardia were in favour at 1,000 to 15, and Finchley at 1,000 to 10, but it will b 3 seen that the outside ranks (thinks to the exhi bitions at Newmarket, is reduced to a skeleton. TIIE DERBY. 34 to 1 agst Scott's lot 6 to 1 agst Lord Albernarle's Ralph—taken 8 to 1 sgst Mr. Rawliason's Coronation 9 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Van Amburgh 10 to 1 agst Mr. l'ilostyn's Prince Caradoc 16 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Marshal Soult—taken 20 to 1 sgst Mr. Vansittart's Galaor 20 to 1 agst Mr. Goodman's Belgrade 26 to 1 agat Duke of Rutiand's Sir Hans 30 to 1 agst Col. Peel's Cameleon—taken 33 to 1 sigc Lord Jersey's Joachim taken 35 to 1 agst Mr. Batson's Putentia 40 to 1 agst Lord Bruce's Rosalie colt 50 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Knight of the Whistle 50 to 1 agst Col. Anton's The Duke of Wellington 50 to 1 agst Mr. Ford's Young Quo Minos 1(;00 to 15 agst Col. Craufurd's Ermengardis—taken 1000 to 10 agat Duke of Gracom's Mosque—taken 1000 to 10 agst Mr. Thlrnhill's Eringo—taken 1000 to 10 agst Mr. Wimbus's Finchley—taken 30 to 1 ;TA Knight of the Whistle And Ei ingo—talton 900 to 100 agst Belgrade, Cameleon, and Potentia—t. 200 even between Sir Hans and Belgrade 2000 to 1000 on Knight of the Whittle agat Finchlq OAKS. 5 to 1 agst Mr. Batson's Potentia_taken. HIPPODROME SECOND DAY'S RACES. The I.llowing are the entries for this day's sport : Tile Kensi►,gton Frets PlLte of 501 for 3 yrs old, 6st 71b; 4 yrs, 8 t 51b; 5 yrs, 9st ; 6 yrs and aged, 9st Slb. Mares, &e. allowed 31bs. Winners onthe first day slbs, twice 9lbs extra. - Mile heats. Tie winner to be sold for 2501. &e. Mr. Wade's Turncoat, 6 yrs ; Mr. Armstrong's ch Bennet Rouge, 4 yrs; Mr. J. Day's Marius, 3 yrs; Mr. Greville's Perseus, 4 yrs: Mr. Smith's Jim Crow, aged ; Mr. Isaac Day's Scieucc, 5 yrs ; Mr. Wickham's Primus ; Mr. Hornshy's Wital.!bone ; Mr. Bennett's Whisperer ; Mr. Seffort's Skilligoree ; Fulivar Craven's Benedetta ; Mr. Morris's Fat Jack ; Mr. Skerratt's Rachel ; Mr. Stirling's The Comptroller, Mr. Lucas' Traitress, Mr. Bacon's Ascanius, Sir C. Ibbotson's The Black Knight, Mr. Jone,' Puwick, Mr. Notch's ch cby Nonsense, and Mr. Goodman's Mungo Park. • The Nottir g Barnes Handicap of 10 sovs. each, with 100 added by the proprietor. Chesterfield Course. Mr. Wa:e's Turncoat, 6 yrs; Mr. Houldsworth's Hampton, 3 yra; Mr. Wright's Sister to Pickwick, 5 yrs ; Mr. Booth's Benjan;iii, 4 yrs; Mr. J. Day's Science, 5 yrs ; and Mr. Stirling's The Pocket Viper, 3 yrs. • Tile Hyde Park Oaks Stakes of 15 sovs. each, with 100 sovs. added, by the proprietor, for 3 yrs old fillies, Bat 41b ; the winner of the Hyde Park Derby, 51bs extra. The Magnum Bonum Course Mr. Dixon's fby Muley Moloch out of Dryad ; Captain Colt:Fes Miss Emiiy ; Mr. Skerratt's Lydia ; Mr. Sad ler's Protection ; Mr. Etwall's Klerine ; Captain Rous' Langolee, and Mr. Houldsworth's Delusive. Sweepstakes of 5 sqvs. each, with 50 added by the pro otie.ur ; for 3 yrs obi, 7st 41 b ; 4 yrs old, Bst 91b; 5 yrs, 6 )r., and aged, 931 ; mares and geldings allo, el 3ibv. The winner to be sold f• , r 2001. T. Y. C. Captain Lamb's Chit Chat; Lord Waraiek's Pc ty Lar ceny; Wiek'nam's Th• 1 - 13wdy ; Fulwer Craven's Benedetta ; Mr. fling's Dahlia ; Captain CAquitt's Miss Emily, and Mr. Goouinan's Mungo Park. CHESTER RACES—THURSDAY. The Marquis of Westminster's Plate of 1001., added to a Han dicap ot 20 sous. each, h ft. About a mile and a quarter. Lord Eghnton's Bellona, 6 yrs (Lye) 1 Air. Graydon's Clinker, 5 yrs Sir IL kfulkeley's Spring-heerd Jack, 4 yrs The following , wefe not placed:--Mr. St. Paul's Calypso, 4 yrs—Mr. Cop; land's Chantilly, 5 yrs—Mr. Holker's Maid of Montan, aged--Mr. Price's Prince Albert, 4 yrs—Mr. Flintoff's The Plover, 4 yrs—and Lord Milltown's Wirrestrew, 5 yrs. The eeston Castle Stakes of 10 sous. each, with 50 added. Nile and a half. Mr. Loy's Arrarat, 5 yrs ...... (Francis) I Lori EAnton's Potentate, aged The following also st rted B. Minor's C:arion, 5 yrs —Mr. B. Gollett's Tuttalca'n, yrs—Mr. Knox's George, 6 yrs—and Mr. Jack-on's Wings, a yrs. 'fhe Wirrall Stakes of 10 Sows. each, watts 50 added. Half Mile. Mr. Price's Marion, 2 . yrs (Staggs) 1 Mr. M. Jones's Portrait, 3 yrs 2 Mr. Peel's Bugle, Lord Westminster's Dr. Jenner, and Sir Thomas Stanley's gr e by 6tUrni.S, out of Jacob Faithful's Dam, were not placed. PLYMOUTH SPItING ItAUES—WEnsEsnAT. Match.-5O Sovs. One Mi:e. Mr. Haldane's Maid of Athens, 5 yrs (a beat Mr. Stanley's Chadice, 6 yrs. The Lyncham stake 4 of 5 S, , vs. each, 2 ft. Heats. Once round and a Distance. Mr. Ley's Abracadabra, 4 yrs Cllr. Powell) 1 1 Mi. Couch's Mari.sman, b yrs 2 2 Sir W. Trclawney's Chartist, aged. 3 3 Handicap Plate of 50/. Heats. Once• round. General Gilbert's Sterk, 1 yrs (Owner) 3 1 1 Mr. Taunton's The Jewess, 4 yrs 31r. Down's Hartnodius. 5 yrs ..... 2 2 2 )1( AI. SURREY Tlik-k thE. UNDER THE MANA6ENIENT OF MR. DAVIDGE AND MR. WILLIS JONES. fhe most powerful attraction ever offered. Third Night Claude Duval, supported by Mr. J. S. Balls, and the ac, knowledged best Company in the Metropolis, with an el, tire change of Pieces. THIS EVENING, MAY 7, Will he acted an Historical and Domestic Drama, entitled CLAUDE DUVAL, THE LADIEs' HIGHWAYMAN. With entirely new local and beautiful Scenery, extensive Ma chinery, &c. Claude Duval, Mr. J. S. Balls. After which, tile Comedy of WILD OATS; OR, THE SFROLLIN'G GENTLEMAN. Rover. Mr. J. S. Balls. To conclude with the Romance of Diablerie, entitled APOLLYON, THE GREAT FIEND. Apollyon, Mr. O. Smith, The Last W , ek of his Engagement. Two Others sf arted. The Hurdle Race was won, in two heats, by Captain Weir's Olympic, aged (Mr. J. Weir), beating five others. NO-MAN'S LAND RACES.-WEDNESDAY Mate h, 50, mile and a half—Mr. Edward's Chance, beat Mr, Scott's Swal' ow. The No. ian's•Land Sakes of 5 sous. each, and 20 added, once mund and a distance, wero won, in two heats, by Mr. Horn-by's Whalebone (owner), beating 111 r. Jenkins's 11:0‘..n -easter an i two others. The Wheithlmpstead Stakes of 3 sovs. eacti, &c., once rood and a di•tanre, were won, in three hoats, by Mr. Scott's Arrian (Horn by), beating Mr. Smith's Jim Crow and four of hers. The Hurdle Rare was won, in two heats, by Mr. Hornsby's Whalebone, beating three others. THE WEATHER.—NooN, MAY 7. ROYAL OA LLERY OF SCIENCE, A DELA I DE-STREET. Barometer Thermometer ...65 I Highest Wind. S.—Freezing Point 32 Deg. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE M :mw 17 .ruhus9. attzr 3 Evening ..... minutes after 3 GERMAN NEWS. A uGsnuaa, MAY I.—A long-wished for acceleration of the despatch of the mails, in various directions, began to-day, in enniequince of which the Algetheine Zeitung will arrive at Vienna t 4 hours sooner than it has hitherto done. and like wise tho Italian States. We shall receive the Vi nna mail 20 hours earlier than hitherto, and thus be able to give the the nev s from Vienna arid .Constantinople to our readers in the West of Lurop so much the sooner. To.tethtT with these highly laudable arrangements of the Bavarian and Au.trian Governments, to the rapid communicatien between Aug-burg arid Munich by the iron railway has a very favourable effect. TURKISH I. ROSTIERS, APIL 20.—Baron Lie en, the Rus sian Plenipotentiary, left Belgrade on the 12th, to return by way of Semlin and St. Peter:burgh. While in Servia he had frequent conferences both with Prince Michael and the Pacha of Belgrade. The Pacha is most esteemed in Belgrade and zll Servia for his probity and moderation ; he does all in his power to ma'ntain tranquillity and peace in the country. The Russian Consul, too, has changed his conduct since Baron Leaven was here, and is on much better terms with the young Prince. On the 10th of April a private proclamation was is.ued, an nouncing that the lea.ler in the late troubles at Wuesitsch Simitsch and Garra<chan remain exiled from the country for an indefinite time, but that A. Petromenitsc is at liberty to re turn to his estates in Servia, but he, too, has been so deeply implicated in the plots of the party ugain4 the country a'td the Prince's family, that ste cannot believe that he will make use of this p °position. The conduct of Lieven, his agreeable man- Ler, his conciliatory language, his sincere endeavours to strengthen the authority of the Prince, &c., have made a very ge.od impression on the party above mentioned. Ex-coun sell.,rs are dis atisfied and almost furious. and manifest this feeling, esi.eci.lly towards the Itu.siait Consul, who seems to have held out too great hopes to them. l'he serviAn Senaie is still partly opposed to the Ministers, but it is not unanimous in itself. It is said that in some dis trict,' of Servia the inhabitants have refused to pay the taxes, and that in one pla.m disturbances ensued, which are, however, put an end to by the armed force. DU flit FUNDS.—AMOTILLDAIif, MIS 4. Mimes. Gills. ACIUM DCbt, Z t i per Cent Jitto, ditto 5 per cent. AnwttSvndic,4sie per cent 9 yt Ditto, ditto, 3h per cent Commercial Company, 4 , , per cent lttai les Ditto (1535 and 1837) 5 per cent. Loan 1837, 5 per cent. 97 97% Exchaiiite on London, One month l2 0234 Two months ....i.e ll 9454 Dutch Papers, May 5. tiELUIA 14 1 * UNDS—Bansitace, MAY 5 Actual Debt, 234 per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cant IO Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent...» 3 per Cent. I'hirty.rvven . .., (141) 11.0% Lux. of City, 18:12, 4 per Col,. ..... , f.,,% Ucletyol Commerce, 4 1 ,,per Cent. lOO Bank of Ittlgtinn, 5 per Cent ••• I'S National inciet y . Exchange on London (shot t) Brussels Papers, M4y 5. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.....Vmpa, Apair.27. virc per C..nt.. Metaniques 4 Four per Cents. us X Three Fa Cents. Boor. Maws .......... ....... .._. .... . ....411gerneine &Most a May f). HAMM) KU BWISENHALLE, MAY I. Bills. Money 4ustr!an 5 per (*is. Bank Shares I It ., l(S) Anglo-Mission Loan lOl4 IN Ilimian 5 per Cent. let SCTIC6, CGrtilicate Inscription, Ist Se:i,s lO2 - ItUStiall 5 per. Cent. Hope and Co. 3d and 4th C:3 ics . rt,•••••i• , r Mold cg I(twAge . s New 4 per 'ea. (IS40) -" '' ''' 87 % S7' Dutch Actual Debt, 2y,, pe Cent ................... 51% 51k Ditto 5 per Cent..... .......... .... -- - Polish Bonds New Ticket AMP- I )40411 Loan, 3 per Cert.,„ N lwegiiih . (Man, 11.34; 4 pgi ped:.... - Spoitpli. New 5 per Cents. EXCHANGES OS LONDON. PETF.RSBI/RGII, APRIL 2'. ...Two months. 38N pence. (x,KtIfiLM. APRIL ? , .—SCVCItty-live days. 12. 0. CIIIIISTIANI 4, APRIL 21......11110C ...... litl, 3 60. PfWESIAN FUN i)s,-13eRL1N.4454 1. Money .., St. Schuld. Sch., 4 , per cent. .............104,' 1123.4 Prussian English Loan, 1830, 4 per cent. 10 114 101 lizehange on London. three months... 6 10h —Prussian Stale Gazelle. Slay 1. LONDON: FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1841. The Commons having given up that ureful practice for the people—though harrassing for both Ministerial and Oppositimi Leaders—of discussing subjects on the presentation of peti tiona, we now never have any of these short, pithy, and pointed debates which served formerly both to delight the people ane promote the public liberties. They are still retained in the Lords, and now that a topic is thrown before them whiei, warmly engages the affections of men upwards of fifty years of age (touching their pockets), their Lordships seem likely to have some of those pithy debates night after night. Earl FITZWILLIAM, on giving notice that he would to-day preent a petition from Leeds, and on being questioned by Lord ASHBURTON, said he did not mean to discuss the subject of Corn-laws till after the expected proceedings -of the House of Commons. Lord ASHBURTON thought if their Lordships vraited till the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER'S three measures to obtain money without taxes were completed they never woulc have the discussion. The Noble Lord, returning to the graphic language of his younger days, when he was wont t( speak in favour of honesty, described the Ministerial plan as a bubble. Earl FITZWILLIAM retorted so happily on the Noble L i on: that we should only mar the retort by abridging it, and we, therefore, refer to it. The debate is a good specimen of what the Commons sacrificed by not allowing debates on petitions. In answer to Lord ELI. E NBOILOUG 11 the Lord Cli A Nee-lA.OK stated that rules for the proceedings in Chancery had beet: framed, but he could not say when they would be in a fit state to lay before Parliament. The Duke of ARGYLL brought in his Bill for the settlement of the Scotch Church disputes, but the Noble Duke was not successful in making its provisions known to the reporter. Thy Peers properly declined, as the Earl of ROSELIERY stated, t( discuss the Bill at any length till it was printed, so that we arc in the dark as to its provisions. The Earl of ABERDEEN indeed objected to it that it legalised the Vcto Law, and he declared that the Scotch clergy had taken up a false position, and whether they retired with a goon grace or not, retire they must. The Earl of ROSEBERY mid that the modifications of the veto in the Bill were not incon.,iderable. Lord DUNFERMLINE could not give it his support, and he highly approved of the present mode of appointing the priests in Scotland. The Marquis of BREADALBANE approved:of the Bill. The Earl of HADDINGTON said it gave a power to the Church and the people they ought not to possess. The Marquis of NORMA NBY reserved the expression of his opinion. The Bill was of course read a first time. The Bill declaring the abolition of privilege in cases of felony was read a second time, and at a Quarter before Nine the House Adjourned. 'I he Commons were amused by a petition from Sir H. LEES for the expul•ion of the Jesuits. jArd Q. LENNOX gave notice of a motion on the 12th, for a Committee on the Naval and Military Report, so far as that relates to the Marines. Lord J. RUSSELL stated the precise words of the motion he will submit to.night, for which see our report. Lord How►cx objected to the proposed mode of proceeding as involving two divisions; but af►er a few words from Sir R. PEEL, it appeared that the proposed plan will be adhered to. Lord Jof►F RUSSELL will make a statement, and then Lord SANOON Will make his motion ; if that motion be successful, then, and only then, as we understand it, will Lord J. Russzu. move his resolution. The Lords' amendments to the South Australian Bill were agreed to. In answer to Mr. WALTER, Lord JOHN said he should pro- „.:. TE BR. 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Rug" SELL stated that the preliminary arrangements made by Car tain ELLIOT at Canton had not been ratified, and that the Government generally disapproved of them. Captain ELLiox had been recalled. Sir HENRY POTTINGER had received his appointment, and was about to depart immediately for Mr. Fox MAULE stated in reply to Lord • MAnorcti:at was true that considerable "mortality prevailed =bilge 1111 '. ' convicts at Woolwich, but it al z o p reva il e d amongs t the tailiOtt' there. • Mr. HUME's motion fcr the production of paper; relativ e to the destruction of the Caroline, was resisted by LOrd JO' RUSSELL, on the ground that negotiations were pending, aim no information was elicited by the brief debate which ensued. The motion was negatived without a division, Sir R. Ps ei ' supporting Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S views. Colonel SIBTHORP moved that the appointment of Mr. VIZARD as solicitor to the Home-office, ought to be cancelled. The motion was resisted by Mr. MauLE, and the Gallant Colonel declined topress it to a division. The House only sa t till a Quarter past Seven. The West Tndia Proprietors, the British North American Colonial Association, the General whip" owners' Society, and a multitude of other persons interested in various monopolies, have taken the field against the Government plan for giving re ; lief to the peopl e . Thi s was t o b e ex p e cted, an their celerity in hastening to the field shows ill once who are the real enemies of justice and lin; nesty in the community. Look at the names 0 1 those who attended the West India Meet ing on Wednesday. A Nobl eman was in the chair. He is the owner of estates in the Wes t Indies, and for many years the zealous oppone nt of all the efforts made by the anti-slavery P 3rt Y to ameliorate the condition of the slaves. Th' i , tl there were Bar one t s , K n i g h ts, M.P. s , 13311°- Governors and Directors, ci-devant Colonial At torney-Generals, &c. &c. To them we must add great shipowners, American Associations, Chair' man of LLOYD'S, and the bulk of the titled and moneyed aristocracy. These are the real, living ., active oppressors of the working and industrie" s classes; Government is merely a cunningly COn' trived tool with which they work, and legislaiion in their hands is little better than parchinentfa cept as they animate it by their will. The great and the unspeakable merit of the Budget, including the alteration of the Cali' laws, is that it strikes at the principle on whic h rests the power of these oppressors. What ( 10 all the Dissenters and all the enlightened frientl of the voluntary system of Church disciplin e . complain of throughout th e E mp i re ? A favoure d and protected Church, a Church not springing from the Gospel but from the Legislature, mar tamed and protected in various privileges 3° spite of the rest o f th e peop l e. Wh at d o an the consumers of bread, the merchants and onn iti : facturers whose trade is suffering, the labourer hat who are reduced to starvation, complain ofy of the legislative protection given to W e owners of rent ? What do the Chartists s*r. is the cause of all the evils of society ? that one class is exclusively endowed with, al protected in, the exercise of the functions ° legislation and th e Ch o i ce or legislato:es. 1V.1 2 3t are the differenti a l or di s e r i m i nat i ng sug ar do but a prot e cti on exclusively granted to thee owners of land in th e We s t I n di es ? Wh at r a t discriminating d u ti g on coffee or timber—w_ i eo the duties on silk 4Kron, and the whole s ev ~ vhich crowd the statute book, except re vell o : .duties, but protection accor d e d fi rst t o one 1 and then to another ? Through the whole 01° _. fiscal, economical, and political regulations ; find this one. p r i nc i p l e — PROTECTION , o pera° most mischievously to great classes of th e COl 0 muni:y, and the o bj ec t o f co mp la i nt an d vituP e, ration. Against whom, too, are the different Pre vileged vileged classes protect e d? Wh o assails i time Church, or is discontented with it ? N ot . 0 , French—not the Americans—not the Ru 36l3 fo r uor any foreigners--they care not a armor he Church—but large masses of her 31AJ j ' i id ol , objects who (10 notbelong to it, an d c 3;.„ 4 1* share its privileges. Who assails cw 01 )11t ; , )f the Corn-laws ?--the Germans? No; the ill tabitants of our toWns. Who complains of tl 7; xelusive franchise ? the labOving classes; `110,,i -,re deprived of it. So on throughout; the P r o - t ection bestowed by the Government is ' b l o t, gainst foreigners, not against enemie !gainst masses of our own countrymen, fbr , rotection means privilege, or monopoly' rred on .some to the inj ur y o f others. 111°01 ho demand protecti on m i sta k e t h e f unc tion' (4 overnment, and fancy, being led astraY bY. ch •nisappli e d wor d , that the Government ‘O,ll, •xists to p ro t ect t h em from foreign jov a l ol c t corn crim es an d t h e i r e ff ects, is b oun d to Pr ° ` dle heir mon o p o li es aga i nst the just claims of . est of the people. All protection, so explained, is the oPPr e- • d' th ose aga i nst whom the protections are o ,,„ wi ee wined. Th ey are v i olations of that equal.init 11 ,vhi c h a ll classes, and every individual, et,e Litled to from the State. If this inequali t y. e h ight, let it b e carr i e d out. Let the law 'will akes a way an ounce of a man's sugar , m i o nt u t n l d m o v f , u h n is de b r re t a n d e , u a n l i s v o er c s l a a l i t i t n t his fe ° to and s elf-P i f iervation, no man any longer owes allegiaoc c ' ke be cap a bl e o f escaping from its power. T h ia cie ar sti , )rotecting law s d o ,' t h ere f ore, in part w h a t a VI tle t l i of i f directed against a man's life does —lv ° Jr authority, an d ma k e i t only a question o of )orary expedie nc y w h et h er the l aw slim' hall not be obeyed. e r Now thi s i s a very i mportant matter, Pr'' 1 1 0 tbr the especial consitkration of the classes $ claim and receive these protections. It 15 id common and general b e li e f t h at• soc i e ty e°` not hold together a day without the author it Y• t y, human law. What ever wea k ens its au thor' therefore, endanger s the very existence 01. 1 :if ciety. All thes e p ro t ect i ons being unjust ig.t;ithe own nature, confer r i ng pr i v il eges on some 0 ' of people at the expense and to the darnt 4e l-e others, weaken the au th or i ty of law. They I n- it it contemptible and hateful to those wh ti' i ot unjustly injure s , an d t h ey tend to bring abou t disobedience, confusion, and anarchy. ior# It is a lamentable Mistake to suppose that - 0 1 are to be obeyed, whatever may be their character. If the three Estates should be Ad ° t • to pass a law to burn a million q uar t ers of IbotY or break down the dyke s on th e ' eastern,; o ter Lnd again cover the now fertile plains with te ll it ,Lud sand, we s h ou ld i n di gnantly diSobeY. s a l )Ir' and we should hav e Mr. HANDL gl EY i v i o s f 2iinISTOPHER as leaders in the rebellio°' nerefore, it is plain, are only to be obeY e` holt hey are in their own nature just ; and tmi tis : sve iike the various so-called protecting (401.4704 e, 'lave ad;erted to, provoke and justify disobe al 1 , 0 10 they give their own characteristics to th e ,n the fabric of legislation, and expose society L - 4, 4 11 , danger of being crushed and dislocated by its . t he Now one great value in our estiniation.n,tatint. propositions of her MAJESTY'S MiLliter4 y / he they strike at this principle of protection• ieh make no pretence to remove it altogether) ho t vere much too arduous and gigantic a • ttts i :' y e they are milt, a y to that principle. TbeY .y, I the beginning of a just and good system. 'r o n ' ur something like them, something of th eir tee , ture and character, gradually to remove Pr n , dons, and as they remove protections t h r grievance, and abolish a wrong, are nn- 111 pensable to restore law, by making it just/ 4,0 proper authority over the mind of man: dit We do not give her MAJESTY'S Ministers eel ex' for being actuated by th e v i ews we hitc-rdsY, pressed. On the co n t rary , we sta ted Yes u i r i v eo and we repeat to-d a y, t h at t h ey h a ve been! tie of unwillingly and re l uctant l y , by the neens s . l 4cr ie 4 the State and th e f act t h at t h e p ro ductive enc of the country are unequal to supply all .tli c e htss o , mands made on th em by the protected , te c and the St a t e , to attac k the principle ~ of Pr" con • tion. 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