The Sun. — London, England, 1825-04-19 00:00:00

Ti ''LONDON JOURNALS. . . DA 1 I.A" . .X.xtira.cts from the 110 . 7'7477z' Paper's, April 19, 1825. • Esc- nmCs.l, • • ejoice to say, - that our latest itivices: frOM Inati,viarrant a- confident reliance on the:cnnti nuexj -tranquillity of all ,the "extensive" districts there subjected to British sway. It does not iwar that the Burmese war has, in any dezree, weakened our power or influence throughout the hither Peninsula. A letter of the first week in :December, from Central India sags, cc this coun try a state of perfect - quietude ;.and Daolnt Rai) Sinclia, our former . Opponent, hut • now our Ally, is as peaceably diSposed as we Could wish. There are, as usual, petty - quarrels uccurring every 'now and then, between paramount Rajahs, (whom we may compare' to' the great Barons of the feudal ,agvs) and .their. , refractory 'l'hakoors or power -ful-..vassals._ Similar events were of constant :occurrence in . . Europe some centuries ago ; and thety naturally arise out' of, the present -constitu tion of society in India ; but these insulated. con -4 to -only niocal'ope'ratiOn; - and ih - no way .alfeCt . thegeheTal peace. ) These rem:l'l4:s, which Aittilowtm.d.'aitthority, may. serve to allay thF feari whkhmany. persons votertairied,itt con sequence Of - the"BarraCkipore mutiny. Painful as that ev . ant , .mas to cootemplate,"we have the f4•l; t ti.pn to .believe that the example of insubordi m4lOn- did, not spread even among the native , troupS.in.ihe neighbourhood , : and..eertain it is, —that - in. tentral- India no= .cause for . apiirehension exArti; other:than that . which . must always attend -an> knpire , so:rapidly. gained, and so widely ex tended. - . - . - • ".... . - . • • . .; - , . , [THE PUBLIC LEDGE(t.) - • 1 1Ve hl - te received "the Saiur dsi,"and the R!cile orgundiry. On thi• former bad. an audience of the lasted neatly an hour; and he had , afterwaitts. p.ajing io - 64, ItLinpilin.and batrpirittss. He appeared on • ON occusion=•derarated • .iith • :he French Order _ . •Qil,he'llos" Ghost; and this circumstance, ap paiently trifling as it - is, constitutes 'one among . atatiz, rnission,..hatever 5r.44 have been:lti._ object, has .been :eminently successful, .. This -triunii/h th.e4ustriatt Minis- l set ims to - have achieved" at : e:xpence: of terest: .Francef ':tcr_jadge . from the' • tette - of the:: Rerrtrs; . portion to the progress in hi s i!ego .• dation!. On Saturday, when he took leavi of the. Kin ‘ g, they were • ,lower . than , they had betti 'on'any . other day:since his arrival ; and, , though same. _of the letters -air-ibe the depres -siott, to:. the... formidable resistance which 'the . 71tect400,the conversion of the Itentes is likely totren.couitter in the Peers,. we cannot help think itg that we have stated the - --true Cause. In the :rein time. the ;rumou r. Of a COngr s ess'has acquired ,• r nia:acCession.of- strength,:neither has it suffered any diminution, from the contents ortilese pepers, ' - :cjth 04; - eicilation ierhaps. Tot:a iiriruirfaph, in -announced the -.arrival at Iblitan of • Cotrhtess Nesselrodt!,trte wife of - the, Russian • 7141Disfct - of Foreign The French 'Go _ • I-ern:Trent lusTeceiveti to another quarter an fo- in c,reasetdriiinitlerittion'iTifrh some sort o vap e eiif tpithe, itl,4.cii.dirta.i.e.iia it appears to ha ve .• • , • actedin tlre-siegrociationaivith the Austrian Ur.. It rimy 4rati fiing;.tno; is it. is- a to„tlte,triaritime,power a France, and an.h.onourahle tribute, at ure a time, to her ▪ •E:rternment Tor . its judi cious •. , •• a n d • • •eforts to_ increase . The,strength ofx ber navy. It • iv -stated• that• - the Pope, tieing tatiched by : the . •cornplailitis of. i n:W. of. his:sublects,,, who lit-ye so- ered:from. thin A lge ri at- t;orsairs, and unable ' to - •afrord red-rest himself solicited irr their .hefin If . or the France. - The • effect, it is --said; has been equally . • prompt and : favonrable : • they De;_, haVinE.T : gfien an assur •, , Christian Majesty, - that - ilia -Corsairs should - for - the' -future respect the Papal ffair„.. - aild the rnerchandize it may con. vsy;--4- r e tern by an article.from Alacirid, of the 4th instaltt, -that COistit Subsprra (Generti Pam. bJpa bizs - Eirrrveilk)re, ip 016 c.4apketer of An assador from Portugal. This annottncernent do prito t f VOur trf« = 4 t itl" tire Gel-marl rarprs, .b,.thal. - a- -serious. ,Jni.stindersta!iding . - be . tween• the two Courts, on the- •subjoct of Bra- • `• The coni - fuct' the -- GOUit of 'Madrid is too extra-uagant_ even ► for that Court f avd• becomes. -downright buriescpio.: when it as . 512MCS an airc - or - ipenace, in Cogseiluesice of•thie titsict intimacy . subsisting . helw-ren Portugal :and England.' We can only `ay, that if the 7S 4 panisti. Cabinet out such. a menace, the 4-qtort courteous would have soon followed; .• Ferdinand' ig i no doubt, piqued at tHOrecognitlOni ' of the Bratils, and - probably disquieted by other indications of good 'sense and Libera lity on thi pare ';';otthe Portuguese- government. lie may reproach ='-,,ottei Powers too witti their indifference-on a sob.' 'jrci, itt which legitimacy apyearto him to ' so mush , inteicited trot -stilt not tfie 7 courtf*si vrivick usuiti b•twpon-- Governrreqs. He Ints a p..! rt:rpointed,-foi-exttmpt?,..i "A‘cnba - i_adoi . .„ in th per-, ; : v.on,os.:the..Duke -of- Villa flerrapsa, - ro attend at' -4teitg.4iae ;orltion- of.- - t fie King 'of 'FranCe:' Tbie . 141Wi4ri-a iri . v as, o,44:i's no %!r, believe, .saoor:Srorrt Spain to Portugal;; but, whether his ',.*-tre•43!,nit-desilita -rnt;abs more ih a n'it s ostensib le purpose, we' are 'incompetent to ~etetrnir~e. s' see has-set out Aito last for Turin. 444.; - [ht9 It ti kno • povr . ll • • 1 - The. btoitte” io'botti , • , eft : talEilecorrsiifral 'sole Iy. tile" ges l ent.Oig . and re". I f ietisifrtg Pet- tins against ()1 thf;se iii : s!fa y or pretelitle tbe publicleigiug'fories itir fi'voi.fr Of tale mektstit,. v...t h atz. they did norunderstaud the'' .i rreF.4enee , ghe-Eopisiryi;‘hicii ttistilfest% :Airfulttaself iA tiSe Gii.iiftiitl4aol??tslitigfrteidtliiii,ti- 1 tiM4 4 . l( ' rokagikkokeptopirima2rl)olr riyhik:,ed!by; - tiiftestittb tlywiettAtt eilfWAt)*tititiorP g' i ,which they icteftiftfeiA4ggifi,t -WINOS ate presented - to - Wiliam - eat ;Tor - S~ l . ,~. ~: they now see when it. is too late, that they have ' created a feeling of indignation through every 'part ''of the country, and that as the Earl of Liverpool - Stated last night, they have produced five petitiOns Where one alone would have come. It is expected that fresh proofs of.the real state of public, opinion will be afforded this evening, be fore the debate upon the second reading of the sill takes place, - anci!the friends of .the measure, who considered its passing through .both !rouses during the present Session a matter little short of Certainty, begin to doubt,' and with very - good reasons top, whether it will not find its grave in the seat of its birth, and of its anticipated triumph. _ . [Barr 'sit PRESS.I This evening is appointed for the second read ing of the Catholic 13i11. , The order .'for the call of the House was last night discharged ; its ob ject, a full attendance of Members, haVing been attained without the necessity , of resorting to the • tedious and .inconvenient severities of the mea. sure. A great number of petitions were pre , seeted in both Houses against the claims of the Catholics.' -S - Jveral of these petitions were- from the Clergy : .; and though their right to address their sentimentsio respectful language-totht.‘Legishiture is not denied—indeed, how could it ? yet the same _course of invidiousobservation was pursued thatwas lately repelled with so much effect by the Bishop of Chester. His Lordship last night, in reply to question. by Lord Holland, stated that the clergy had carefully abstained from stimulating the pub lic feeling on this question. It appeared even that they had refrained. from exercising their undoubted right of meeting to petition Parliament, in order. to avoid the imputations that are most unworthily cast upon them. The Archbishop of Canter bury explained why the• Clergy were anxious at this period to: Make known their opinions. An erroneous idea had' gone forth; his Grace observ . - ed, 'that the Clergy, 'generally, had changed : - their 'sentiments with respect. :tn. the Catholic .‘ question, and it thereforce became important to shew that this - report was unfounded. [MORNING ctinoarct.E.l Both lionses of-Parliametit were chiefly .occu, pied last :night with Petitions:on the subject the Catholic Claims. -An extract from one from. the Archde-acon and Clergy of Leicester, receiVed by Lord 7 king, stated that the Jews had :-been subjected to severe punishments for seventy years for 'associating. with Idolatora, and held up this as, a warning to the nation against mingling • with . -or encouraging Catholic -Idolatry I! It ,:.was! very -truly observed by Lord:Ca ithorpe," that t the Petitions presented againstihe Catholic Claims were gOt up by the influence of the-Clergy. There had been, since the notice of the measure was given in the other llcitnie,----ati•excelhiatOpportu nity for petitionittz. The'Asfizes - had been held, but 'had their Lordships received one - petition from a Grand Jury ? Was there at:'ssingle pe tition from any one County Meeting ? Was there a petition front any of .those- great ma nufacturing' or •cornrnercial towns, the inhabit ' ants of which were rapidly increasing in wealth, 'and: growing still faster in. knowledge and, liberality ? If there had been one it wag an ex ception, and: certainly there were no -Petitions from those great, wealthy, and - intelligent bodies of Men td•Whom 'the Legislature wereac.customed. to Ilis Lordship added, " that he was sorry to see the Clergy_ links isolated! from- the' great body. of enlightened people." Mr. Brougham, on presenting a Petition from Great and.bittle Bolton in favour of the Catholic Claims, with -nine- thousand signatures, said ';• he was glad :to find that ,the ' petitioners 'advocated principles of universal tolerance, because •he held a man' was as little answerable for his re ligious belief as he was forthe physical confor. - metiori of his body; " - or the construction of his mind;over neither the one nor the other of which had he' any controul. If this were so, then to bind men down by tests was nothing More than to make them hypocrites, for who• would venture to tell him that to conform' to it particular form was to entertain a belief in that form ? " Mr. Brougham took' occasion to express his surprise, that' the - DisSenters of F.,lngland should be found in the lanie ranks with the High Church Clergy on this occasion. Though ice observe among the names one or two Baptist Chapels, we suspect that the Pro testant Dissenters, who petition against . the Ca tholics, are chiefly Methodists, between whom and tile other Dissenters there is a marked line of separation, and who have always been-peculi: •arly hated by the : High Church Party,- on. ac count of the numerous points•of teSemblanCe be tween them - and ,the members , of the- !it) rn e tit . In -fact, the 'Wesleyan Methodists readily - took livings in' the Church ; their object at first Was to, aid the Establishment, and there was the same sort of between them and the'Parislt Clergy, - that - there used to be in CatholiC countries ,between the Cures -and the Missionaries. -We think 'we ate almost certain, that, very few or the wealthy Dissenters, the old Dissenters, for iststance have subscribed petitions against the Catholics.- In Ficoiland, the Compa nies of Artizans in 'Glasgow, and the Presbytery of the: . Associate Synod, that is Dissenters from the tstablished•Church, have also taken a part. Hut in 'Seat land, as' well as England, the best im fOrin'ed- people are not to be found among the petitioners. [THE TIMES.] The' Trieetinor for a repeal of•the Com Laws beco . me more' frequent, and - of greater import. , it i s sa id ; that the:.people are nut ardent. fragainst Catholic:: • ErnAncipation ; :that they are 'ardent; hovievi.t, for Coin emancipation, is a faCt that nobody ran deny : and may Gon-grant (for we "are sore that .the (yiject :to obtaiOed is well worth - .die - soleinnity-ut 'Pray er) that the issue may correspond with the principles of . reli gion and 'justice. 'lndeed, to petition Heaven, 'as -we do in ou r lit ur gy, that. we may in due time recekie the fzuitc of the_ earth, while w e suf f er tnan to rob Ili of the free enjoym ent . of t h e. - fruits which IleavenTbestows, is at once a erg *to supreme tieing,.and creelt.y. to hts creatures. 'We have this day to record 41 meet-, ihg at Newcastie_upurt.:l`yne, QII the subject of the injurious Corn Laws. We have before spoken 1 of the ruin to which our manufactures are subjected from the operation of these laws. But the inhabitants of Newcastle and the vicinity are not. manufacturers : they are miners. We have here, therefore, t h possessors and cultivators of the surface . of the earth - destroying those whose more hardy and adventurous lot it is to toil within its bosom. In short-, every work, of what ever k ind the artificial be; from architecture to mining , artificial dearness of corn. ifnrdomit [MORNING HERALD,j We are glad to see that the Chancellor of the Exchequer has consented to pause, before the House of Commons is .called upon to .sanction a grant to Mr. Macadam for his road system. We understand there are those. who dispute the palm of this invention with Mr. Macadam, aswell as its application. We do not think, however, that those who possessed the talent and buried it in a napkin, can enter into competition with . one who has brought it to light and applied it to the. general purposes of „society. But then two 'questions 'arise—is it a matter of Such general value and ithportance as to be entitled to a Parliamentary reward.? and has-not Mr. Macadam been amply rewarded already by _means of its application ? To the first of these questions we should answer, that It - is not; and to the second, that we be lieve . lte 'has. ' Though we should be sorry to see thOse who, hold the public purse niggardly in rewarding merit, yet it by .no Means follows that every - inventiotv by which the' public is benefitted, is one which must be paid for by a public grant ; for, upon that principal, not only would there be no end to demands Upon the public purse, but there would be an end to half the enterprise, improvement, and utility arising from each Invention: The very instance before us establisheS the truth of this remark ; for we will venture to say, .that had Mr. Macadam, when he first brought forward this very system, look ed only to a • Parliamentary reward, the system. . itself would have experienced but a very circumscribed application, instead of being ren dered, as we believe it' has been by him, a. lucrative . and extensive trade, producing large and .well-earned profits. The 'rule in these matters, we-'think, ought to, be, that Parliamen tary rewards should only be given to cases of great and pre-eminent- Merit, and to such as in their nature are incapable- of producing their = own reward. Such was the introduction of vaccination by. the , late Doctor . Jenne! ; and that of the safely lamp, alluded to by . Mr. Broughani. But Mr. Macadam, who, by.the ap plication of bis.systern, is acquiring an muneration, is 'not entitled, we think, to call upon the coOntry to pay him for that which has' produced,. and is every day producing, .all that the most ambitious .or Meritorious man can re , quire—fame and. profit. _ CORN' LAWS. MEETING AT NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE: On Thursday last, pursuant to advertisement, a public meeting was held to consider of the propriety of peti tioning Parliament for a revision of the Corn Laws. About - 12 . 1 o'clock H. CBA,MLINGTON, Esq..took the chair, and the busi ness was commenced by Mr. John Clayton reading the requisi tion. Mr. Mayor was shortly stating, that in consequence of that respectably signed requisition he had, been induced to call the meeting, when Mr. MacLeod rose, and suggested that the meeting be constituted a meeting of the free burgesses and other inhabitants of the town, as the names of the free burgesses would materially addto the weight of the petition which might emantetefrom the meeting, whilst it would permit many non residents to take part in the discussion. He moved according ly, and this motion being seconded, a short discussion ensued which was terminated•by Mr. Alderman Smith moving as an amendment, that the meeting should continue under the deno mination of a. meeting of the inhabitants. On a shew of bands the amendment was adopted. _ _ . Sir -THOMAS Buatanat rose, and spoke to the following effect : •Mr.Thairman and Gentlemen,—The ready and obliging manner in which the Chief Magistrate of this town has attend ed to the requisitionists now assembled, and the very handsome mode in which he (the Mayor) has just opened the meeting, while it deserves a ptoper acknowledgment, will, I- trust, jus -tify my rising, to offer, with all deference, a few remarks Upon that very important subject, the Corn Laws; and I . do take *leave to say. Gentlemen, that if ever there -was a qUestion of More general interest than another to the country at large; it is the question immediately -before ue.-(Applause.)—lt affects 'all the members of the community, but more particularly the ehnmbler classes. It is of the first importance to tke well being of the State, that we have bread at a moderate rate. As ai great manufacturing country, our very existence depends :Upon it.• The present Corn Laws,' which,- among commercial -men, ate' every where exciting so much clamour, I verily bee levee were originally enacted with the best possible intentions tkall parties. Time, to be sure, has shown the abuses engen dered by speculators' and others, - who were deeply interest ed in the opening or shutting the ports. We have seen, more than once, overwhelming supplies of inferior grain poured in on the Very eve that the posts were about to open ; and we have wituessied the success of an opposite mode of action, where it suited the interests of the parties engaged in it. Par liament, j admit, felt. alarmed at what was going on, and were anxious; through the official channels of government,- to put an end to the perjuries and foul proceedings of avaricious indivi duals; but all was in vain. In this perplexing state of things, Ministers themselves, 'it is well known, are anxious for such a Modification of the restrictive -laws as to-corn. as will relieve and give satisfaction to the country. The admission of wheat from Canada at as. per quarter duty, "cannot be regarded ether-, wile than as a direct approximation to something like a new and revised system in our import Corn Laws.- This incipient change, he thought, indicated sentiments, on the, part of Mie sisters friendly to a relaxed system—to something, in fact, which proMited a wholesome revision of the existing Corn Laws. Mr. Curwen, the Hon. Memher fot Cumberland, who Was formerly RC) staunch an advocate for restrictive measures, and whose great knowledge in agriculture was well known, had lately declared in Parliament, thati though he thought favour-, ably of the Corn Bill up to III:24, circumetancee now induced in him a very different opinion. This argued well, and Mr.' Huskisson, in the Houee, did not fail-to compliment the Hall. Gentleman cite his m a nly avowal.—lt- was the general belief, that his Majesty's MifiisterS were disposed to meet the wishes of the country as to a modification in the present Corn Laws. Could we do better than strengthen their hands' by petitions from all parts of the country ? - The public voice, in this free country, never failed to make an imptession in Parliament and it was certainly better that our interests should be arin ve - , mitted there, than that daring speculators should againr a it in their power to violate the laws -by the vilest abuses.sn It was true their object was a revision of the Corn Laws in the he must be permitted to observe he bed great confidence . done SO wisdom and liberality of Ministers, who had alrea Yee much in so short a time. The general commerce o f tr• coun try was placed upon the footing that all classes the zeal of Minietere was never -more pleasinglit P . t forgotten that while they hoaaured the Crown. - they bad nn • s elves,our-auxi-, they belonged to the people.; they eliewed theil'felloir-labourers yeere., :a; a is ) fi .ed_ e_d_ . ; basics, not our task-masters; they were Our moting our joys. I have now. Gentl eni r e a n n t e e me . Le er in the same• vineyard, not lotdind it over our riguilitaex,phrues.t,pmroy-, ve t teoealof - the Coen Laws. , thapks for the patient hearing - yen g e e anjtiouS wish for to assure you That I heartily_ jell) Y" l i n re a a tfesi gciee"al e ag eye of the Legisla - . the eeetition you have framed for Mr- entitethe ture ; and I am sanguine in hoping that such a modification in the Corn Laws will take place as will best promote the public good. Let the price of bread.be lent moderate, and the:manu facturing and labouring classes will thrive and prosper. Our representatives in Parliamedt must see the necessity there is of adapting legislation to existing circumstances. And, above all things, the voice, of humanity says—let not the price of the staff of life be high, lint'enable the poor and needy to Come within reach of it in the day-of their -distress, that they .may not have to encounter the ghastly enemy, hunger.—(Applause.) . 31 T • CLAYTON read the Reselutions, (which are advertised in another part of our Paper.) They were seconded by Mr.e.A. L. POTTER, and put singly and carried unani mously, excepting the third, against which Mr. MacLeod held up his hand. - Mr. ARMSTRONG rose to move the adoption of the petition, and said that in doing so he should have to offer to the meeting a few observations on the impolicy of our present Coin Laws.— It was well known that the merchants of this town were in the habit of exporting large quantities of the manufactures and other produce of this district to the north of Europe and the United States of America. ' Last year, after-a very lengthened discus sion, the United States passed a new tariffs by . which such duties were imposed upon the importation of British manufac tures, as in effect excludes them almost entirely. From this port scarcely a single article could now be exported to the United States with a chance of being sold there to advantage; And what was the cause of this new tariff? Why, avowedly, the severe restrictions that were kept up in this country on the im portation of corn and other crude produce from America. The same system of restriction on British commerce had been had recourse to in almost the whole of the north of Europe; and pre cisely for the same reasons. Coals, which used to be sent in such immense quantities to Holland, are now scarcely sent thither at all, the Dutch Government, in consequence of our Corn Laws, and the heavy duties imposed upon the impertation of butter and cheese, having in return imposed prohibitory duties upon the im portetion of English coals. Surely it would not be conten de d that the foie of this branch of our commerce, was a trifling loss, when we reflect that almost the whole value of this article when delivered abroad arises from the payment of the wages "of laboun to our own people: Seeing then that our system of Corn Laws is fraught with such mischievous .consequences, it may be asked what are the countervailing advantages of that systeni ? The agriculturists alledge that it enables us to raise an independent supply of grain at home. ' Certainly. it it does, but not at the same price that a portion might be obtained from other countries, and therefore, in a pecttniary point of view, the system was bad. DriVen from this ground, the agriculturists alledge that, under a different system, the country might be exposed to the danger of a want of cOnn, but the plain answer to this was, that while other countries hada superabundant supply of corn, and were anxious to exchange it for commodi ties in which we abound, the danger was chimerical, and that in legislating it never could be wise to sacrifice a real good to the chance of 'escaping a chitherical evil. If this country might be said - to be-really dependent on other countries for any one article, it was the article of hemp; and yet, during the last war, when all' the States of Europe were in close and bitter' league against us, there never - was a time when 'hemp was not ob tainable. Then; again, it had been urged in favour of the Corn Laws, that the great - sums which had been paid by this . country for foreign corn must have been injurious to her re sources, and might have been saved by-the innprovement of agriculture at home. But as Well might it be contended that' the 40 millions worth of other commodities we are In the habit of importing are a loss to the country ; a position which goes 1 to overturn the first anti plainest principles of . all commercial intercourse. • Depend upon it, that nothing is ever Purchased„ either at home or abroad, which, in the estimation of the teur-' •chaier, is riot' of mere value than that which is given for it, and that we shall never buy corn, or any other commodity, abroad,, unleis we can obtain it more advantageously thin we can hope to raise the name commodity at home. In a mannervery diffe rent, we may he assured, are the resources of this'country Mr paired.; they-are impaired by requiring the labour of 20 persons to he given in exchange-for a quantity of British corn, while the same quantity of foreign cern might be procnred for the , labour of 10 persons; they are impaired by requiring every man to labour 6 days for a quantity of corn, which, but for the exist ence of-the Corn Laws, might have been obtained by working only 3 daysinthe week. Thus it. is that the-resources of the country are wasted, and not in buying and importing cheap coin, in whatever quarter of the -world it-may be produced.— (Applause.)-1n our actual - situation, it was 'only by keeping up the price of corn very considerably-above the rest of Europe that we could possibly be made to grow sufficient• for our own -consumption; and for whose interest was'it• that the price should be kept at this unnatural elevation ? Not for the Inte rest -of the farmers (if- we exceat the interest they may have in cases of an existing lease), for the. farmer is in - the predica ment of all other capitalists, and will employ his capital to most advantage in countries where the prices of corn are low. High prices, from their tendency to advance the wages of la bour, necessarily lessen-the profits of capital, -and as two rates of profit cannot long exist together, all profits most ohi mately be reduced by any advance in • the price of corn.— (Applause.)—Are the landlords benefitted by high prices ?..e.- It cannot be-denied that they are; but even_ the landlords are much less . benefitted than is- generally imagined. We may safely-assume, that not more than one-fourth of the total produce of a farin is resolvable into rent ; the other three.fourths are partly absorbed in the• expences of cul tivation, and partly go .as - profits to • the •fetrner. Now, mark ~ the impolicy and injustice of• a -1aw , ..t0-. false - the price of corn and benefit the landowners—to put one shilling into the. pocket of the landowner, it is necessary that the - people s hould pay founee.(APPlause.)4At the same time it was to be considered, that if the high prices of corn increased the receipts of the landowner, they 'also operated various ways to increase his expenditure, and that, consequently, the interest of the landowners, when rightly- understood, were not exclusively de. pendent oh high Prices: - As regarded the oneiatiie classes of the peciple,.. it might be observed, that were the wages•of labs Ur to adapt themselves quickly to the fluctuations in the prices of corn, no material injury from high prices would, on their part, be felt: To a• workman •it signified little what Wee the Stmount of his waget, so long as- he continued to have the same Com mand over the necessaries of. life. If 10s. would - purchase as Much as 205., it was obeibus that 10e. would be quite as ac ceptable to him cis M. We 'knew, hoWeVer; from experience we knew from what was now passing in this towns -that wages did not. very, readily adapt themselves to an increased price of the necessaries of life, and are only made to correspond with the .increased expence of subsistence by what e ver y itianntust eon sider. as one ,of the. greatest evils—a euepealion of work. So, that an artisan, in order to obtain that which may be really his due, may 'be' compelled to sacrifice a portion of his 'time more than eqUivalent to the -object he ularnately:requires. Could it be saidthat this was not an evil, and, nvhenetraced to all its consequenceseof idleness and dissipation, an evil of the greatestnnagnitude?—(Appitinsen--There ware stale sophism to which he -would advert. It was, that the high:prices:of-torn enabled the agriculturists to consume a greater quantity of ma. nufattured articles than they otherwise would do—and so most - assuredly it did ; but am I (said - Mr.A.,) to' be - thankful to them that. they take from me, in an.extra _price for their corn, that money which I myself might wish to lay out in the pur -1 h ave generally desired them to reverse /, ,. br p a ymg the-slaupkeeper two prices pur chase of an additional coat in the year ?• Common sense revolts at the - idea. When 1 have heard this tirgi.iiiieut brought fore ward by agriculturists, :it. Do you begin, say for his goods--by p a ying your professional men double -fees, and by_ paying your workmen double wages—(Much laugh .ter)-it _will - not be do ub l ed that you will. have an in. creased demand for agr icultural produce, but- can you pos. - sibly. . think that, u nder' such circumetances, the agricultu. rusts would be benefitted by an increased demand, or that they would willingly c ontinue.to maintain an intercourse with their customers on these terms ?- I certainly never met with. any agriculturist who thought that such a scheme of dealing Would. be profitable to him ; and therefore I . cannot: see what i advartage an y 'man can have in being made to pay 6d. for a loaf When he might hayethe seine loaf fbr 3d., or in being made to speedily be o drink worse malt liquor at 6d, than he might be furnished with at nel.--Opplatiee.) 1 leave thepoint;Thowever, res'One upon which the ingenuity of the , advocates of high prices may con e- rhoctiehintnhealts—a-a-nredlathxaattion the gorfop,t_heer tintie to be •exencieed --After some further' observations; 'Mr. distressing 'fluctuations in the price of thefirstlgneese Corn Laws wouldinained—that commerce. would r b ev y e e rt x t Pres' oir ' .f n or e en a ant the consumer of corn would equally in' future be`proteceed sary of petition _ • . • .Th e having been read,. was seconded . b lii., e , allotted ainstall by Sir Thomas H a nlon, and the Mayor' rising to put the motion, A. concludetdo, — Mr. :NI acnEon Mee to address the'llleetinge i• He:fully con curred, he:observed, in all that had- been said of theebenetits of Va s t a te as was f re e trade, and of the injuriou s ' tendency* of the present' Corn. L a ws, which kept the m a rk e t i ns i uc h st ecilating injurious both to the consumer and grower; in one ease - operat . log to advance the m eans o f• h uman tat b s i stence beyond , the „reach of the industrio us past of the comm unity ; • and in .the other to redu ce the price so kw as to- tonfiscaee the capital of the industrious fernier. An-high - price. of grain was certainly destructive of theintexest of .the manu facturer, it being impossible for him, ;under so. heavy a. pr essure, to com pete with other n a ti ons i n f ore ig n countries ; it was t herefore desitable that it s h ou ld b e atta i na bl e O n - mo derate terms , —but' the only * mare , permanent, and beneficial mode of; effecting this was, by reducing in a material degree the .present excessive re venue. A free trade and 800 Millions a debt were utterly in. compatible. • Parliatnent,' thetefore-.nbefere they attemp ted the eStablishment of- -f ree trade; strhuld abolish alltiseless places, . pensions, alul eenecures, -eihould.reduce the present enormous army e4tubli4titileni.- iaiitfi'Niaq hot only Meg oppreseive and ! expeNiVt. burai nicliledly4unconetitutioneelen-an a . eheield devise l• means fur placin g - t h e nae h e ns e e in , I cnt,2 degree of '‘ equality with the industrious orders of the community, more. espfeial i f as the greater part of his wealth had been gained by usurk o loans to vicious Ministers, who_ had wastefully expended t„_, ll° whole of the money in warring for the last 60 "years against liberties of mankind. It was measures like these alone. that could cause grain to be permanently cheap, and Parliament should therefore be called on to see them carried into effect . Mr. Macleod concluded his address, which was often che ered by the meeting, by moving as an amendment that a petition founded on the preceeding observations; and which he then read, should be adopted by the meeting, instead of the one b" fore read, but this amendment was not seconded. The original petition was then put from the Chair ari a carried, with the exception of Mr. M.is hand being held til) against it. Mr. Alderman SMITH moved the thanks of the meeting to his Majesty's Ministers, for their endeavours to reform the commercial policy of the country, which was carried unani mously. The MAYOH having declared the purposes 'for which the meeting was called to be accomplished, Sir Trios. Buttpof rose, and moved the thanks of the meeting to Mr. CRAMLITIC" TON, for his conduct and services in the Chair, which was car ried by ecclamation, and the meeting. broke up. LON VON MARKETS. PRICE OF 13READ. The highest price of flreatl in the Metinpolis, is 11J• fo r ie 41b. loaf—there are ethers *ho sell from a halfpenny t°' three halfpence below that tate. INIPOICIATIONS o 1 GRAiN LA.C.I' WEEK• , , - • English. Irish. Foreqr -7,996 535 99 1 1,937' --- ___—. Wheat 7 Barley . . Malt .i. 3,751 ....--- . Oats .. 14,878 13,600 .._.—..- Rye . lO .3 .......... Beans .. . 1.288 Peas ..... , 43A , I 35a Tares ... Rapeseed Brdnit 140 Mustard ... Seeds 213 Flour Linseed 7 , 10 SF.EI), April IS. New English B. Clover, pet cwt. ..47's 56s 76s—fine fiC O " Old Ditto New Foreign ditto ' 54s 69,?--83s—fine ---A Old ditto ditto 28s 40s 52s,,fine 685 New Whiteditto 575 74s 785--fine --$ Old ditto Wis 4Ss 63s—fine .70 ` .New Trefoil. - per cwt 6s 17s 20s--6ne :46 Old ditto • 4s 8s 14s—fin4.1 9l .New Rihgrass 4os sls --s-6ite 60S Old ditto 21s 303 3,35.-;tine 48s . English Carraway Seeds 40s 44s 486—fine 79 : Foreign ditto 32s 409 445=-fine''' .. : Coriander do. 7s 6d 9s Ins—fine ---- St.Foin....per qt ' ' 42s 46s—fine 70$ it c-Grass - 18s 295-6ne 3 " • Lacey ditto 4os 473 ~„ Linseed fur feeding' 426 43s—fine 4', Ditto, for trashing 361 40s-L-blic 44) Canary Seed 67s 74s—finY 9'..4 White'Mustard Seed.. per bushel 7s 9s--76n e 115 • Brown ditto l4s I 4s-r•fine 1, , TurniP•Seeds 5s 7s Od -- a nv 1- ,•," j T3s arts 45 . 7---. fine ' Rape Seed ....per last ........ —1 —1 951 291:0s • __...--7•.- NEWGATE AND LEADENIIA.LI, AiAtchEr:S, AE'r'• I ' By t tic Ca rca.c; - . ' 4d Doer ... ... ...3s 4d to 4s Opti Veal 4s Ott to 5* 04 Mutton ..... 3s 4d_ to 4. •Rd Pork 4s Ott I° " Lamb, (is cid to 7s Od sAITHFIIiLD HAY MAIIKET, - Apiil 16 4 / I , ej Ctorer,Q. I oos 04 10 1074 ed Flay, Old.. 904 od to • 1 ,, ,..0$ —1nf..... 804, (hi to 97s ad —New Inf 655, Od. to il oy 'Od —view.... —s Od• to —101! `S'lr;lw .... 401 . 0 d. to . ' • ST. JA M ES'S. I ott OP 0,1 Hay ......t3s Od to 1004 Oct• Clue: r 74s Od to ,i.. 1 New Ditto —s'Od to —4 Od , ...law . St? , Od tV WHITECHAPEL. ' OLI Clore, —344 Od to 1154.0 cl I Hay 66s 1:4 to , 0 1• 0 4 ~ Straw ....44c Od to s&s Ott ---, Inferior--s Od t0_..........' PRICE OF HOPS per Cwt.pril c,_/ Kept Pockets P e t o f. -- ' Sussex Pockets Essex Pockets ' • , I Its_ to 1;30s. to iiiss. P n tifi F . :troll:Jul, fine ...... —9l Os to I I I Os—SccottrlS, SI O'' tu 7 .-0 1. Kent Mtgs Sussex llngs lOns, to llns. to 115 s; per . 0 4. ,Essex Bugs iOss. to 115 s. to 190!...2::,,, RAW HIDES. i Ordinary .... es 6d t",, 00, Marluct Calf , rach . • 1";p4 3s 2.1 to 3s 4.: .. Middlings is 10t1 to sa 0.1 Lambs.... - SHEEP SKINC. 1) 4 6s to As MI I ea link:.. os t‘' Q :5 9 4 Si Gil to 5s 0.1 I Lambs.. „ is CO Best Heifers ftc Steers, per st. " - • • os Polled Downs MIL*: OF 'LEATHER. cOli .Butts, 50 to•Stilits each per lb i9tl r° oil Ditto, - sil to ti6lbs each ;4g, T o A d Dressing Hides .Loath Hides fed I° lin . • 19 ,t 1 0 Crov Hides, :15 to 381bs for cutting I -6d Id Ditto ..... 40 to 45•Ibs lld i 4J .18 d to 5 0 Calf Shins„os to 4011. is Ditt o 45 ti, 55Ibs 24a '" id, Ditto 55 to 751131 to 17,1 `;inallSeals(Greenlarld) Large ditto 16,.1 t° f 6J • 13 ` "u 3 Tanned Horse Hides - • • ,PO 10 41 Spani>ll Horse Elides )6 ', !r°,45(c... p e r 11,41,_._.—r•-, r Ye low 50ap..... •• " • 94 g: M0tt1ed......'.... •• • • °; i j Curd ......... '• . 65-J be Graves ......... • • • • L6oud .. ..• •• PRICES OF TA LID w 0.4) Town 'fallow 40s od 40s 6d Yellow Russia 40*. nd• Whit. ditto.: 39s 0.1 --s Od Soap ditto... r 37s Otl —t Oil Melting :Stuff .35,s On Od *Ditto Rough.. -s Oil —s Od 1 13 -j. PRICE OF CANDLE', rrio:irTALLow CstAr46CO° 9s Pricy of Candles, .per Ooze's, fig 6d a 74—x - 10 6tl per doienAlluvk ed tur_rvady.mont, g ji a" PRICE OF RAW FAT,, per Stone of 81f , --*M . Price of Tallow (an stated by the 'fallow M elter4'. Price'6s t o 4 9' e 3 519, e e „„ s 76s 04 t t a o 35 :1 0 3 3 31s c a jt COAL-MARKET, APV.Ig , Ships at Market. _ Ships aold 83, ,Newcastle - -421 • 34, Snnderlund 1 Scotch Coal 3' Storie Coal 3.. Culrn 2rlA R. RIED• of 1). - , fs(i ..............,........,,,, Yesterday, the 18th inst, David , ,Saloulans , ' s ,: 3 o - I,en , street, to Jeannette, eldest ,d?nglShir ef oliiiriitn ,L , , of Groie:house, Cannnbitry. . ' fl e I - 4V ) . , ig ht dl ii‘ On Saturday last, at Ryslii,, near Uxbridge , th;:r - vingiii e Lady Wodehouse....lier.Ladyship was the onlf stiP l e rse s t ll ' of the Hon. Charles Berkeley, of Britton -abbey , .S °° ,,'S 01 and niece-to the- last Lord Berkele -of ''" 10' r , •• • 0 last of thatbranch of the lierkeley.lamily. balll' it' .At.Peckliarn, on -the- 15th instiy -Mrs, Ann ()I'll - Ines osf of the late Lieutenant Lewis Graham, of the 66th ref ; 41. At At Sunbury, Middlesex, on the tith inst. , NVOsn - og i Esq.,-aged 77. - • o f hi ; 0 1 0 , -On Thursday, the 14th inst., in ,thg igth Ye a - r cier lo3 ' 4 pie' Philip Gill, Esq., of Midgham, in the eciiinty or -,„„ty • yeais eldest Captain in the •Berkshire Militia; and p‘r 00 tenautfor the county. - - , v r , „, 0 1 roro - ' r On the lfith inst„ at,Shipstortupnp,Stour. N ~,,,t , trYt of where he had been in praCtice for nearly' halt 1$ ‘ 2 - o h 1 cis Flindon, Esq., an - eminenvicilititar, in t he e Cli On ag e. , • ! On Sunday,. the„l7th inst., ,Mr.,Thprpls ikl P riner' ford's.inn, London, aged 78. • - - . at t•- e Printed: - nrat Published fur th'eTitoP cTO R 1 7, / Orrice, No. 112, Strand, by J. B. C." 11- ~prJ`