The Sun. — London, England, 1840-03-16 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION. MANNING OF THE NAVY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. MR• EDITOR,—Much praise is due to you for again bringing forward that interesting and most diffi cult question, the manning of our Navy; and had you done equal justice to all parties, you would have deserved even more thanks; but you accuse the officers and the cat-and-nine-tails as the causes of the merchant seamen being unwilling to enter the Royal Navy. Pardon me if I say a more unjust accusation, or more unfounded reason, could ncr have been assigned, which I hope you will ac knowledge when I point out to you that every able seaman, in either service, is fully aware, that with out the utmost vigilance on the part of the officers, and the fear of SUMMARY punishment, drunken ness, rioting, robbery, and even murder, would be an every -day business ;to prevent which, and to enabl e the good des e rvi ng seaman t o (13 his duty a nd live in comfort, this exercise of discipline is absolutely necessary and unavoidable—the only duty the captain of the ship feels a desire to avoid ; and nothing but perfect conviction of the necessity, and a proper sense of the duty he owes his country, and the character and safety of the ship entrusted to boldly Care, could oblige him so to do. I will assert, as a positive fact, that there were not ten capt a i ns of the Navy in the late wars, of one t housand s a il o f pen d ants, w h o wou ld not sooner h ave gon e a l ongs i de an enemy o f super i or f orce, an have gone to the gangway to punish. I have felt it so myself, and, when a junior officer, I could make oath of the same for those captains I served under. The principal punishments in the Navy are caused by complaints from the seamen, and, if not att en d ed to, occasion great discontent. Nor is the at a ll extraordinary, when so large a portion of e crew s were from the different gaols i n the king dom'h and who were as ready to commit all sorts of crimes as before ; add to this the small space so many viol ent tempers had to move in, as well as b absolut e necessity t h at eac h i n di v id ua l s h ou ld e re ady to meet the enemy, or save the ship in o • tnent s ety, att on of d anger --daily occurrences—when so ention to duty, and implicit obedience, were imperative. The reason merchant seamen do not Prefer the Royal Navy, is the long confine ment, restraint, parade, and strict discipline—all unavoidable. I . .'n board a merchant vessel he goes his v oyage, returns, goes on shore, spends his f " -a „ n eY, makes choice of another ship, at liberty to ° "°w his inclinations ; if his captain and he do not a gree, he quits for another, and so on. Could this Possibly be allowed on hoard a ship of war? Even hu will s a y i m possible. Much has been said of e American frigates and our seamen ; recollect, " Was nearly at' the close of a war of five-and twenty years. The men were exhausted by hard, monoton ous service, constant and harassing block ades, and not a chance of prizes—no ships to be met with b ut B r i t i s h an d neutra l s . Th ey f e l t cha nge necessary ; but put those half-dozen Ame r:Can frigates in the in-shore squadron off Brest, for three month s bl oc k a di ng t h e enemy —l et t h em re turn hom e and refit to again resume the same station --- how many volunteers would they et f or their second trip ? Not one. Yet i tt se seamen were th us occas i ona lly ern t?Yed in our service f o r that space of tine--- twenty-five years. Your C o rrespondent, the Gallant Admiral well knows that, had his comple ment been complete with prime seamen, he stood , t2 ° chan ce o f captur i ng his opponent ; but, could he have changed ships, with his short complement °t men, he would have made perfectly sure of !ringing the enemy to an English port. The man 7 11 0 can point out encouragement sufficient to in duce the merchant seamen to enter the Royal Navy deserve the highest praise and most unbounded t hanks of his country. Until then, I fear, we must class them with the militia ; and, as their hom e is on the seas, the same portion of service in defenc e of their country will be required. T HE "CONTINUED" FEVER. (From the Spectator.) h Among the peculiarities of the late, or present , un t,ealthY season, appears to be the extension of what the e. • n ghsh practitioners denominate " continued fever," and t he French are believed to distinguish by the titles of gastric" and " gastro-enteritis." It may possibly be no more than was known to our ancestors and ancestresses by some such name as" slow fever :" and slow enough it is, for s i x or e i ght weeks appear to be the term it chooses for its duration. In Paris it prevails particularly among children ; and it is there that. in the hospitals set apart fo r thi diiwases of childhood, its nature and origin ap pear first •to have been observed and ascertained. A classy of fever was , found " intractable ;" which means that the patients died. At last it was ascertained upon dissection, that the cause was in an inflammation of the coats of the stomach and smaller intestines. The prac tice was altered ; bleeding was substituted for stimulat ing aperients ; and the disorder became comparatively `• tractable" and mild. By " continued fever" the English practitioners de scribe the quality by which the external signs of fever neither remit nor intermit. In the same negative man ner, it appears to be distinguished from typhus and the e ruptive fevers in general, by the absence of their cha• r aeteristic symptoms. Its attack is frequently insidious ; commencing with the appearances of a cold, or of the Prevalent influenza. In a few days they go off, leaving t he patient with no symptoms but those of listlessness and the sensation the French call mal-wise. At about a week from the original attack, the disorder returns in the shape of wh a t is popularly termed high fever, pulse 120 and a b ove, h est an d d ryness o f s ki n , wandering or 4 eliej arn, according to the virulence of the disorder and t h e degree in whi c h it may have been met by an anti '`)Tirnmatory treatment. A tendency to diarrhea is the 0 n tY sympto m whi c h to an un skilled eye could suggest th e _. seat an d or i g i n of the comp l a i nt : a remar k a bl e in stance of the bearing of anatomical examination upon a raedici ne. In favourable cases, the symptoms cease to actOtince abo u t t h e n i nt h d ay , con tinue fl uc tuating till at the twentv-first, after which the improvement, th ough invi s ibl e - from day to day, is continued for the next three or fou r wee k s , l e aving an apparently inter- Mi n t i tc :hle acceleration of the pulse, which nothing. but aud the gradual corroboration el the habit will red uce. ai In a ll this, the importance of an early and correct pl"sis is most prominent ; and if the present non ibti- essional co mmentar y h as th e e ff ec t in any cases of sci 9eing an early app ea l t o the aids of experience and euce, its object will be attained. C_ t Colonel He nr y J ame s Riddell, Asc;istant-Quar 171naster-General, northern district of Ireland, has arrived in übli ti from the Continent, having been on sick leave of ab "ee ee ; in a few days he will resume the duties of his d e p art - APPROACHING TT APPROACHING CHANGES OF THE STA i-", OF THE VARIOUS REGIMENTS IN CANADA.—IHtiMa ?I' has been conveyed to the Commanding Officers of Regi 41etnt serving in the Canadas, of the changes of stations . e ltemplat d at the openino- ot the navigation.subjoin a Li e of th:present arid future stations of the several corps ! REGIMENTS. JANUARY, 140. Grenadier Guards Montreal t 11th 15th th a 34th 43d 65th 66th Montreal Quebec St. Helen's Montreal Toronto Amherstburgh Drummondville 5 Isle an Noix Kingston Lapraire St. John's MAY, 1840. Quebec. Cold stream G uar d s Q ue b ec Royals London, U.C. f Sorel and Three Rivers. St. Helens. 24 Kingston. 32 Toronto. 5 Toronto and Kingston. Amherstburgh. 5 Lapraire and 1 He aux Noix. Montreal. 71st St. John's. 73d London, U.C. Montreal. V 4 83d Kingston f London and 1 ; Sandwich. I'.. 85th St. Thomas's Montreal. >, 93d Toronto Drummo n d v ille. "-united Service Gazette. 1 . 1.- ',ORI) PALMERSTON.—Mr. John Story Pen le L ORD nas been appointed her Majesty's British Consul ',-,,_"' This gentleman is well knosvn to the Liberals of hi - y..7 l ' l '4ton, and equally respected by all of them who, like n - ,T e1,. , hare stuck through evil report and through good re ;".r' to their ennobling principles. This appointment is entirely t ., - ,"'g to Lord Palmerston, and the manly consideration of the -\,,,''‘. Under all the circtsms:tances of the case, cannot be other 'n.l'e„than duly appreciated and admired by every liberal mind l b,`tns town or district. The letter of John Iremonger Pa lmerst on in another column, again displays the character of Lord annerston in its true light. Haw the libels of party melt like s t „ l _ I ,:,'T in the glance of truth I The Minister must at times be a — `" - --but the Man's the Man for a' that. We never yet met ( .1Y o ne who had been permitted intercourne, on business or fuerwise, with the much-abused Lord Palmerston, but who i r l a el Y admitted that he had only to be known to be esteemed.— oTsh ire Independent. `TheIHE L ATE A DMIRAL B URRARD NEALE. ' theat e Admiral Si r Harry Burrard Neale, Bart , have alre ad y „„ ; i 'ang a fortnight)amounted to more than SOO/. The Queen has tendered her sub,cription of and the Princess 4 gasa and the Duchess of Gloucester, als o o 50/. each. c , \vePENNy POST AGE.—ADH ESIVE, :7,T AMPS. — have much Ia , in wi__ of j: e st.re . informing our readers that :Air. t th ic , Rush-mills, near this town, has obtained the order for i sheeteSupply of the penny adhesive stamps. We have seen a 1 of the paper adopted by the Government. It is divided itt, three compartments, each containin g two hundred and forty small water-mark crowns ; under each of these there will i 4. a medallion of the Queen's head, and the rice of the 1‘il• - Although each sheet will contain seven hundred and p ' 7 ' ,l lty stamps, and when printed be equal in value to three t t ,, Q uhdli, still sufficient room is lt tt ech penny . stamp may , " e eu t out. I " • •• t is an ingenious vet simple invention.—North i ctin pton He ra ld. ow I Iftrau..— . LITERATURE. HORACE IV..4.LPOLE'S LETTERS, Vol. 2 Bentley, London, 1840. Among other entertaining matters of gossip, this volume contains particulars of the Rebellion of 1745 ; of its suppression by the " butcher" Cumberland ; and of the trial and execution cf the Scottish Lords— Kilmarnock and Baltnerino ; all which matters are detailed by Walpole in his gracefuliest and most graphic epistolary style. His allusions, especially, to Lady Townstiend, who falls deeply in love with Lord Kil marnock, from having merely seen him pleading as a prisoner at the bar of the House, are in the archest spirit of raillery. The volume is embellished with por traits of Sr Horace Mann, the Countess of Suffolk, Richard Bentley, and Gray the poet ; and it is illus trated with numeroua pertinent notes. MASSINGER AND FORD. Moxon, London, 1840. We have here the works of two of our finest old dramatists brought within the compass of one handsome octavo volume, and prefaced by a brief, biographical notice from the pen of Mr. Hartley Coleridge. This notice is an exceedingly meagre one, so far as mere facts are concerned, and takes Gifford's memoirs of Ford and Messinger as its guides ; while as regards criticism, it is nearly equally barren. The style, however, is uniformly graceful and pointed, and here and there we meet with some ingenious, if not. very original, reflec tions. Of such a sort is the following. The Editor, we should premise, has been speaking of the imperish able character of great works of intellect :—" All but the mind either perishes in time, or vanishes out a time into eternity. Mind alone lives on with time, and keeps pace with the march of ages. Beauty ever fleeting and continual!) , renewed, does its work, then drops like the petals of the blossom when the fruit is set. Valour and power may gain a lasting memory, but where are they when the brave and the mighty are departed ? Their effects may remain, but they live not in them any more than the fire in the work of the potter. Piety has a real, substantial immortality in Heaven ; its life is laid up with God ; but on earth its record is but as a tale that is told. But intellect really exists in its products. Its kingdom is here. The genius of Homer does not rent, like his disputed personal identity, on dubious tes timony. It is, and will be, while the planets last." In a note to a passage alluding to some of the " wit combats" between the old dramatists at the well-known Mermaid tavern, Mr. Coleridge takes occasion to speak of the " Noctes Ambrosianre," and to express a wish that they were collected and republished. " They would," he adds. " not only afford to future historians a true feeling of the spirit of the times, and to all readers a shoeing-horn to thought or to laughter, but would form a vaamble addition to dramatic literature. Barring an occasional irregularity of plot, they are perfect specimens of comedy. The characters are sustained with consummate skill and consistency. Christopher North himself is, perhaps, the happiest speaking mask since " My Father Shandy" and " My Uncle Toby" were silent." We have ourselves more than once sug gested a republication of the " Noctes," and are grati fied to find Mr. Coleridge coinciding with us in opinion. We are persuaded the work would be popular, for pas sages of purer and more impassioned feeling and ge nuine comic humour, are not to be found in the whole wide range of modern literature. In his notice of Ford, the editor makes particular mention of his " great power." He possessed this, certainly, and in a high degree ; but his tenderness is equally remarkable. His " Broken Heart," which C. Lamb has so warmly com mended for its vigour, and the originality and force with which the strange character of Calantha is developed, is yet more worthy of praise for the exquisite finish and delicacy of that of Penthea—a heroine far more to our taste than the love-sick, fantastic heroines of Beaumont and Fletcher. The pathos of these dramatists—espe cially where their women are concerned—always seems to us to want simplicity, and consequently, truth and earnestness. It is too often frittered away in trope and simile, and is rather a thing Of the fancy than the heart—as where Aspasia for instance, consoles herself for the loss of her lover, even at the very moment when she is supposed to be dying of grief, by requesting her maids to work for her on tapestry a picture representing Ariadne deserted by Theseus! Now this is all very pretty, and assuredly very poetical, but it is not suggested by the heart. Deep feeling has no thought for ingenious conceits. It cannot travel out of the record. It is reserved and shy of expression ; and, least of all, would it develope itself through the medium of far-fetched imagery. In Ford's tragedies we meet with none of this mimicry—for so we may call it—of pathos. Whenever he is most in earnest, he is always the most direct and simple, not to say familiar, in expression, reserving his powers of fancy for themes better suited to them. Thus, when the broken-hearted Penthea exclaims— " Heaven will reward your piety, and thank it, When I am dead ; for sure I must not live— , I hope I cannot— " We feel in the very abruptness of the manner in which she strikes into the expression of this forlorn " hope," that it is indeed wrung from the heart's core— that she is painfully in earnest. Yet, what can be more simple than the language ? There is no effort—no hunting about for striking ideas—just one plain word or two, and all is done that could possibly be done. The readers of Ford will find him full of this genuine, un forced pathos ; and we hope that this cheap and elegant volume will be the means of making him and Messinger more generally known to the literary world, than they now are. CR OLY .B ' S iac tr w F oo E d, L OF ond B on C : TR IB IS IO E . , 2 Vols. By all Tory readers, for whose edification it is chiefly intended, this work will be perused with avidity, for it flatters their prejudices, administers to their self-love— in fact, goes the whole bog in their behalf. Dr. Croly is no flincher—exhibits no reserve or hesitation in the expression of his political opinions, but boldly writes himself- down an ultra-Tory of the Eldon and Sidmouth school. As for Whiggery, the very mention of the word throws him into a passion. It is, in his eyes, synonymous with anarchy, and accordingly he never misses an opportunity of letting fly his satirical shafts against it. The worthy Doctor would have been a most efficient political writer thirty years ago ; but now, his sarcasms and invectives can excite no other sentiment than that of ridicule. The age has out krown the ' school to which he belongs, and consigned it to lasting neglect, just as we consign worn-out, old-fashioned fur niture to the lumber-room. So much for the spirit in which these volumes arc penned ; as regards the man ner, we have no other objection to make to the style than that it is a little too florid—too declamatory—in a word, too ambitious. The writer has evidently no idea of telling a plain story in a plain way, but bespangles it with glittering metaphors, and all the finery that h:s poetical wardrobe can supply. Yet occasionally we find passages of the truest eloquence, when, laving aside for a while his political prejudices, Dr. Croly addresses him self to the literary character of Burke. On this sub ject no man is better qualified to pronounce a decided opinion ; f'or every page of his book shows with what • close attention he has studied the works of his great mas ter, and what effect they have had upon his own style. We do not wonder at his admiration of Burke—indeed we ful:y share it with him, for he was, beyond a ques tion, the deepest thinker of his age, as he was its most eloquent writer. Late in life he suffered party preju dices to cloud his vigorous understanding ; but that be was sincere in his new impressions no one can doubt who has read his " Reflections," his " Letter to Two Noble Lords," and more particularly his "Thoughts on the Regicide Peace." It has been the fashion to call Burke a " fine writer ;" but this is not the case. His eloquence was not that of mere verbiage, but of idea. Not a figurative embellishment does he introduce, but such as tends to illustrate his theme more directly and lucidly than if he had used the tritest and most prosaic forms of speech. In his poetical allusion, for instance, to the . proud keep of Windsor," we have a truer, clearer, and more concise definition of the British Constitution, than is to be found in the treatises of the most matter-of-fact statists. But it is idle to discuss the claims of one so well known as Burke. He has already taken a station in the Temple of Fame, from which it is not likely he will ever be dislodged. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LATEST BETTING AT MANCHESTER. THE CHESTER CUP, P.P. 714 to 1 agst Sir Thomas Stanley's Cowboy 8 to 1 agst Mr. Ramsay's Lanercost—taken 12 to 1 agst Featherweight—taken 12 to 1 agst Mr. Fossler's Gilhert Gurney—offered 15 to 1 agst Mr. Copeland's King Cole—offered •25 to 1 agst Lord Stanley's Imogene 100 to 8 agst Lord Miltown's Cruiskeen—offered 200 to 14 agst Mr. Price's Captain Pops—offered 100 to 6 agst Mr. 0. Fairlie's Abt%ham Newland 500 to '25 agst )Ir. Massey's Tubalcain—taken 28 to 1 agst Sir T. Stanley's Apothecary 25 to 1 agst Mr. Collett's The Dean 30 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Opera 300 to 10 agst Lord Nliltown's Wirrestrew—offered 500 to 10 agst Lord Eglihton's Bellona—taken 300 to 100 would have been taken Annwell beats Lanercosi in their places. . THE DERRY.—We are not aware of any business worth re. marking upon. 13 to 1 was offered nu the fief .1 at noon, bar 1. OAKS.-9 to Ito a sum offered against Black Bess. Ma• ITOWA RD'S NEW NAVAL NOVEL.- Our readers will doubtless be delighted to hear that a new naval story from the pen of the AuthOr of " Rattlin the Reefer ' " Outward Bound," &c., is expected t o a p pear i n t h e course of a few days. It bears the title of "Jack Ashore"—a title which gives promise of au infinite variety of that " fun" for which our sailors, when released from the tedious trammels of duty, are proverbial. Mr. Howard has now achieved a fame which places him in the very foremost rank among the popular writers of nautical fiction of the day. Indeed his writings so closely ap proach in excellence the masterpieces of his literary sponsor Captain Marryat, under whose auspices his " Rattlin the Reefer" was ushered before the public, that 1' is to this day dif ficult to dissuade many from the belief that the Gallant Captain himself was the author of that successful work—a toler a bly conclusive proof of it s merit. As Mr. Howard in all his for mer productions has shown himself so well able to depict the life of a sailor on his own element, we have no doubt that in the forthcomin g book he will be equally felicitous in his sketches of Jack" Ashore." THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 16, 1840. GREAT ANTI-CORN-LAW DEMON- STRATION IN KENDAL. (Abridged from the Kendal Mercury.) A public dinner was given on Wednesday last, at the King's Arms Hotel, in this borough, in honour of Dr. Bowring, Thomas Milner Gibson, Esq., and J. B. Smith, Esq., as a mark of respect for their strenuous efforts in favour of the repeal of the Corn-laws. The Mayor, who presided, was supported on his right by Dr. Bowring, Wan. Crackanthorpe, Esq.. the Rev. E. Hawkes, Rev. D. Jones, and other gentlemen ; on his left by Thoma 4 Weer Gibson, Esq., George William Wood, Esq., M.P. for Kendal, &c. John Yectes, Esq., and Mr. Isaac Edmondson, performed the duties of vice-chairmen. The company filled the large dinner room of the hotel. On the cloth being withdrawn, the worthy MAYOR proposed, in terms of ::r lent loyalty and attachment, the health of her Majesty t'le Queen (three times thr,:e). Prince Albert (three times tlir. , e). Duchess of Kent and the rest of the Royal Family (three times three). His WORSHIP then announced the special object of the meeting, namely to do honour to the distinguished gentlemen who were seated on his right and left. But before he introduced them more particularly to the as sembly before him, he begged their indulgence while he accounted for the absence of one of the gentlemen whom they desired to honour, Mr. J. B. Smith, Chairman of the Anti-Corn-law League, and the indefatigable advo cate of free trade.—(Cheers.) He was sure that they would all feel equal regret with him that Mr. Smith could not be present on that occasion, but when they heard his answer to the invitation that he had received, they would perceive that his absence was, perhaps, more truly useful to the cause than his presence, since he was engaged in directing the efforts of the League at Man chester.—(Cheers.) The Mayor then read a letter of which the following is the principal paragraph : " It would give me great pleasure to accept the in. vitation of our Kendal friends to their Anti-Corn-law dinner, but I give so much of my time to the League, where I think it can be most profitably employed for the cause, that I have laid it down as a principle not to accept any invitations to go from my duty here." The Mayor then said that the Council had received many letters from friends at a distance, highly approving the objects of the meeting, and regretting that they could not enjoy the pleasure of being present on the occasion. The CHAIRMAN said that Kendal had that day done itself the honour to invite to a public dinner several most distinguished persons, whom be was sure they all felt delighted to see among them. One of them whom he should first introduce was a true patriot. Dr. Bowring had spent his time in the cause of his country, and he now came to concentrate them in their efforts in behalf of that glorious cause in which they were en gaged. He had been called " the apostle of free trade," and his abilities had been put in requisition by our Government, which had found them most effectual for the purpose for which they had employed them. He called upon the company for a bumper to drink health 'lnd long life and happiness to their distinguished guest, and succe,s to the cause in which he was engaged.— (Vehement cheering.) The Vice-President, Mr. YEATES, called for another cheer for free trade and liberality, which was responded to most heartily. Dr. BOWRING rose amid vehement cheering, which continued for some minutes, and spoke to the following effect :—Mr. Mayor,—Well may I feel grateful for the kind way in which you have introduced me to those friends who are assembled about me, and in which you have associated my name with those great principles whose introduction into the policy of our nation will confer happiness upon the whole community. We may congratulate ourselves that this great cause has made good progress in the public mind, that town after town, community after community, district after district, na tion after nation, are beginning to feel that there is a universal brotherhood in man, and that men were born to love and serve, not hate and destroy, each other.— (Cheers.) The more this question is studied, the more it will be found that we were created to do each other mutual service, and that by bearine blessings and bene fits to other countries, we are enabled to bring back blessings and benefits to our own. We have made our selves great by the triumphs of war, but if we would be more truly great, we must look to the triumphs of com merce and peace.—(Great applause.) Warriors have had their worshippers, too manyiworshippers, but future times will look with far more pride on the works of those laborious hands which have carried the products of our industry to the furthest parts of the earth. I have visited Waterloo, while yet the masses of slain were unburied, and I for one, could not join in the shout of Io triumpbe that was raised. But when in the deserts of Africa, I have seen the poor negro ornamenting himself with some decorations which Birmingham had furnished, and when I have seen the Bedouin Arab clothing himself with garments, the produce of the looms of Englancl,—when, on the plains of the re motest regions, I have thus seen thnt my country has added something to human felicity, I have indeed felt that England is great and glorious, and I was anxious that her splendour should be associated, not with the destruction of the human race, but with the increase of human felicity.—(Great applause.) It is asked, shall we be dependent on foreign nations ?—but it is impos sible to look around us in this room, and see how many different countries have contributed to this festival, and to the enjoyment of this meeting, without feeling how. much dependence upon others may be made to add to the daily comforts of life. —(Hear, hear.) With regard to this very question, which now occupies. public attention, in looking over (only yesterday) some papers of a deceased statesman, of the date of 1789, when the trade in corn was free, I learned that England, so far from being dependent on foreign countries, was enabled to export largely to other countries.' The document to which I allude says Without entering into subtle reasonings, the benefit of a free trade in corn appears in this, that Eng land, as an exporting nation, has been able largely to assist France and Holland during several months past in their distress, without experiencing any distress it self. So true is it, that the cook who prepares food for others will never die of hunger, while tbose who are led to provide only for their precise consumption, are left upon any accident without resource. Having no surplus intended for foreign markets to resort to in case of need, they pay double prices to foreigners for food they do not always like. Their governments run the risk of insurrections, or being exhausted by ex pensive exertions. Individuals in them are exposed to plunder, and the poor perish by the halter or sword, or are left to die by famine and its attendant diseases."— Now merk the change ; under a system of free-trade in corn, England was enabled to supply her own population, and to provide for the wants of others ; but now, crippled by restrictive legislation, it is England that depends upon foreigners, and all the miseries described as existing in France, the exhaust on of her treasure,the perishing of her people, are transferred to England.—(Cheers.) Since these laws have been in operation, we have never been able to do without an importation of food. We have im ported since the year 1828 an average of 880,000 qrs. of foreign wheat, and in 1839 no less than ,700,000 qrs. ; and this enormous quantity, be it remembered, is received, not in the quiet interchange of labour for le hour, but on terms the most disastrous. Our starvation prices go to the foreign producer, our gold rushes rapidly out of the land, our merchants and hankers are menaced with ruin. —(Cheers.) Now would it not be tar more reasonable to avail ourselves by regula supply and con stant intercourse of the produce of the whole earth, and to receive from that paternal hand which is stretched out in universal benignity over all His creatures those supplies which He intended for the common uses of his children ? Of all sorts of corn brought into Great Britain, inclu ling importations from Ireland, we have received from 1818 to the presmt year, according to documents prepared by one of the m st useful and strong-minded men in this country, Joseph Sturge, an average of nearly four millions of quarters per annum, so that unless cur ports had been opened, our people must have perished. And even as resrets the means of Ireland to supply us with wheat, in 1839; the period of our distress, when we were forced to buy at any sacrifice, and the necessities of the nation were such that the Bank of Eagland was menaced with bankruptcy, by paymen! of those supplies, Ireland was able only to supply 90,000 quarters of wheat. I had the honour last year to be sent to one of the most populous, industrious, intelligent, and opu lent parts of Europe, to northern and central Germany. This is a nation in whom we feel strong interest because we have a common origin. Their forefathers and ours spoke the same language, we are descended from the same Gothic root. Their sympathies also have long been towards us, and they would willingly reciprocate good offices. When I went to Germany, I found that their manufactures had not been erected by their sponta neous will,-but by our hostile legislation. They implored us to take their produce, and they were willing to receive the manufactures we could supply in return. You know, Gentleman, that the first tendencies and the last desires of a nation arc towards agr culture, and that it i 3 only when it cannot appropriate its capital to agricultural uses that reluctantly begins to manufacture for itself.--(A p . plause.) This leads me to observe that agriculture alwa3a prospers most when manufactures arc most extensive— (Cheers) -e-for every 20s. of manufacturing or commercial profit, I 9s. go to the agriculturist. The value of land is always measured by its adjacency to manufactures. Fields most productive in soil are often valueless, because there is no market near. I need not call to you: remern bsance that the Republics of Italy, such as Venice and Genoa, which gave early and enlightened examples ()Hite benefits of free-trade legislation, and admitted corn from every quarter, so far from deteriorating the worth of their lends, brought them into garden cultivation, and gave tlical an unprecedented value. This commercial liberty gave them poli:ical strength, influence, and free dom.—(Great applause.) Ge..ntlem 'n, in the great race that is being run, no nation possesses more advantages than ours. I hate seen no merchants more intelligent, adventurous, and opulent than ours, no manufacturers more able to contend in fair and honourable competi tion. If these great subjects S'er'e iltt(!:lded to as they ought, so expansive are thf? rowers as production, w e might create to ourselves a bright and glorious futurity, for our commerce is but a Hercules in its cradle, des tined to strangle the serpents that have attacked it there.—(Great cheers.) The theory of free trade is not only the theory of wisdom and benevolence, as your Chairman has said, but it is the theory of self-interest. To sell where we can find the best market, and to buy where we can find the cheapest, is the way to amass riches ; and England, looked upon as she is—'or in spite of her folly, one is rejoiced to think that she is looked upon with respect—mi g ht in this way attain to an eminence of which there is yet no glimpse. If the great example set by this meeting were followed out, and the lesson which it tenches forced upon our Legis lature, I venture to say that Englishmen, honoured as they still are for their prowess, would become still more honoured by their appli ca ti on o f th e g reat Christian principle, ‘• Do unto others as you would they should do unto you." Dr. B. sat down amidst the loudest and reiterated cheers. The 111AYOR, in proposing the health of T. M. Gibson, Esq., spoke of the example of independence and integrity that he had set, and the reputation which his man: ) , conduct a❑d his able advocacy of his op.nioLs had gained. Mr. GIBSON returned thanks in few words. _ _ The CHAIRMAN then gave G. W:i:VoOd, Esq., M.P., and spoke in warm terms of his invariable attention to his constituents, and to his duties as a Member of Parliament. Mr. WOOD was most enthusiastically greeted on rising to acknowledge the toast, and returned thanks in an appropriate speech. The MAYOR next gave the health of Wm. Crack anthorpe, Esq., a gentleman conversant with an agri cultural district, CRACKANTHORPE in returning thanks, said, I am a plain cou ntry gent l eman, re l y i ng for my means o f sub sistence solely upon the produce of the acres I possess in this and the adjoining county, but I am satisfied that a change in the lave is absolutely neces sary to the prosperity, not on ly o f t h e manu f acturing , but also of the agricultural class.--(Loud cheers.) This is my decided opinion, and coming, as my friend. the Mayor, has stated, from another part, separated from this dis trict by that ridge of Apennines which the gentlemen of Kendal find so much difficulty in crossing when they come to our Sessions—( Laughter)—a circumstance which shows that he and they do really consider it as a distant and inaccessible region —(Laughter)—l am glad to record my opinion. I regret that other friends have not accompanied me, but it is not the first time I have stood alone in this county. Nevertheless, I feel that my opi nions arc correct, and I hope I shall live to see the day when they are carried out into effect, as I have wit nessed the emancipation of the Roman Catholics.— (Loud cheers.) The successful accomplishment of that righteous measure is my encouragement never to flinch from what I think my duty. After some further festivities the meeting broke up. At seven o'clock the company walked in procession to the Odd Fellows' Hall, which they found crowded. We observed amongst the company in the Hall a great portion of the manufacturers of the town, and several of the n ost influenthil and distinguished members of the Society of Friends, who, we rejoice to perceive, have taken up this important question as one of justice, humanity, and religion. The MAYOR was received with the loudest applause. He made a short address applicable to the occasion, and explanatory of the views with which they had met, and in defence of the cause they espoused. He called upon Alderman Isaac Wilson to propose the first reso lution. Alderman ISAAC WILSON observed that he had a deep interest in his native town. That he had been brought up from early life as a manufacturer, and had watched with concern the progress of decay in many branches of trade. The once staple manufacture of Kendal, and which the makers could be preparing throughout the year, was 'nearly gone. In the course of twenty or thirty years the makers were become nearly extinct, and those who remembered the nume rous manufactories of that day can scarcely find three firms existing as their sucessors. The Americans had at first been compelled to do it, and now got the profit of making their own clothing.—(Hear.) Similar re sults had attended our exports to Holland and Ger many, and many of the fancy weavers now out of em ployment might attribute to reciprocal high duties their present distress. These cases amongst a multitude of others of a similar character, induced him to believe that unless the ',resent Corn•laws were speedily abolished, the manufactures of this country would re ceive a b'ow from which, under the most favourable circumstances, they would with difficulty recover. JOHN YEATES, Esq., R.N., an extensive landowner, secoaded the resolution. He said that he mourned the existence of the distress which had brought them toge ther, and he cordially advocated the repeal of the Corn laws, as he thereby believed much of the present suffer ing would be ameliorated, and the happiness of the po pulation secured.—(Much cheering.) Dr. BOWLING supported the motion. I grieve to say the resolution that has been just moved, tells a tale of sorrow and distress, a tale which, alas! is not yours alone, but that of a large portion of the industrious and virtuous community of this kingdom. If, Gentle men, there were no remedy, then the heart might sink in despair, but happily to an evil so great there is an appropriate antidote, and to that antidote your attention 1 has been directed, and for its attainment all your ener gies will be applied. Gentlemen, this is a simple state• ment of the question between us and our neighbours. They want to sell food and to buy garments, and you have a Corn-law which says the people of England shall neither sell the garments nor obtain the food. I can not believe, Gentlemen, that this will be long tole rated, when the question has been investigated, and when its bearings have entered into every man's mind.—(Loud cheers.) I may venture to speak with some experience of other countries. Never have I seen a nation whose inhabitants are more industrious, more intelligent, or more meritorous than that whose language I speak, and among whom I was born ; but I have learned that o th er l ands possess many enjoyments, even to excess, and I desire to bring them to England —to that England which has so much to offer in return—but the Parliament of England says they shall not enter. Instead of a reciprocity of wel come and of benevolence, there is a reciprocity of re jection and of evil. It would seem that the spirit of revenge has entered into our legislation. Hostility has left our camps to be concentrated in our tariffs. — (Cheers.) I can understand that when nations are at war they should seek to do one another an injury, but I cannot understand why, when nations are at peace, they should deny to each other mutual blessings. Gentle men, I have seen with my own eyes harvests perishing upon the field that would not pay the cost of gathering them into the granary, and I have seen in this country .. . warehouses filled to overflowing with the industry of the famishing population. Wheat has perished in the Peninsula while we had starvation prices in England, and Spaniards and Englishmen are the children of a common father !—(Loud cheering.) It is not, Gen tlemen, for this state of things that we were born. At the present moment the whole population are in structed—the whole population are prosperous and happy.—( Hear.) In those very districts that were scenes of desolation, there is scarcely a labourer that does not sit under his own vine and his own fig-tree, the possessor of the house in which he dwells, and the garden which he cultivates.—(Cheers.) To what does he owe it ? He has not allowed the law to interfere with his labour ; he goes where be will to sell, and where he will to buy.—(Reiterated cheers.) That, Gentlemen, is the privilege that I want to obtain for the people of England, and that privilege I have no doubt the people of England will obtain and main tain, for it. is not to be tolerated in a country like this, with so many resources of mind, and capital, and knowledge, and influence, that the millions should be left in their present forlorn .condition.—(Cheers.) I have heard it said again and again, that to admit fo reign corn, is to reduce the wages of the people. Ger ticmen, it may be proved to demonstration that to admit foreign corn, is to raise the wages of the labourer. t our Corn-laws diminish the demand for labour, and elevate the price of food. You keep the price of corn low on the continent. You give unreasonable and unnecessary advantages to your competitors. You say let the artizan on the continent pay only 30s. per quarter. We insist on paying 60s. or 705., and you expect that there should be no suffering in consequence I Is it doing justice to the English labourer to force him to competition under circumstances so disadvantageous ? Is that far or honest; But, Gentlemen, if we take the small surplus that they have, prices would r ise there, and prices would fall to a certain extent here There would be a greater consump tion, but then, in the race to be run, you would all start fair.—(Cheers.) Is not competition heavy enough, and dangerous enough, without calling into the field this se verer competition with the continent, in which the con tinental labourer has such an advantage against you? Not only do you refuse. the corn, but you favour the fo reign manufacturer ; you abstract capital from the field, and drive it into the factory. Your laws create the most dangerous of rivals, and what you have created you cannot control.—(Cheers.) Still, Gentlemen, your voice may reach the House of Commons in its power and in its majesty. It n.ay tell them that the people of England arc no lon g er to be deluded, no longer to be deceived, no longer to be sacrificed, and th en t h e day of reclempt!on win be at hand. It is indeed, Gen tlemen, a thought of grief that subjects like these, when they are brought before that Ho use, occu py so little of its attention. It is one of the r esults of nay exp er i ence in that House, that their attention is given, not in proporti o n to the importance, but to the frivolity of the question. Personal matters, those little stru gg l es w hi ch only affect i n dividuals, occupy their attention, but th e concerns of the m ultitude, the happiness, the miser of millions—for these they have little regard.—(lni meow applause.) But, Gentlemen, what is passing here at this moment, convinces me that a change will come over the "spirit of their dream," that they will be ar ouse d fr om th e i r torpor ; an instructed people will not submit to an oppressive legislation ; the people arc being awa k ene d ; th e people are speakin g , an d t h e people will be heard:—(Tremendous cheering followed the• conclusion of this speech.) The Rev, EDWARD AW XES then rose amids cheers, and said—Mr. Mayor and Gentlemen, :this is not the first time that a public meeting has been held in Kendal, upon the important subject which now engages our attention. A year has scarcely elapsed since we assembled in our Town Hall to express our sentiments, to state the distress which prevailed, and to petition Parliament for redress. 1 then thought, although I had not a high opinion of the disposition of Parliament to listen to the respectful requests of the people, that the fasts adduced at that meeting, corre sponding with and supported by similar facts in other manufacturing towns in the kingdom, proving the bane ful effects of the Corn-laws in raising the price of food, dirniniAing our exports of manufactured goods, and de priving the labouring class of empl o y men t, wou ld h ave secured a respectful and sincere attention from the Legislature. Little did I calculate upon the refine ments of chicanery by which an unwilling body of so called representatives of the people could shelve a ques tion in which the interests and lives of the people are so deeply involved ; little did I think that e bile ruin and famine were staring us in the face, our House of Com mons could employ itself almost exclusively in playing the game of " in" or " out," in struggles for the pos session of the enviable offices in Downing-street. The Legislature, by refusing to receive evidence as to the effect of the Corn-laws on the ruin of trade, read a plain intelligible lesson to the people : they told us that they preferred their own supposed interests to those of the electors and people they professed to repre sent : they boldly abdicated, upon a vital question, the functions they had sworn to discharge.—(Cheers.) The people arc now called upon to perform their duty. It rests with them to tell the Legislature in what. manner their abandonment of their duty has affected their minds. It rests with them to say, in plain and decided language, that since they have forfeited the confidence reposed in them, it becomes the duty as much as the in terest of the people to elect other representatives, who, warned by the misconduct and punishment of their pre decessors, may take heed lest they too fall.—(Che.ss.) From the representative they turn to the electors ; and taking the conduct of the House of Commons as the index of the sentiments of those who possess the fran• chise, they have come to the conviction that the pre sent electors have failed in their duty, and that an ex tension of the suffrage will be essential to secure impar tial legislation for the whole people.—(Loud cheers.) I do not hesitate to say that that is my own opinion. In making this declaration I speak as an individual, I do not profess to speak the sentiments of the asso ciation ; but I am not singular in entertaining this opi nion, for its prevalence is notorious, and it is the dutj of the people to acquaint the Legislature with the effects which their misconduct produces. The resolution which I hold in my hand supports me in making these observations ; it tells the Legislature in plain and de cisive terms, that their refusal to receive the evidence of men of respectability, prepared to prove their repre sentations by numberless and incontrovertible facts, with regard to the effects of the Corn-laws in producing the decline of trade, and the misery of the people, has pro duced a growing conviction of the necessity of extend tog the suffrage ; and cordially agreeing, as I do, in that declaration, I beg to propose it for the adoption of the meeting.—(Cheers.) THOMAS MILNER GIBSON, Esq., rose amid the most vociferous cheering, he spoke as follows :—The Corn laws are just this simple scheme ;—a proposal that the landholders of England who deal in bread, and betf, and mutton, should have the exclusive right of supplying the country with the said bread, beef, and mutton, on their own terms and at their own prices.—( Laughter.) This is a simplification of the Corn-law mystery. It has been involved in much complication, but it may be com pressed into a very small space. It is much the same sort of question as if a man were to set up one baker', shop in Kendal, and to tell his fellow-townsmen that they must all come to him for their bread, and that if any other shop were to be opened, a duty must be pieced upon the bread which is sold in it, to keep up the price at that amount at which he chose to sell his own article.—(Cheers). But the case is worse than I have stated it, for they will not let foreign beef come in at any price. It is like that of a butcher who should claim the exclusive right of supplying every living soul in your town with beef. mutton, and pork, in order to charge for these articles what price he pleases. If such a law was to be made, you "would have to pay pretty dearly for what you wanted, and it would require much logic to convince you that this monopoly was a good thing for you.— (Loud cheers.) Who is it that compose the Legisla ture ? The House of Lords is composed entirely, and the House of Commons to a very great extent, of per sons who, similarly to the bakers and butchers whom I have mentioned, deal in bread and beef and mutton and who enact that you shall buy your provisions onl3 of them, and tell you that toreign food would disagree with your stomachs.—(Much laughter.) Ido confess that I see very considerable difficulty in knowing how to deal, on the 'Corn-law question, with a Legistature so constituted. In demanding of Parliament a repeal o those laws, we approach a body who are judges in the . ) , own cause, but I am one of those who have some con fidence in the force of truth, and who feel that in asking justice, there is never any reason to despair. If the people of this country show a determined front to the Legislature, if they come forward with a resolute de meanour, declaring that they want only justice, that thej only require the privilege of selling to others those pro ducts of their industry which cannot be disposed ol at home, I feel assured that the Legislature must even tual) give way and yield to so reasonable a request. The Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, the grea: leader of the bread-and-beef-seliing aristocracy, it hip place in the House of Lords the other night, denounced. according to the newspaper reports, Anti-Corn-law As sociations and Leagues as unholy things.—(Laughter.; This he said in the presence of the bishops and arch bishops, who, I suppose. must be considered goo(' judges of what holiness or unholiness consists, and sidle seemed to assent to the Noble Duke's statement. A: he made this statement in a public assembly, I am en titled to answer it in another public assembly ; and 1 ask whether the converse of the proposition be true ? If these leagues be unholy, I ask whether the bread- monopoly laws are holy laws? Do not we, and did cot the bishops recollect, and if they did not, they ought' to have recollected, that sentence of holy writ whici declares, " him that withholdeth corn the people shat curse?"—(Great cheering.) If you come to holy laws, then I denounce them by an express and positive pre. cept of holy writ. I ask is it not to withhold corn fron the people, to tell them, when in want, that they shall not have it but at prices which they cannot afford to pay But, Gentlemen, now that I have done with this absur( statement, I come to another argument. They tei you cheap bread is bad for the labouring classes— (Loud laughter)—they say that their resources are no so great when bread is cheap as when it is dear, an( that wages fall. Now let us test the honesty of thi assertion by reference to a fact. The new Poor-lay introduced a more stringent system of administerin ; the funds for the relief of the poor than previously ex isted. However sound in principle, it was felt to be severe measure, and was so acknowledged by the land lords. This law was enacted at a time when bread we cheaper than it had been for a long period or than i has been since. The lanai irds, however, said here is ; • good opportunity for trying the experiment : bread i cheap, and we may now venture to put the people o• their own resources.—(Cheers.) if, then, the labour ing classes were at that time at the lowest point, whirl they must have been, Helical) bread is a criterion of thei state, what an act of injustice it was to introduce thi law when they were least able to bear its pressure ! (Great applause.) If I ask any village shopkeeper, even a purely agricultural neighbourhood, he is sure t. to tell rue that the labouring class purchase more cloth ing and other things of him during times of cheapnes than during periods of delrness. Corn-laws, I mein rain, on the whole tend to diminish waves and rais• prices. Now, in 1835, the agricultural lel oui e s Suffolk received 9s. per week, with flour at Is. 6 per stone, and in 1839 only 10s. or I ls. per wee: with flour at upwards of 3. per stone. Anothe strange argument of some is, that plenty is a bad thing for the people, when accustomed to it, don't know whe to do in limes of scarcity. Colonel Thompson ha eery well and significantly refuted this fallacy, when l e said that a man might as well think it hurtful to hay two legs, as it would unfit him to do with only one should he happen to lose the other.—(lmmense laugh. ter.) But, Gentlemen, the landlords have anodic. argument. It is dangerous, they say, to depend upo, foreigners for subsistence. Does it not appear more probable that we shall have a constant and allundal supply of corn, if we have the power of drawing ; pleasure from the whole globe, than if we are corn pelted to confine ourselves to one limited spot. It would be as wise to depend upon a single wet which might dry up in a hot summer, for a supply e water, when, by means of pipes. you could dray it from a neighbouring river. After all, the home landlord, if you depend upon him, won't give yui his corn except you give bitit something in ex change, and it is quite as well to have the power of similar transaction with other people, in case the horn. landlord does not want that something which you have to offer in exchange for corn. And here, whilst I think of it , 1 must m ention a monstrous eff..et of OW Corn-laws, that some time since a quantity of corn was actually destroyed in the Thames, though thousand: might be starving for the want of it, because the duty was so high, that the existing p rice would not admit of its introduction into the country ; the owners could not go on paying warehouse room, the corn‘ t v he as deterio rating, and therefore it was cheaper, under circum stances, for them to thro w it into the Thames, than to run the risk of losing more money by keepint it in bond,—(Great cheers.) Gentlemen, dependence what is it 1) You must buy from some one, and sell t e some one—each cannot grow all he eats, or eat all he grows. The more markets you have, the less dependent you will be. Talk of being independent of other coun tries ! it is the very way to be dependent indeed. If ships did not employ a pilot in flue weather, the are not likely to find one ready when on a lee-shore a ga l e . —(Applause.) I would much sooner have to depend upon foreigners, in addition to home landlords, 1 for bread, than I would exclusively upon home land- 1 lords: This is having, in fact, two strings to your how. We shall always have our own lands and land lords, and, as necessity is the mother of invention, it is very likely, when the Corn-laws are repealed, that these said landed gentry will tax their ingenuity to advance agricultural skill, and raise a larger amount of produce from their lands with less cost of production. When it was proposed to make turnpike-roads (turnpike-roads, mind you, and not railroads), from London into the distant provinces, the landlords in the districts adjoining the metropolis petitioned ag a i ns t it. What ! said they—make roads into the provinces and introduce their corn into our markets? We have a vested_ right in supplying our own market. Shall we let distant counties undersell us? No, we will petition Parliament against it. What, make the metro polis dependent upon remote counties for bread ! (Laughter.) How do we know that Northumberland, for instance, can supply us, if we c:o not provide our selves against any contingency—(Laughter)—and not only so, but we have mortgaged our estates, according to their prese n t va l ue . W e have been induced, from having had the monopoly of the London market, to em bark in very expensive cultivation ; our hinds are highly wanured, &e. ; we have lived up to our incomes ; eve have kept carriages and powdered footmen ; and will you rob us of our vested rights by admitting distant :griculturists to send their produce to our market, when 'hey can afford to sell at a much lower price than we can? What was the effect of these improvements? London felt the advantage, and those lands wh , ch, it was feared, would become valueless, are now ten-fold more productive, and so it would be with the repeal of the Corn-laws. The repeal might at first produce a little alarm ; every little shopkeeper is timid when a rival shop is opened. But, eventually, the landlords would share al the general prosperity produced by the repeal of the Corn-laws. And another argument of the landlords is this—they ask, shall we legislate upon mere ab stract principles in an artificial state of society? but depend upon it, abstract principles were never violated with impunity. Colonel Thompson, the author of the Corn-law Catechism, which you all ought to read and ,tudy, answers this argument. He says, suppose a thief, when convicted before the Judge, and when .:ailed upon for his defence, were to say—"why you see, my Lord, we live in an artificial state of society ; cc cannot regulate our conduct upon abstract prin. :iples of justice. I have long been accustomed to plunder ; I git my living by it ; I have acquired a !ested interest in it," what would be the reply ? • Laughter.) It is the neglect of abstract principles that has brought upon this country all its commercial iifficulties. Put your shoulders to the wheel, and you will stir it, and remember it is idle to complain of the ,ukewarnmess of others, if you, who are convinced of -he evil of these Corn-laws, do not use your efforts to procure their repeal. The Government rests upan your support, and when the foundation of an edifice is shaken, the structure above must partake of the movement.— Mr, U. sat down amid loud and long continued ap- olause, which lasted for some minutes. G. W. Wool), Esq., M.P.—We are called to con sider a matter of great national importance equally mo mentous to every class. That the present Corn-laws have a strong tendency to increase inequality in the price of bread, all are too well aware.—(Cheers.) The farming tenantry, I hold, are most mpterially interested in preserving an equality of prices. If they should not have a steady rate of value for their produce, they must he frequently injured and distressed with the rest of the community. It is then important for all classes that steadiness should exist, and inasmuch as the Corn laws interfere therewith, their removal would be a mate rial benefit.—(Cheers.) You know how the price of clothing has been reduced by the skill and industry of our labouring classes, and the blessings which we enjoy have been diffused through other countries to the end of the earth. What is so obvious in the case of clothing is equally just and beneficial as regards food. If this coun (ry has been benefited by the cheapness of its manufac turers, I cannot for the life of me see how the country should be injured by the introduction of cheaper bread. —(Cheers.) Farmers and landowners are equally in terested in the question : I trust they would be found to disclaim the selfish reasons which are attributed to • hem from advantages to be derived by making corn !ear, and beef higher. The last twelve months are ;raught with lessons to the mercantile community, of a )eculiarly distressing character. Have not our labour ing classes been as willing to labour, our manufacturers to embark their capital in mercantile speculation, as in ormer times? What, then, is the cause ? I hold that t must be the result of bad legislation, indifference, or profound ignorance respecting the subject, that in a .tale of almost uninterrupted peace, our commerce •hould be crippled, our capital wasted, our artizans inernployed, and yet all this time other countries are s willing to take, and the people of other lands and dimes as willing to enjoy, as we are to bestow, the 'benefits which we have in profusion, and which are wait rig for a demand.—(Loud cheers.) There is an im 3erious necessity for Parliament to inquire into, trace mt, and remedy everything that is wrong in this ease.— Cheers.) lam happy to think that the attention of his country is now drawn to the subject ; and I offer it is my deliberate opinion, an opinion which I conscien iously hold, that nothing of protection would contribute o enlarge the prosperity or benefit any section of the Englishpeople.—(Loud cheers.) W. CRACKANTHORPE, of Newliggin Hall, Esq., Jentleman whose property is all in land, said, upon the . . . tabstract.. principle I conceive that all men have a right to obtain their food in the easiest manner, and at the cheapest rate, at which they can put themselves in pns ;ession of it, and I believe this is a truth which no man sill deny. Moreover, Sir, nations, like individuals, are n a substantive position, they must necessarily depend upon each other. One individual is employed with his ',lough, another at his loom. The one produces corn, the other clothing. One community is dependent upon another. The town of Kendal takes the produce of the country, and gives in return the fruits of its labour. And so with respect to nations and the different productions which each has pro- • • vided. One nation sends one thing to one coun .ry, and takes in return the produce of thst country. I therefore say, that all laws which arc made inter wring with this reciprocal interchange of commodities, ,re a contravention of the intervention of Divine Provi fence, and in frustration of his gracious designs. if then, Sir, upon abstract principles these laws cannot s)e defended, then let us see whether, upon the ground ,f expediency, they can ba upheld. Let us see whe her the circumstances of the country are such that t was wise and politic for its Legislature to adopt this measure. My answer is decisive, and at once nega ices the proposition ; for I have no hesitation in saying hat all classes are injured by it. The fluctuations if prices that have taken place (the prevention or cinch was one of the benefits which the advocates of he measure put forth as a reason for its being tilopted)—l say these fluctuations have been greater than they were before the Corn-law existed. If, there 'ore, that be the case, all classes are injured—the far uer, the labourer, the manufacturer. and the man who ices upon a fixed income ; and if all these classes are Injured, I can only come to the conclusion that the indowner himself must be a sufferer, for what was the ate with the farmer in 1828 ? I believe that the average price of corn was 665. and a fraction per quarter, and he person who proposed the present law held out to the farmers, and to the country in general, that the price of corn would not vary much from 60s. What `las been the result ? The farmer naturally, in the year I have mentioned, took his land at a given rate, calcu iating that his corn would produce him a return of 60s. per quarter. It gr adually fell in 1830,1831, 1832, 1833, 1834, and 1835 ; at last it reached the price of 395. and a fraction ; that was the average of the year 1835. 1835, and the year or two preceding, he paid his rent out of his capital, instead of out of his profits. If there are any farmers here, I only wish they would lay it well to heart. There is nothing so mischievous to them, as well as to the rest of the community, as these fluctuations of price, and nothing contributes so much •o these as the existing Corn-laws. In 1835 the price of corn was as low as 395., and the consumer naturally calculated his expenses upon that scale, and indulged in better clothing and other additional expenses. In 1839-40, the price of corn rose to 70s. Now we know that there is nothing more difficult for any man, be his condition of life what it may, than to go from better to worse ; and so I fear will be the case with the labourer until these laws are repealed, whether he be i agriculturist or he be manufacturer. I, for one, Gen tlemen, as an agriculturist, do not pretend to take any merit as being more disinterested than the mass of th e class to which I belo n g . They, perhaps, feel that they would be making a sacrifice of their income if they were to call for the repeal of the Corn-laws ;I, by calling for their repeal, conceive that I am consulting the security of my property. Ido not look at the immediate conse quences, but I look at the more distant ones, and I really do believe that, in the words of this resolution, the Corn-laws are chargeable with the present high present paralyzed of provisions, the greater part of th e paralyzed state of trade, and with th e popular irritation which threatens the peace, the property, and the law of the country. Now, Sir, it may naturally he asked, what is the remedy for this? There is nothing more easy than to propose an d t o para d e a b stract terms, truly abstract, in Political economy : nothing more difficult than to reduce them to practice. I will venture in answer to that question, to use the words of one of the greatest philosophers and one of the wisest statesmen that this country ever produced. What says Lord Bacon ? " The remedy or prevention of this evil is, to remove by all means possible the material cause of sedition, which is want and poverty in the estate : to which purpose serveth the opening and well balancing of trade ; the cheri.bing of manufactures ; the improvement and husbanding of the soil ; the regu lating of prices of things vendible ; the moderating of taxes and of tributes." These are the words of one of the wisest men that this country ever produced, and I would wish with all my heart that the Statesmen of the present day would endeavour to reduce these maxims of wisdom to practice fBr by so doing, I am satisfied that they would produce a material ord er throughout the Queen's dominions, and not on ly material but a moral ord er and quiet on the minds of EVENING EDI TIO all her Majesty's subjects. That, Sir, is my opinion, and being se, I will only advise you to urge this opening of trade and this cherishing of manufactures by all con stitutional means—to go on steadily, perserveringly, but determinedly, and I am fully satisfied that yoz, will attain the object th;tt you desire, and that peace and happiness will take the place of the misery and distress which now pervade the land. After a vote of thanks to the guests and the Mayer, an individual in the meeting here asked who was to pre sent the petition to the Lords? The Mayor replied that probably Earl Fitzwilliam would do so. The 7 nan then proposed that Lord Brougham should be rrqucs'A to do so ; and on being told that he was not in tit!' country, the man replied with great naivete, " Hc'e. sure to come on purpose if you'll let him know.”-- (Much laughter.) The proceedings of the meeting, one of the tor. , 6t harmonious, crowded, and enthusiastic ever heid in Kendal, terminated shortly after ten o'clock. CONSTABULARY POLICE. A return has been rricde to the House of Com mons of the different Counties, or parts of Comi ties, in England and Wales, which have adopted the provisions of the Act relative to County and District Constables. It appears from this, that fourteen whole Counties have adopted the Act, an d five have partially adopted it, The largest Coun ties that have adopted it wholly are Lancashire, Norfolk, Essex, Salop, Durham, and Wilts. Th e extent of each County with the population is given, and also the number of Constables employed. For Lancashire, the largest County, the total number of Constables, Superintendents, and others em ployed, is 500, the annual charge 24,9571., the umber of square miles 1,831, and the population 1,335,600. For Leicester, the smallest County, the number of Constables is 26, the annual charge 1,6391., the square miles 806, and the population. 158,099. The total Police force kept up by these fourteen Counties is about 1,700 men, and at an ar.nual charge of somewhat less than 100,000/. Reckoning these, exclusive of the Metropolitan Districts, as a fourth of the whole of England and Wales, the total number of men required would be 7,000, at an annual charge of about half a million, or little more than double of what is required for the Metropolis alone. THE ITALIAN OPERA: The opera on Saturday evening was La Sonnambula, in which Persiani appeared for the first time this season. She was welcomed with enthusiastic applause, and de servedly so, as she is among the first singers of the present day. She was in excellent voice, and performed the part of prima donna with great effect. Ricciardo represented Elvino, and, though nut equal to RubiMi, he is infinitely superior to some that have attempted the part. F. La blache was the Count, and we never saw him act and sing with more spirit. The house was extremely well attended, for although the public portion of it was not filled at the opening of the doors, every seat was soon occupied, and the arrival of her Majesty, Prince Albert, Prince Ernest, and the ladies of the Court, just after the opera commenced, rewarded tho visitors for their early attendance. The Queen took her usual place, and the Prince sat beside her, while Prince Ernest had the situation usually allotted to the Duchess of Kent, who was not:of the party. No notice was taken of the arrival of: the Royal company beyond the buzz of inforrnE tion which was heard in all quartets, and the directing of perhaps a thousand glasses to ards the objects of curi,:sity. The Queen looked extremely well and in good spi• and evidently enjoyed the entertainment. The ballet was the Gipsy; but, as her Majesty an.: Prince Albert did not intend to remain for it, Far Eisler introduced a beautiful and a quite new pas sea between the two acts of the opera. She was vehemently applauded from all parts of the house, and the ballet went off with all the usual honours. FLANDERS AND DUTCH MAIL. BRUSSELS, MARCH 12.—1 n the sitting of the Cham ber of Representatives yesterday, the project of law for the repression of duelling was passed by a large ma jority, the minority being only six. To-day the discussion of the budget of the War De partment commenced. The Almister of War justified the re-instalment of General Vandermisbon, to which he thought himself obliged by the twenty-four articles. M. Dumortier attacked this act of the Government, and was answered by the Minister of the Interior. The reigning Duke of Saxe Coburg and his brother Prince Ferdinand have quitted Brussels, one to return to Gotha, the other to Vienna. Prince Ferdin ind will return at the time of the mar riage of his daughter to the Duke of Nemours. Prin. cess Victoria remains at Brussels till that time. BaussELs, MARCH 13.—The discussion of the bud get of the War Department is continued to-day. The Minister of Justice spoke at great length in favour of the application of the amnesty to General Vandermissoo, Messrs. Lys and d'Huart spoke against this application. The Minister of the interior was replying when we went to press. CONSTANTINOPLE, FEB. 19.—The Greek Patriarch here has been called to account by the Porte for his conduct in the lonian Islands as head of the Not-United Greek Church. It is resolved to institute formal pro ceedings in this matter, and, after mature consideration of the fact, pass judgment upon him. •One great cause of offence in the Patriarch is his pastoral letter relative to mixed marriages, in which he declares the marriages celebrated without the observance of his directory null and void, and ex-communicates not only those who perform the ceremony, but also tho bride and bridegroom. These pretensions •of the Patriarch are the subject on which the Porte has to decide, The issue of the affair is anxiously looked for. BERLIN, AlAncll . —Accounts from St. Petersburg say that the Crown Prince will not set out for Darm- -. stadt till after the Easter holidays, and consequently will arrive at Berlin later than was expected. The same accounts say that the Emperor Nicholas will come to Germany in the course of the spring. AMSTERDAM, MARCH 12.-I'he lioldelsblad has a long letter respecting the King's intended marriage with the Countess d'Oultremont. The objections to this marriage are stated to be-1. That the lady is not of a family sufficiently illustrious ; -I That she is by birth a Belgian ; and, 3. That she is a Roman Catholic. THE HAGUE, MARCH 12.--The Java Papers of the 30th October and 2d November 1839 contain a procla mation of the Governor-General, dated 30th October, to the following effect : " That as a consequence of the conclusion cF the treaty of the Twenty-four Articles, published in th.: Yetlzei lands Staals Conran' of 11 th July this year, t:: King has been pleased to order, and it is according hereby ordered and determined— " Firstly, That ships under the Belgian Rag sl';.il be henceforward admitted into ali the ports of the aos sessions of the Netherlands in Indio, on the same foot ing as the ships of other friendly nations. " Secondly—That Belgian woollen and cotton ma nufactures shall no longer be subject to the resolution of the Ist of July, 1834." No. 4, by which all such oods coming from countries with which the Govern. ment of the Netherlands is not at peace shall bs charged an additional duty of 50 to 70 per cent. BATAVIA, OCT. 31.—We bear from Banjoemaas that on the 16th inst. a sort of hurricane raged in that district, by which, besides a part of the boiling-houses and warehouses of the indigo manufacturers of Benitjor and I'ukunbaran, 131 native habitations were blown down. .On Sund.ty the 2 7th instant Armenians residing bore had the pleasure of seeing arrive, in the Tartar brig, Capt. P. Raugh from Singapore, the Right Reverend Father in God the Archbishop of Etehomadzin and Nlencis, who is at the head of all the Armenian churches in India, and is come to visit the community here. - - - BELGIAN k U NDS-Batlions, MAttcw 13. Actual Debt, 2!‘", per Cent. ,:i5 3 .( Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cant Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Ce n t. 95 ____---.- 3 per Cent. 74% Loan of City, It:12, 4 per Cent 9% Society of Commerce, 4 Y6per Cent 111:4!4 Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent ....... .... National Society . Exchange on London (short) ........ .......... 11 07!4, —Brussels Papers, March 13. DUTCH FUNDS.---AsarrEanam, MARCO 13, Money. Bills. Actual Debt, 2)4 per Cent Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. Amort to - mlic,4 per cent OO 0054 Ditto, ditto, 3}4 per cent 755i 71.14 Commercial Company, 444 per cent 175 1755, Ditto (lM.' and 1633) 5 per cent. ....., lOO 1004 D;tto 1 37, 5 per cent. lOO 1C04,, Loan 1817, 5 oer cent. 0 5% to.iji Exchange on London. month ll 95 Two month; ..... - II 6.5 —Dutch Papers. March 14. Atjatsit.lDAlsNtalFilUquNeps S.-VIENNA' MARce 5 /0144 Five per Four per Cents. ..... .. ....... ......... ...... ..... ........ 1211 Three psr Cents. B an k Shares ISO -,filgertzeine Zcitung. March 10. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.-BERLIN, MARCH 10. Bills. Mon. } . St. Schuld. Sch., 4,,y per cent. - 10414 103% Prussian E ng lish Loan, 1830, 4 per cent. 103% KVA 'xchange on London, three months ...6 105 i 'x -Prussian State Gazette. March 11. The Athourum relates the following anecdote of the late Sir Jeffrey Wyattville, in reference to the restora. tion, at Windsor Castle. 'When the private apartments of the King (George the Fourth) were under consideration, his Ma jesty was naturally somewhat more peremptory than usual. especially as to their relative proportions, and it is well known that he dirt not like large rooms. Watt's head, however, was full of a palaee ; and when the King suggested what he consi dered as the proper size for his dressing-room, Wyatt pro tested that such a cupboard was better suited to a country curate than to Majesty. The latter, however, was peremptory on the - subject, arid cut short all remonstrance with--!' It shall be 50. - The works went on, the suite of apartments svts ile.l•.:lw.:cl furnisl - A, when, in the exultation of Cie snosaellt, raict - ,t•- ranllnded wG arz.l._tect of their forrnerdif;:er.sr.c.e., triamp hantly referred to the aclr.tiraisle.„ adaptation of this particular charaber, " lam glad your Majeszy ; • apprey es of-it,'2 said the architeetvAt far 41,-is.ea.aatly twi°e ti ago size your Majesty directed." r •41par• • :, ~.~C I