The Express.
London, England, 1849-12-17 00:00:00

that op to that time the ministry could count upon
300 members against 76 of the democratic party.

should give up the foolish idea of compet-
ing with foreigners, but combine and charge
what they liked in the circumscribed and protected
home market—when, in fact, all the rich interests
and producers at home lazily determined to give up
making gains or amassing capital from the foreigner,
and formed themselves into a large joint stock com-
pany for raising the price on the consumer at home--
that was the bailee in which Mr. MUNTZ declared it
would be his delight to join.
Mr. Morin admitted the great grievance and dis-
tress ot the day to be that both taxes and rent were
five times as high as they were three-quarters of a
century ago. Bat rests could not be reduced, he said,
because, if so, landlords could not live. Neither could
taxes be reduced; for, if so, government could not
live. But, to enable us to pay the taxer, Mr. MUNTZ
would abolish foreign trade, and with it, of course, the
customs, and pack out of the country all the capital that
could not be employe din, and for, home production. If
it would require a 80 per cent. income tax now to meet
our debts and burdens, in lieu of other sources ot re-
venue, under the fiecal ripinte of Mr. MUNTZ it would
require 100 per cent. His universal protection would
be nothing other than universal bankruptcy.
Mr. MUNTZ accuses some ideal personage, whom he
styles we, to be very bard-hearted and atrocious.
IVe have eaten the West India planters, devoured the
Irish landlords, and now we eat a farmer a day. By
we Mr. MUNTZ means England. Now England fed
the West India planter many a year with monopoly
and high prices, and not being able to continue the
sacrifice, gave them twenty millions to do something
for themselves. How greedy !
England sent some eight millions sterling the
other day to Ireland to teed the starving poor of
the Irish landlords' creation ; and at the same time
lent every Irish landlord as.many thousand* se he
chose to employ in draining or agricultural improve-
ment. After this England bade the Irish landlord
feed what was Ift of his poor. This Mr. Muhl-a de-
scribes as Joule BULL eating his brother Irishman.
Then comes the farmer's case. For many a long
year we have given the English farmer his own price.
Whilst clothing and comforts and all commodities
which the farmer exchanged his produce for, had
gradually become so cheap that luxu:ies became ne-
cessaries, the farmer kept raising the price of his pro-
dace until necessaries became luxuries, at least
to the poor. Much further this could not
go on, and at length it was stopped, and
the relative value ot the two great kinds of
prcduce put on a fairer footing. With all our
sacrifices to the farmers, we were Old they were
never prosperous. Without these continued sacrifices,l
according to Mr. MUNTZ, the farmer cannot live.
Does Mr. 111murz pretend to say that the land or
England is less productive than of old, less able to
maintain and employ as many labouring men, and less
able to afford a surplus in the shape of rent P We don't
believe it. But if it were so, we should not know what
is to become of so imprudent and unskilful a race.
This, however, we will say, that it would be cheaper and
better to pension all the landlords and farmers out of
the consolidated fund, than tax every morsel that goes
into an English mouth.

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ITALY.

ROMAN STATES.—Our correspondent at Rome
sends important news from that capital under date
the 7th inst.
M. de Corcelles had returned to Rome from Pottle,
and positively announces that M. Beraguay
Tier's mission has been unsuccessful. As M. de Cor-
cells is one of those who advise the Pope to stay at
Naples, there is little doubt but that his statement on
that point is correct. The Pope, he mays, will not
return to Rome. The cause assigned, he adds, by
the camarills, is the fear of a coup tretai in Paris.
It is generally supposed that M. &wormy d'Hilliers
will send in his resignation. There is as yet nothing
decided as to the paper currency.

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 17, 1849.

MADEIRA.

By lI.M. steam-sloop Hecate, Commander Shad well,
which left Madeira on the 27th ult., and arrived at Porte-
mouth on Saturda.r. we learn that Sir B. L. Bawer w In
good health, but did not land distil% the permit the Hecate
remained at Modiste. Lady Bulwer had suffered severely
during the whole voyage from amusicknme. Tbe American
frigate Portsmouth was at the Wand, and about to sail or
the coast of Africa.
The MINA= vice consul got up a monster pic-nic in own-
pliment to the officers of the Portsmouth, and to which were
Invited Sir Edward and the whole of the °filters of the
Hecate. Sir Edward nee unable to attend, but the officers
of the sloop did, and a most verbal reception they met with
from the consul, and American officers, and inhabitants,
anembhd on the occasion. The pic-nic was prolonged for
unusual period, and all parties separated with regret.
The orillient whet was in the roads, and the Serpent, 16,
Commander Baker, arrived there on the 25th ult., sailing
the followiug day for the Cape.