The Express.
London, England, 1851-10-17 00:00:00

SUFFOLK AGRICULTURAL RELIEF ASSO-
CIATION.

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BURY ST. EDMUNDS, Ocr. 16.
The second general meeting of the members of this
association, which is composed entirely of farmers of the
Town-hall, in this town, in pursuance o the subjoined ad-
vertisement:—" A public meeting will be held at the
county of Suffolk, took place yesterdaty,
Town-hall, for the purpose of explaining the objects and
enforcing the claims of the above association. Thc com-
mittee are using every exertion to make the meeting strictly
at the Spacious
'on of
not be made in vain, in the present alarming depresu _
agricultural produce. The resolutions will be moved and
a farmers' gathering, and it is hoped that their appeal will
Seconded by bona file tenant-farmers, and supported by
practical age culturists front a distance." The weather was
Wiest unpropitious for such a gathering, as it rained in
Coat
r-
MO the whole day; Mill it was market-day, and
at so great
e
the hour of meeting the Town-hall was crowded to excess
by the farmers from the surrounding districts. _ t
Mr. P. R. WELCH, of Yaxley Hall, was called on o
reside. After a few introductory remarks, he proceeded
to observe that the first object which the society had in view
th bef
was the interest manifested in the proceedings,
was the repeal of the malt tax. That was a tax which
should have been consigned to oblivion with the corn laws,
for it was not only one of the worst possible taxes in itself, but
Ms wade of levying was most obnoxious. it hindered en,-
necessarily the free operations of the moister, whilst it d
teriorated the quality of the malt and raised its
.price. It
materially interfered with the comfort of the
the body, anti
dead been so pernicious in its
of receipt from it until a few years since,
had
been abso-
lutely stationary for a hundred years. It was an evil not
operations tha t
the less because instead of being put upon the daily wages
of a man, it was placed upon some articles of daily use and
prime necessity such as candles, soap, tea, sugar, malt. No
doubt the malt duty brought in a large revenue, but if so it vies
at the expense of the comfort of the industrious classes, and to
the great deterioration of the farmer's land. Such a tax, he
hesitated not to say, should be at once, immediately, and '
most ignominiously expelled. (Loud cheers.) Why, the 1
whole sum received from that tax would be swallowed up
in carrying on the Kaffir war ; but he asked, were the
farmers and labourers of England to be thus oppressed for
purposes such as that, or in order to put money into the
pockets of sinecurists and foreign potentates like the Kings
of Belgium and Hanover, the Dukes of Schoenberg and
1 Mecklenburg Strelitz, and the palatine of liesso Hom-
burg ? Yet those were the shabby pretexts on which the
necessity for the malt tax was grounded. (Hear.) The
second object of the association was an alteration in the
present unjust tithe system. (Loud cheers.) Tithes, it
must be remembered, were not strictly payable by the
land, but from the persons of the laity in respect of spiritual
benefits received. A consideration of this circumstance
showed that however desirable it might be for clergymen
to receive tithes, there was no justice in lay imorprtopria latorsity
receiving them for the same purpose ; fhe
derived no spiritual benefit front them. (Hear, hear}
Ito did not wish to interfere with the clergy living
on their glebes, and performing the duties of their office,
but no one could say that a bishop should have 30,0001. a
year, and a curate 501. It was for the clergy themselves to
bring about a re-adjustment of those matters, but if he were 1
to have the power, no curate should have less than 2501. 1
and he would starve an archbishop upon 5,0001. (A laugh.)
In the matter or tithes they were greatly oppressed by the
system of averages, which obliged theta to pay at the rate
of 2.15. a coomb upon corn, although now the price did not
range above from 18s. to 11. He was convinced that the
excess of tithe which hail in this way been paid by himself
in the course of last year alone would have sufficed to keep
a labourer, his wife, sad four children for a twelvemonth.
(h ear.) The third object which the association sought to
obtain was an equitable measure of tenant right. The cus-
tomary agricultural covenants of the counties in England
militated much both against the interests of the land-
lords, the occupiers, and the labourers. They were,
in fact, much too cumbersome for the present
time, and that a relaxation of them which would give full
scope to the farmer's ability, skill, and industry, would be
desirable, nobody who was acquainted with them could by
possibility doubt. The power to remove fixtures, with a
view to an improved occupation, ought to be allowed.
Unexhausted improvements ought to lie made to the very
last farthing. Leases ought to be more generally granted,
but the laws of primogeniture, entail, and settlement, hin-
dered many good improvements, and stood in the way of
many a kindly disposition. (Cheers.) The fourth objeet
was a thorough revision of the present mode of managing
the county expenditure. (Loud and continued cheering.)
He saw that lie Lad touched a string to which his own
heart vibrated thoroughly. (Cheers.) There was a prin-
ciple facetiously called "constitutional," that taxation
should not exist without representation; yet these irre-
sponsible magistrates met when they pleased,. and taxed
their unhappy neighbour, the farmers, without con-
sulting them on the subject. What they wanted
was a public board, to be elected by the rate-
payers of the county, of which no magistrate should be a
member unless he were a ratepayer and was elected. They
were willing to spend their money as Englishmen, but they
wished to know where it went to at tho same time. The
Mk olgect which they had in view was the total abolition of
hbo game law,, which he might at once Ray he totally
detested. (Loud cheers.) He looked upon them as one of
the greatest and most manifest curses which the country
had to hear. At the same time he did not mean to say that
the law of trespass was not necessary. Still they should
act their fates against any law which would protect vermin
in the destruction of that food which God had given to
man. (Loud cheers.) There were other matters, includ-
ing the poor law and the law of distress, which deserved
the attention of Englishmen. But, now, what should be
their mode of proceeding ? Without a parliamentary party 1
they could do nothing, and they must direct their attention,
to the sort of men whom they returned to represent their
interests in parliament. (Cheers.) The majority of their
present magnificent, and intellectual, and clever, moula rs
of parliament, had their Cars sealed to the coin-
plaints of the people, but their eyes wide open to
their own interests. Thei laws that they made were like a
set of ready-made boots and shoes intended for exportation :
the makers never condescended to take their measure, or to
mak them where they pinched. (Cheers.) When they should
obtain all these objects—when the bulk of taxation
should be shifted from the productive to the unproductive
classes—front industry to wealth, then he Loped that the
drones would no longer be able to eat up the honey of the
bees, but that every man would obtain that justice to which
he was fairly entitled to. (Loud cheers.)
Mr. N. W. JOHNSON of Ringshall (the secretary)
said that as the society had been recently established it was
not deemed necessary to present a formal report, but he
might state that since their first meeting the association had
made steady progress, both in the accession of members and
an addition to their funds. lit fact since that period their
numbers had almost doubled. (Cheers.) Every day
I brought them an accession of members, of gentlemen
well known in the county, interested and engaged
in agricultural pursuits. rhey saw statesmen every
day shining their ground—men who a few days ago
threatened to take the reins of power for the express pur-
pose of changing the cummercial policy of late years, falter-
ing and hesitating in their progress, and stating that they
were unable to effect their purpose. This, then, was the
time for them to be up mid doing. Let them not bate one
jot of their just sieves, but persevere, with their eye fixed
upon the Pular Star of truth, and their feet planted upon
the rock of justice, and it should not be given to political
chicanery, or to fraud or falsehood, to defeat their efforts or
to crush their designs. (Loud cheers.)
Mr. J. RUTTER, of Denstone, proposed the first resolu-
tion:—" That this meeting views aids much concern the
present unprecedented and daily increasing depression
under which the agricultural interest is suffering, and that
it is Gm duty of all, and especially of tenant farmers, to
exert themselves to the utmost towards obtaining relief
from those various national and local burdens which press
upon it." If he had not been a great sufferer amongst the
tenant farmers, he assured them that nothing on earth
should have brought him forward to speak upon this sub-
ject. This was called an " agricultural relief association."
Theyneeded relief, and they must have relief or theyebould
all of them speedily be ruined. (Hear.) But what kind
of relief did they seek? They did not seek the charity
or benevolence of the rich, but relief front those unjust
local burdens which. pressed so heavily upon them.
(Chei rs.) The agricultural interest had never appeared
more dark and gloomy than now, but he believed that by
united efforts in support of the objects of such an association
as the present, they should obtain such terms as would
prove a great amelioration of their condition. (Cheers.)
Mr. HARE, of Freston, seconded the resolution. lie
was aware that there were %WIWIs opinions as to the re-
medy. though there was no denial of the disease. The
question was, whether they should return to protection or
should seek to obtain such just measures as would enable
them to compete with the whole world. To return to pro-
tection, however, was impracticable. This country was too
enlightened for class legislation, and it was impossible that
they could go to parliament and ask them to ',ass measures
to increase the price of bread, the staff of life, for the be-
neat of a class, and in order to give a fictitious value to
land. (Loud cheers.)
Mr. JOHN HOUGHTON, of Berkshire,
who was r(.
woui attend
tte zut l.i ta h
te,
ceiyed with great applause, supported the resolution. The
containedcomply
so
circular of the association which had tx en forwarded to him
timnganwyithplain
h requestcommo
tulsicant" he h
propositions,
being an elector of that county, he had hesitated not at
once
meeting. Cheers.) Having
been lectuged by the press
, for having left the
,protectionist camp, and having been
I called a " renegade, ' he must, before the farmers of Suf-
folk, state the reasons which had induced him, like Mr.
Disraeli, to leave the ship when he found it was not sea-
worthy. (Hear.) Like that honourable gentleman he had
fought till his sword was notched from top to bottom. (A
laugh.) So long as there was the slightest chance that that
legislation could be continued—nay, longer, he had been
there fighting that battle, for every sixpesee that he hail in
the world was in the land and on at, and he never drew a
shilling of his property from the soil when he left the pro-
tectionist camp, bat had continued unremittingly to break
up the sterile glebes, so that he might safely say that no
iman in the countyin which he lived ha i cultivated so
many acres of barren land as himself. (Cheers.) The
reason that he lied for veering round the compass, as Mr.
Disraeli was doing now, was, that he was told behind the
scenes by the men who publicly supported the corn law
' that it was impossible longer to continue it. Then he
began to think of asking this question, " If we are to have
cheap corn, surely you'll give us cheap taxation ;" and ho
told them that the very day that he left "that very
house"—(cheers, and latethter)—he was ready to grow corn
crainst any man is the world, let him come Irwin where he
might ; but at the same time let hint have a fair field to do
it to. (Applause.) Now, he wished particularly to dispel
.from their minds any effect that the protectionist newspapers

might have made upon them by the clap-trap, " Aye, bat
let us have another election, and we'll return prot,!etionist
parliament." Well, but he did not hesitate to soy that if
the protectionists had a majority of GO iu the 11.oise or Com-
mons to-morrow, not one farthing of tax would t!..1 place
upon the food of the people. In the fist place, it
would not be the time to do it. (A laugh.) Tio• proteo-
- said that they wished to protect British iodustry •
but British industry was to be found in Manchester,
Bir-
mingham, Lancashire, London, Sheffield, and so on -
and when those districts sent protectionists to I adiamen;
he might believe them was something Sr. it. flat what
would the majority be composed of ? Eye perha,!, might
send one, Thetford another, and Harwich a third.
(Laughter.) Why, as soon as Cobden and Co. entered the
house they would run over those protectioneits, mail would
see who they were, and where they came Ir
eom, v oil they
would say, " Pooh, pooh; those men vn elected
from places where there are no people. It's a fame to tell
us that they are the representatives of the people.-( Lend
cheers.") In addition to this let them remember that there
were millions in this country who were not voters, but who
were bread eaters, and who said, "You may do sohat you.
, like, but not one penny shall you put upon the heal of us;
if you do, we will have a may upon that btlideCi." heCTS.)
They would rise by hundreds of thou•ande, and with one
consent they would say, "We won't have it." Let them
look now for a moment at what Lord Stanley would have
proposed. Ile would have given a duty of 50. on emu, and
would have taken off the property tax. Would that
be fair ? Whut did be think the people who eat
bread and pay no property tax would say to that ? (Cheers.)
Ile was to take from the man who had no money what ho
hadn't got, and was to give to the man who laid plenty.
The fat was that it was not in the power of any man, or of
any set of men living, to impose a tax upon the food of the
people, except, us Mr. Disraeli said, they all wanted it, and
then there would be .no difficulty about it. (A Isugh.)
Legislation was not every mysterious matter, nit. r all. Ile
had always maintained, and always would maintain, that
good legislation was only common sense ; but there were a
good many things that required consideration. The land-
lords should remember that their ancestors had managed to
incur a debt of 500,000,0001., when that stun represented
200,000,000 quarters of corn, and now that they were pay-
ing 400,000,000 quarters —that they borrowed it at
a depreciated currency, and that they a. r.• pay-
ing it in gold. Thu price of wheat in 1792 and
1793 was what it was at present, but the taxation
of the cuuntry then was 1,,000,0001. a year, and now it
was between 50,000,000/. and G 0,000,000/. now could they
get over that? The time must conic, and he eared not who
the minister might be, when they must have a revision of
the taxation of the country; and it direct taxation were so
good a thing for the county expenditure and fir the poor's
rates, he did not see why it should not be equally irorod for
all purposes whatsover, and why the game Ina., who col-
lected the poor's rate should not collect the w:tele. Tke
present free-trade bargain was a one-sided -if it was
applicable to corn, why no to tea, sugar, and coffee
Ile sold corn, why should hetnot be allowed to purchase all
I.is articles of prime necesr.ity in the cheapest market?
They must probe the thing to the bottom, because free
trade if it meant anything meant everything, and if there
were to be free-trade it should be carried out in its inte-
grity, and then he would repeat what he hail before said,
that ho would grow corn with any man in the world. (Bear,
hear.) After alluding to the other topics enumerated
amongst the objects of the association, the hon. gentleman
concluded with a stricture upon the present representative
system. Ile trusted that the day was not distaiit when
they should measure men not by their family but by their
brains, and they must remember that if they .•r• bought
they must also be sold. lie was for the upholitiog of our
sovereign and the maintenance of the llouee of birds in its
integrity ; but the House of Commons should be tar the
people. (Great cheering and waving of hate.)
The resolution was then put to the meeting, and carried

unanimously.
Mr. S. DIATTIIEWS, of Itaven'shall, Lindsay, said it
was rather a novel thing for a tenantdarmer to play the
part of orator, but if these times would not make theft
speak out he didn't know what would. (Ilear.) Wittiest
further preface, he begged to move " That this 'Deaths(
regards the objects of the Suffolk Agricultural RdW
Association as of the first importance, and believes that
their attainment would go far to restore prosperity to the
farming body."
Mr. S. IS. JOIINSON, of Wickhambrook, it Nessusti
ket, seconded tho resolution, and it was carried anent-
moody.
The third and last resolution, moved by Mr. A. PACKARD.
Of Wolverstone, and seconded by. Mr. W. EVERAILIN et
Stanfield, was also carried unanimously. It was in the
following terms That this meeting regards the present
aspect of public affairs as highly .favourable to the advocacy
of the principles of this association, and that it would
rejoice to witness statesmen who at present deal in doubt-
ful terms come forward and ingenuously declare their prin-
ciples and propound their plans for the improvement of the
condition of the farmers."
After a vote of thanks to the chairman, the meads',
which had lasted upwards of four hours, and d.d not 'se-
elude till nearly nine o'clock, dispersed.

SPORTING.

NEWNIARKET SECOND OCTOBEIt I‘IEETLNG.
TICUItsDAT.
SWBEesTAKFA of 200 soya. each, hR. A. F. (
oil)
Lord Ihoby's Uric). 5 yrs, 7aea, w- over.
... withdrew hi. aver.
Duke a Bedford's B. menu, 4 yrs, 24.
SW cEesy.t KEs of 110 sons. each ; ea,....
2-year-old colts, Bet
nb ; and fillies, Bst slb ; the winner to be sold tor 1501.
(5 subs.) T.I.C.
Mr. U. Stebbing'o I by Irish tirdcateher out of Celeste
(r. tweet)
Lord Exeter's y St. Martin out of Toga, mai) I
Mr, VA...routs'. Tow Old Lad (0. K. -harp) 3
Mr. Urndudd'a M. Houdin .( t. Bay) 4
Betting : 7to 4 Celeste, and '2 to 1 agst The Old Lad.
The Toga filly made the running into the conk, the Celeste
filly, who in the early part of the race laid off a couple of
lengths, joining her half-way up, and winning cleverly by
a length.—Run in 1 min. 14 secs. The Old Lad was
, claimed under the new rule both by Lord Exeter and Mr.
Stebbing.
11ANDICAP PLATE of 1001. A.F.
sir 'V. South's Retail. 5 yrs, 76 4th ......... 01,dritm /
Mr. Morlues Ilungerfon4 3 yrs, Cott ISM
Duke of ktichrnord's Antigone, .1 yrs, tat IMb (I. Month) 3
Mr. ghetto's weeow, S yrs, 74 I.lb
Betting 7to 2 agst Rungerford, 4to 1, Loadstone, 6 to
1 each Antigone and llerbert, and 7 to 1 aget Westow.
Sister to Clothworker, Ilungerford, Retail, and Antigone
laid in front to the half-mile post, where Sister tu Cloth-
worker, who had been leading, was beaten, and Antigone
land Herbert giving way immediately after, the race was
left to Retail and llungerford, the former waiting until
half-way up the cords, and winning easily by a length.
Run in 2 min. 14 MTS.
SWEEP.-TAKES of 10 sovs. each, for 2. yr-olds ; 011(4,
Bst 7113; and tidies, Bst 31b. First half of Ab. M. Winner
to be sold for 40 sons., &c. (6 subs.)
Mr. EtwalPe cby Venbwn, out of Passion (lt sera) 1
Mr. 11. Steblinea' Mles Sarah (F. Boller I
Mr. Drinkeln's U. Houdin ('1 Day 3
Betting : 6 to 4 agst Miss Sarah, 3 to 1 agst M lloudin,
and 4 to 1 agst Passion filly. Won by a neck; half
length between Miss Sarah and M. Houdin ; Amima filly
a good fourth. Run in 53 sees. The Amino' filly was
claimed by Mr. Stebbing.
SwEePSTAKES of 10 son. each; for 2-yrs.e.lil, Gat 715;
three, Bst alb; four, Bst 111 b ; five and upwards. 9st. First
half of Al.. M. The winner to be sold fur 300, &c. (10
subs.)
Mr. J. Scott's Mountain Plower, 3 yrs 'l:Jur:lon) I
Mr. titcpbenson'. itaven,wiag, 2 yrs
Lord Ezeter'a Turt:e, 3 yrs
Betting: 9 to 4 agst Ravenswing, 3to 1 nest Mountain
Flower ; 5 to 1 each agst Forlorn flops. and N. wport, and
6to 1 each agst Brennus and,Fidgetty Girl. The race was
entirely between the three placed, Mountain Floe er wait-
ing to the last half dozen strides, and winning cleverly by a
length ; the second beating the third by a head, 'and no-
thing else np. The winner was claimed. Run in 32 secs.
DIANE)/ STAKES of 100 sore. each ; It ft; fur fillies, list
7lb ; winners of 5001. 51b extra ; untried stallions or awes
allowed 31b. T.Y.C. (8 subs.)
Mr. E. K. Clark's tiumstead (II. Pell) 1
Mr. Payne's Hirsute
6t04 on Hirsute. Won by ten lengths. Itun in 1 min.
13 secs.
MATCH 1,000 sees h ft. A.F.
'(. Metros)

Sir J. Ilarrky's Toldington, 144 7lb
Mr. Ontlalderlt.,n`s Mountain Veer, %.t 7th

(J. —1
It“bis.o.
to 2

A great deal of money was laid out in the town at 6 to
mid 3 to 1 on Teddington (6,000 to 2,000 in one bet), the
last offers being 6to 2. Teddington made the running at a
good pace, and won after a most exciting race up the cards,
and not without some punishment, by a short half length.
Run in 2 min. 17 secs.
Biirriir STAKES of 100 Recs. each, h ft; for 2-cr old
fillies, B.t 71b. Last three-quarters of 11,.:11. (12 sults.)
Duke .4 Itichnoont's Red Mind
Mr. ne's Otanlire
6 to 4 on Red Hind, who made nearly all the running.
and won in • canter by three lengths. Itun in 1 min.
20 secs.
lIANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES Of 10 SOT.. each; for 3-yr olds.
D.M. (4 subs.)
Mr. Itobinsoo.o cCy Kremlin out of Glee, 7st (G. F.. Sharp) 1
Mr. tat W.I. Cahill*. ..at 71b Vlattuan) 2
Mr. Witties liourdsm to, 7at
Mr. la heroin's Nspauk, net alb
Betting; 5 to 4 east Glee colt, 3 to 1 nit litianlostan.
Won by a length. Run in 1 min. 20 secs.
Match, 100, h ft. D.M.
Mr. Ilelamere'a hop Mannering. Set 710 (Uartholomen) 1
Mr. W. F. Iluolte.'o Cornelius, 7st 91b (Flatinan) 2
3tol on (iuy Manncring. Won by a Length. Run in
1 min. 20 secs.
BETTING 1.7 P TO SIX O'CLOCK.
cAsthatnotsunce. STAKES.
3 to 1 wet nabs 10 to 1 spt lierkg
10 to l Mountain Deer I 14 to I—. Nceminstor.

DREADFUL OCCURRENCE.—On Wednesday after
noon a fearful accident, which terminated fatally, occurred
to a man of the name of Thomas Olindhind, aired 60,
residing ut No. 3, Caplan l-place North, Capland•streeh
Limon-grove, Paddington. The accident was occasioned
by the unfortunate deceased loading a large horse-pistol on
his return home at night, on the 7th instant, unknown to
his family, and carAessly left it on the supper-table, when
his son, aged nine years, took up the pistol ea coming
down stairs to breakfast, and pointing it towards his father,
he pulled the trigger, and the whole of the contents entered
his right side just above the hip. lie was immediately
conveyed to S. Mary's Hospital, Paddington, when the
house-surgeon rendered every assistance possible, but with-
out avail. The unfortunate man expired in the course of
the afternoon.