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SURREY SESSIONS. JANUARY 17.

RECEIVING STOLEN GOODS.
The runtish's case excited considerable toteml he coast-
quesice of the accused bowleg been fur a lees time ■ Mesh.,
dust preacher, sod basins had a chapel of lii•ovru iss iAtt
glad% at which be had peached Instil Outlast twelve nesswahs.
Mr Tuwtou slated the case for the proaecotiou, aaJ Mr.
CAWLEY conducted the defeat?.

Ile Primmer, Isaac Tapper, was iiklicted foe having re.
ceived ten books and a tabk-cloth, lurowiiig them to be
stokes. The articles in question were the property of 11...
M. Schroder, of Clapham Kase.
The circumstances of the case were shortly these:—t),,
the 14th of October last the house of Mrs. U. fichiorkr, a
German lady, residing at Clapham, was rubbed of cousidera-
ble property, an•ungst which were lees volume, of a Germs,,
work, Martin lAtber's Commarutary ow the Bible, and sonar
inble-linea. Owe volume of the work is question was kft
behind by the thieves. On the 4th of December the stolen
work was offered for sale by the Primmer, in company with a
woman with whom he culiaLited, to Mr. Holm., a bookseller,
is York.street, Coventgardcis. The sum sirnsamisd by the
Prisoner for the work oast If. the said be had had it is his
family for MS years, but she account which he gave of the
posiession being diebehe red, be was takes into custody, and
also the woman who wrist wills him. The hooks oirrird
sale by the Prisoner were sworn to by the sou sad daeeho r
of the Prosecntrix as her property. 'lle Primmer, stun he
was taker' into custody, gave a false sommat of himself, marl
refused at first to disclose his residence. Au effacer Si al died
the residence of the Prisoner in 'lemple-streel, and found
there • table cloth and harp cover, the properly of the pro-
seeutrix.—Tbe Jury faimil the Prisoner
The COURT, its passing sesiteuce, observed, that they
never saw • stronger instaoce of desalinised depravity thau
the ems of the Prisoner at the bar, wbu had been before the
Court so less than five times fur heinous offreces since
1818, amd it was no later them July last that he was tried
before the Court, when be was cautioned and particu-
larly admonished against contuming in his iniquitiout
course of life; but he had disregarded those adnewsitioas.
He was, however, at last within the meshes of Ike law, and
the Chairman regretted that in this case it did nut go Gather
than it did, for certainly the Prisoner bad beets fur ears our
of the alum flagrant and successful receivers ref stolen goods
in the Borough of Sort hwark. The turpitude of his course
of life was partimdas ly aggravated by his setting himself up
as the promulgator of that law which said "Thou shalt nor
steal," and " Thou Atheist do say manner of injury to thy
neighboar," and upon which they bad now his praciig.4l
COMORbellt.

The COURT sentenced the Primmer to be instal/posed in
the common pul for the terra of Toasty four Cali uslAe
allostbs, the full amiable's! allowed by Hie law.
The Prisoner begged leave, before be left them, to ;lode-
crier the Court. He bad eel, he said, " boaght" since he
was cautioned by theta its July last, bet bad sold" his busi •
loess."
A girl, appareatly cot were that 15 yeas of age, was
indicted fur stealing front the passim of Pierre Louise Tar-
im. 351. ia Daub lodes.
The Prosecutor is a Erred' egg-merchant, sad he stated
Chad use the 27th IN cesuber be was introduced to the Prisoner
at a house of ill fuse ions. ht. George...fields. He had when
he went into t►e ►ouse Book rotes its ►is poetess toe mass.
derabk assoust. The Priam'', sharing ►is slay at tbe arose,
costrived to steal frees bis mese this basdka of oars,
to the amount of 351. with which lobe mode of. The
Prosecutor said," the Primmer pat her ►ead into his pocket,
look ust the auks, matched op the cusdlestick, end rat
away like a snake." tbe was sees after appramoded,
but oak of the stoles owes wereAssaisipsa her.
As Officer corroborated tire staterneot ist the Prosecutor.
1 he Jury fouled the Psisoaer Guilty, sad tbe Court
seu-
traced her to be traaspoitcd for life.

INDIA

illy 'manta from Bombay to the end of Au-
gust, it appears that his Excellency Governtir Et..
THIN STOVE had been obliged, in order to stop the
depredations committed on British property by the
pirates in the Arabian Gulf, to dispatch a squadron
for the purpose. The following Proclamation was
issued at Bombay :
Whereas it has been deemed expedient by the Honourable
the Go in Council of Bombay, acting in puesnance
of express orders from his Excellency the Most Noble the
Governor.Geweral is Counc.l at Furl William, to detach
sad efficient squadron to the Gulf of Arabia to obtain
reparation mid atonement fur outrages committed by the
Doh of Mocha on British subjects, and for the plunder
of property belonging to the Hunounible Company at the
Factory at that place, and of individosts residing under the
protection of the British flag at the factory aforesaid; his
Excellency Rear-Admiral Sir Henry Blackwood, Bart, and
C B, his Majesty's Naval Commander Imam,
has disottcbed a squadron of his Majesty's ships to the
Gulf of Arabia for that purpose; and whereas the Ho-
nourable the Governor in Council is compelled, fur the more
effectual enforcement of those demands, to declare the port
of Mocha, and all otber ports amid places belonging to the
Imanot of 'Senna, is the Arabia Gulf, to be in a state of
blockade ; the said ports and places are hereby declared to
be in state of blockade accordingly, until farther orders.
'By order of the Honourable the Gamow in Ceracil,
F. WARDEN, Chief Secretary.
A more sessions diatorbance has arisen, which all
the exertions of the Most Noble the Governor•Ge-
nem!, and the Governor of Bombay, to settle atui-
cably, have faded to accomplish. Some time is,
he month of June last a Yoked (or AmLassadoi)
from the Sindians, a nation situated oss the holm.
ss proceeding to treat with the Government of
Bombay •on some point, and who laud • body
of armed tneo with hint; they were taken to be
marauders, so common in that part of our terri-
writs las r body of men called emirate and „lusts
lad Just plundered in the district), and i Sell ate
took place, in which the Vaketl. was wifortutiately
killed. It was entirely • mistake, as he had sent no
account of his advance. The Honourable Mr.
ELPHINSTONE lost tin time in explainingthe mutter,
sand the Sitobasis appeared to be wended ; hut with
the treachery that is their chatacteristic they in-
vaded Kutch, plundered a village, and wrote a
most impudent dispatch to the Govt seut of
Bombay. In consequence of this a force of
4,000 irons)* was asseinhled in Kutch, undo
the command of the Hoi iiiii rabic Coh3liel LINCOLN
STANHOPE. Mr. ELPHINOTONS then sent ;in agent
to meet the Vakeels of the Emirs of the Sitolossiv, in
the hope of an ',nimble terininsalion, and state.l to
them the force with which he was leaolted to pre.
vent their further hostilities; but they thought
lightly of our preparations, defied our power, anal
called in the aid of their neighbouring gibes, and
they stopped all commercial intercourse with the
British Govermnent.
The otrair now assumed a serious complexion.
The Sindiaos can muster a force of between 30 and
40,000 mess, chiefly horse, mid they thornless us
with an invasion by the Baloochies, whose country
l;es to the west of the Indus, and who are a terror
to their neighbours. Lord lILSTINaI is enost suss-
ous to preserve peace. The whole of the Brunel'
territory under his command had assumed the
most tranquil and flourishing appearauer. The
sense of security which the natives envy hod every
where giveu a spur to industry, sod colsivatioti
was making rapist strides. Mr. F.LPHA UNTO* E
cordially concurred with the Govesnor-General in
the desire of conciliating all raoks of the Hew
countries of which we bad gained possession,
and it was gr.itify log to see the l'indarees and retir-
ed soldiers emplo)ing themselves in cultivating the
fields. But it became inapoosible tamely to submit
to this wanton aggression. and accorthogly an army
of 14.000 men is forthwith to be hese/tabled, and by
tie. month of October is expected to he io Kutch.
The C mander-in-Chief is to be Sir CHARLES
COLVILLE, and the tecood in command
Major-General LIONEL SMITH, Iwo wort gallant
officers, who possess the entice confidence of the
Bombay army.

" Nothing." says the Bury Piper, " perhaps so
correctly indicates the actual state of die public
sentiment, in regard to the late unconstitutional
proceedings against the QUEEN, situ the general
Fine of conduct pursued by his Majesty's Mirristers,
as the attempts made by their supporters to bolster
p the tottering Cabinet by means of the Ad-
dresses termed Loyal, some of which it may be tie-
cessary to inform our readers are now in circulation
through this county. From every quarter we re.
ceive accounts of landlords pressing and even in-
sisting with their reluctant tenantry ; clergymen
canvassing their parishes, entering the village club.
rooms, or producing the declarations in church ;
and of many more strange means resorted to
for the purpose of obtaining siguaturrs to a
sheet of foolscap, which, it is supposed, will nib.
. widely be conveyed to a place where the whole will
be formally engrossed, and gasetted as the Ad-
dress of the County of Suffolk. Notwithstanding
these sedulous endeavours, the number of signs-
tures is generally very small, and we need give
no other instance than that in the borough of Bury
not more thin forty names have been silSzed in the
course of a week. We rejoice that this is the case ;
for it would be a waste of words to stop to
ergue e hat is well known by the movers of these
declarations, though we believe many of the sub-
scribers are not aware of the tendency of their act,
that the Ministers (or the Government, as they
term themselves) will assume the general appro.
bstion of their conduct from these documents.
Already they have shewu it : for, whilst every
one of the exclusively-loyal and opposition-de-
nouncing Addresses is inserted in the Gazette,
those containing equally loyal sentiniews, but
übjecting to the proceedings of Ministers, are
unnoticed. With regard to the Addresses gen.-
rally throughout the country, it cannot escape ob.
sensation, that very few of those supported bi the
Miuisterialists have been voted at open 'mom-
bile., whilst those condemning the treatment of
the QUEEN are universally carried in the most
public insulter, and often where ILo.e of the

former description are attempted, itt oppssitiou
to the desire of the conveners. These would rudest!

be symptoms alariniug to all goal men, were
►uch declarations the true teat ul 10)414 ; but it
caranut surely be thought that there is a *ant of
this feeling io so large a portion of the Arista-
crisey of the countly as those oho do not join in
them—men who hate every thing to lose and no-
thing to gain by a national convulsion."

LECTURSS OM 91111:11116.'.
On Thursday Mr. Philipps gave his second and
last Lecture on Singing. Public expectation had
Iseeu excited to•such a degree by the success of the
firs', that before two o'clock the large room at
Morrisson's was completely filled, and several of
the company were obliged to retire to the gallery at
the end of the room. They lest nothing, however,
by the change, as in every part the most distant
Mr. Philipps wits fully and distinctly audible. He
commenced this Lecture by a brief and explanatory
reference to the former, the object bf which was
principally to shew that the system lie contended
for was capable of general use and adoption, and
that it was founded on what was technically called
a' the scale," a given number of notes within the
compass of the learner's voice, and then succinctly
laid down the rules necessary to attain excellence in
producing a good tone and pertain/We. He then
referred to those principles as applied to the culti-
vation of the voice in tone and execution, and the
adoption of the words in their articulation and de-
livery. Mr. Philipps here *hewed great acuteness,
ingenuity, and taste, in exemplifying the propriety
of treating the syllables of Selig/e as the sounds
of an intelligent language, and how much this ex-
cellence depended upon the delivery and enuncia.
tiou. He then proceeded to define and explain the
several variations front the seek, the tarn. the
appogiotnra, which, he thought, should be taught
to the learner as a companion to the tarn. This,
we own, struck us es something new, if mot hold,
it being of all the musical graces the most difficult
to he understood ; but Mr. Philipps proved that
a singer can scarcely omit the oppogiotsra in a
single air. lit speaking of this embellishment. he
said, that it must be supposed to steal from the
note which it precedes, and be more audible than
the note to which it leads; as a further illustration
of this embellishment, healing with exquisite taste,
" Ls Caro tan Proserpina." This song was gives
with such simplicity and intelligence. that it at
once forcibly and very delightfully illustrated the
scientific commentary which immediately intro-
duced it. The next embellishment explained.and
illustrated by Mr. Philipps was the trill, or shake.
In teaching this grace, we understand it to be his
plan, that the learner should begin by a slow end
regular practice on the two ootes constituting the
shake—taking the notes forming the greater cm-
deuce in the key F. as below the middle of the
leirrier's compass, and where the voice moves with
most freedom. His illusnstion at osier of the
abuses arid liesuties of this embellishment to the
word "Amen," excited such general applause as
sheered how happily he had succeeded in making
every one whit heard him understand him. He
next proceeded to explain the run of the octave,
the deseetiditig passage, &c. and, after various il-
lostristions, he contended, that the simple diatonic
scale of notes, with the syllables of Sotfegio, and a
limited number of variations on that scale, were
amply sufficient to put the learner in full posses-
sion of all the principles essential to good singing.
Ile then proceeded, with great athlress, and no
small humour, to ridicule the selfish policy of cer-
tan, huge London theatres, where all the legiti-
mate purpo•ei of the drama had been swullowed
op in the immensity of those Babel temples, where
pleasing improvement and rational cuttivetion were
sacrificed to the monsters of prodigy and astonish-
mein I—genereting that false taste, which cannot
be satisfied unless it is surprised—horses and ele-
pbasite playing sentimental tregedy—infants enact-
ing heroes—cuserlips singieg a bravura, as inci-
dental to the piece, and other songs, if not out of
tune, certatilly in defiance of all season.% times, and
character.

Ile next proceeded to illustrate style in singing.
and this, perhaps, though not the most learned, was
the most useful part of his lecture. He insisted that
good sense, the viper:, was as essentiol to good
singing as good wilting. He treated his and tory
here with some admirable specimens from Siboiii.
In urging the necessity of omitting, altering, or
adding to the notes, for the purposes of accent and
expression, he gave some fine examples Irmo
Haydn's Creation and !loaders Messiah. Ile gave
He was a mats of sorrows and acquainted with
grief," wills great delicacy and pathos. This we
thought his best vocal effort during the Lecture.
But the Lecture had another character, which we
cannot overlook :—As a composition, it was evi-
dently the production of a refilled sod cultivated
mind, well read in various literature. His quota-
tions and anecdotes were elegant and apposite, de-
livered with the rate of • Gentleman accustomed
to books slid the world, and freely communicat-
ing what he had acquired with ease and treasured
with delight.
We do not pretend by this hasty sketch to give
more than a very credo tied harried notice of this
sery able Lecture,and those who hrurd it will admit
that it is no more. But we trust, on In half of this
cusuity. and For the sake of the proverbial musical
taste and science of Ireland, that such is man as
this may nut be easily or hastily snatched away from
ps, and that we may not hereafter have to reproach
nor own apathy, for the total loss of one of the
most accompl,slied public singers that ever appear-
ed upon a British stage. Whim claims as a private
character we know nothing more than common re-
port ; but if that be as true us it is universal', it
dues trim more honour than all the. Lectures he can
• b ive or all the new truths his musical science way
)et discover.—( Ereetaaa's Journal.)

Oa Manila, sight an anfortsnals and remarkable seat.
dent happened to a young man orshis town, named Richald
Lightfoot, sun of the lair Mr. Nathaniel Lightfoot, Sax-
dresser. Some tine ago, his elder brother, who wrs engaged
in raoryitag a sedan-chair, found in the beast market a
Mad-greuade, rhirh pi obably had dropped from a mulatto y
ammouitiou waggon passim* through the town. Ile look
it hussar with him, and it wa■ an object of curiosity with
hi. family, who formed v►ioaa econjecturre as to its oar.
The ebb r brother afterwards usually kept it harked op
ih his bedroom; hut on Monday night last, ilichaid,
the younger, a lad about Sleets years of age, unfortu-
nately found it in the drawer of a 'sable, amid pulling
it very close to a candle whilst examining it, the lose
of the shell took fire. Fie Shen. iguuratat sof She pro-
bable fatal consrqueucess, walked through She bed room
of • lodger iu Ilse banter, named Spultun, ■mid had scarcely
Passed lay his., rhea the fuse laving run its time, the
grenade exploded its be young males baud, mud shattered
►t in se. dreadful a way, that amptaittou at the wrist woo
Sound necessary. Promdrotiallyaio other peasant was hurt;
but a large piece rf the lap of a table was knocked off by
she combustibles, mad a number of whitlows acre shattered
by the expluitiou.—(•.tsunford ..giereurry)

CORK, iAlleAlke le. •
•
UNION OF TRADES—FATAL OUTRAGE.
Frequently as the folly and madness of the par.
suits in which those who constitute what is called
" The Union of Trader" in this city have been
pointed out to them. and painful as the conse-
quences of their misconduct have uniformly been,
we regret to say that the system of nightly out-
rage ►s still carried on to an alarming extent.
The details of what took place on last night, which
follow, are a strong and afflicting evidence of what
we state.

In addition to the outrage there described, a
party, we hare heard, visited a place is the neigh-
bourhood of Fair-lane, called Hammond's Fields,
en Wednesday night, attacked the house of a
tradesman, who continued in a particular employ.
silent, contrary to the mandate of the " Union,"
mid committed such acts of brutal ferocity upon
him, asked and defenceless, as rendered it neces.
sary to have him removed to the Infirmary, where he
sow lies in • very debilitated state.

The system of sending threatening letters to per-
DODO employing tradesmen continues to a frightful
extent, and as an instance of the folly and ridiculous
absurdity of their demands, we have heard that an
Order was • few days back sent to the Fever Hoe-
pital from the worthies of •' The Union," desiring
that the porters of that charity (whose duty it is
when they removes patient to the hospital to fumi-
gate and white-wash with lime the rooms of the In-
fected personsy should in future des'ist from doing
so, but employ regular tradessnea to perform the
seceasury cleansing
We are quite satisfied that some depraved beings,
not of the class of the working tradesmen, are the
promoters of these proceedings—and we trust that
• short time will bring them to tight, and thus
transfer the just veugeance of the law from the
creatures who are rendered instruments of lawless
outrage by low designing cunniug to their more de-
praved instigators.
At about half-past eight o'clock last night, a
party consisting of upwards of fifty persons, went
to the residence of a young man named Timothy
Connolly, in Peacock-lane, and on entering the
house, desired that he should be turned out to
them, or they would drag him into the street ; ■
number of them then proceeded to the floor where
he lodged, and demanded if lie was there—he was
in a bed-room inside th4t in which they were, lying
on the bed, and on hearing the inquiry merle and
the candles ordered to be extinguished, he seized
hold of a pole so which he had a few days before
Ailed a bayonet that he had borrowed, under the im-
pression that he wus obnoxious to the " Union of
Trades," and in consequence of inaim•taou give►►
to.lsim that he was so he visited with their venge-
ance; the party, notwithstanding the cries and tears
of Connolly's mother. an aged woman, then pro-
ceeded to the bed-room door, which they tried to
force open; hr was in darkness, but knowing their
intent, be held the bayonet against the deer, on
which two or three rushed forward into the room,
when one of them came in contact with the
bayonet, which entered his body, between the Sth
and 6th ribs, he cried out immediately that l►e
was dead, and fell psi the floor. Connolly was
then overpowered by numbers, who threw him
ore the bed and struck at him with the utmost
ferocity.. They then dragged hint to the outer room,
and when forcing him down to the stairs, one rail-
lien said that they would take care he should not
again work against their rules; he seized hold of birs
mother, who besought in the most piteous manlier
that they would spare the life of her only soil, and
lake her's if they chose—deaf to her entreaties, they
were both forced dorm to the street, where some of
the party appeared mined, one of them Ws parti-
cular had a sword which he held in his hand ; he
ass struck at in the street, ■nd received a severe
blow 011 the head from a stick, which brought him
to the ground, and inflicted a frightful wound.
In the scut& which then ensued, he made his
escape from the assailants, and tan nearly naked
towards a lane, where more of the party Met him,
who also struck at him, and pursued him till lie fell
into* stream', where, disen‘eging himself from his
paritaloons, which hindered his running well, lie
effectually escaped from what appeared inevitable
death, and got into a house in Mallow-lane, where
be was concealed and sheltered from all further
harm. •

The SherifS, accompanied by some of the peace
officers awl a military guard, hastened, on the in-
telligence of the transacts )))) to the spot, where,
niter much search, they discovered the body of the
man who had been killed, hid in a back house, and
weltering in blood ; all of the offenders had fled.
The body was conveyed to the Brides/ell', where it
was recognised as Philip Blake, a sawyer, who had
been fur some time at wink at Ballsocollig, and
who was entirely unknown to Connolly or his fa-
mily. Commßy, and his mother, an extremely 4k-
rent woman, likewise came to the Bridewell, where
they at present •remitin during_ an inquest wind' is
to be held immediately before Henry Hardy. Esq.
one of the City Coronets, and a respectable Jury.
The only cause which existed fur outrage against
Connolly appears to be, that lie had not qualified
himself us a baker, to work in the trade, notwail
standing which he supported by his industry his
aged mother, who we learn was dragged by the
head, and severely beaten by the party last night.
Forir o'clock.—Siiscc the above was put into type,
an bluest Wolb held in the Bridewell on the body
of Blake, when liner a must patient isms-
ligation in the examistattuu of wit sses•es, a verdict
was returned by the Jury of—Justifiable Homicide.

About oae o'clock on Monday morning a Gentle-
man was attacked by lour ruffians near the Cicos.
Quite unsuspicious, walking with his hands in bim
bree •hes pocket% and accompanied by • dog, he iss
the same moment 'hat lie received • blow on the
under part of his chin, sufficient to throw back his
head, had a v.liialde watch, gold chain, seal., and
key stole,,. Not afraid of the fearful odds he in.
sourly pursued the ruffianly, and with the assistance
of ilea faithful SawAo, captured one of the robbers,
who is anleinem, au old offender, of tee most
derper.te (lamb. In his struggles to get away, per-
viously to the arrival of the police, he lacerated
very severely, with his teeth, one of the gentle,.
man's tlnintbs.—(Glessgow Paper./

CORN 44 WS.

Letter from Lord Nugent to Mr. Bike►, of
Athitork, Bucks, in answer to a formal application
from the Buckingham Agricultural Amociatioc, to
support their Petition for the establishment of what
are called protecting duties on foreign corn:—
" On the very important and pressing subject of the
agricultural distresses, I formed a• opissioa some years
ago, at the time when the present Curs Laws were die-
crowd, which subsequent everts have only leaded to
eoniron. That opinion, len sorry to find, is at variance
with that of a very numerous and highly respectable body
of persons who last year petitioned, and are again preparing
to petition Parliament fur relief. 1 will, however, cam-
didly state to yo■ some of my prioeipal reasons fur de-
cidedly epistolist any proposition that may tend to sane-
time the principle of importation delies on corn. I agree with
you to the full extent alb, description you give, at the outset
of your letter, of the distocissiug difficulties under which the
agricsli wrists of this kingdom are now !showing ; but I differ
from you when you state that those difficulties arise out of
' the melancholy depreciated slate of their product ions." The
petitioners appear to me to contemplate the causes of their
distress at the wrong end. Farmers are suffering, not he-
cause their productions are too cheap, but because the
warm of producing them are too dear. The more cheaply the
food amen du be supplied sorely the better, if it is raised at
• rate which will afford • fair profit to him who raises it.
This leads at once to shat I consider the real causes of airi-
er/rural distress, which must be abated before any suberon-
ti•l relief eau be hoped for-1 mean ewer taxation, and the
raisers pressure of our system of Poor's Laws. That
the depression now so otoversally felt by agriculturists
(sae which must, if it enutiuur, terminate at so very •
distant period in general bankruptcy) cannot receive ,1
even teniporary mitigation from duties on foreign corn, or
(Mill • prohibition ON importation, Brewers to me to require
Do clearer proof thau this—that, fur now considerably more
than a year, Do curie loam been imported, except oats, and
yet that the prier of wheat and other craws itss bc.ll fall-
ing, and the distress of the farmer increasing, during the
whole of that period. Would theu the price of our home
produce fur the last year have hero increased by enacting a
forced price upon • foreign article which was Wier brought
into our market, tor by a prohibition on the importation
of goods that never were shipped for our ports! But,
eve■ supposing that, by artificial t•rens of this sort,
the price of curs could be increased, the whole difference
betwe. se that isserriried price and the present price would
indeed be paid by the consumer, but it is, fallacy to sup-
pose that it would be enjoyed as so much clear gain by
the farmer. The immediate rise which must necessarily
ensue in the price of labour, and the mornediate income
in the harden of the poor's rates, are two out of the many
obvious instaseesin which the espouses of patsies( core ou•Id
be augmented is propoWso to its market price. Besides
all tine, I cannot but see the manifest injoratice of such a
• is its operation on the commercial sad all other
claimer of society, as well as the manifest isnpulicy and dun.
ger of opposing to each other, the interests of the different
classes at • time when, unhappily, so many oilier caves are
at work to promote separation, jealousies, and dissentious,
its our country. Public distress has been but too generally
found to have weakened the bond which adult d nodosity
to each other the rich sod the pour, nor cuss I but view
with regret and alarm its baneful influence eattud to the
producing of distrust and discord between. the Iwo great
Drum's of the empire, commerce and laud. la the mien
while, I ate ahrays jealous of what are called protecting
dirties fur the benefit of either the apieedtore or m•nnfae-
lures. Fur this reason—that au exiravagnat Ouveroniesol
had always rather silence complaint by grautiug steels
duties, than by so economising the public eaperediture„as
to ruabk the English farmer or manufacturer to compete
to advantage with the foreigner is free trade. It is (rely to.
such mesas as will gradually enable the native grower to
enter the market with the foreigner, that I CAN look for re-
lief to agriculture; and 1 cannot but feel auximes to oppose
a delusion with which it appears to me that Government is
well curiteut to amuse the agriculturist, in order to divert
his attentime from the real causes of ►is distress, namely,
public profusion, and a want of sullenest energy in Adam-
'imitation to meet fairly the mommeteurs grassier of the
Pour's Laws.— For these reasons, 1 cutout concur in this °pl-
uton expressed in the last clause of your Petition—that
agriculture, commerce, and manufactures, would be bene-
fited by protecting and prohibiting duties.''

Mr. Baker, Chairman to the Backlogham Agricultural
Association, has replied al some leneth to the letter ad-
dressed to him by Lord Nugent. No novelty of argu-
ment indeed has beret elicited on Ibis occasion, nor
was it to be rap-med. au lunch as this subject had been
already disco...sad, both within and without duors. Mr.
Baker seems to follow the steps of Mr. Webb Hall in
every point. He agrees with Lord Nugent, that ■ revi-
siou of the Poor Laws is necessary, but taken care I•
assert, what the disciples of the fashioaable school of
Malthus are hardy enough to deuy, the Necessity of oath
laws. On the subject of the taxes, Mr. B. is at issue
with his Lordship, refusing his assent to the proposition,
that ■ay adequate reduction can be made consistently
with an ability of discharging the national debt. He
tkfetids Matiaistralioa, Irons the very serious charges
made against them by Lord Nugent. To. the argument
of Lord Nugent, grounded on the fact, that no foreign
corn, oats excepted, had arrived within the last twelve
months Mr. R. forcibly retort., that our granaries are ne-
senior-less overloaded, and should prices arise to ever au
mall a degree of reniurseratiou to the British grower, they
would he iustantly again depressed by the immense quasiti-
ti.s, both under lurk in this country, and those on the other
side, always its readiness for the occasion, with which our
markets would be deluged. Mr. B. hinny insists: that t►e
right to legislative ppotectiou is perfectly equal betimes the
asautifacturer and the Looser.