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London, England, 1839-01-18 00:00:00

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Tips Majesty the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA,
-1. His .Majesty the EMPEROR of RUSSIA,
His 'Majesty the KING of PRUSSIA,
haying K UTHORISED and GUARANTEED several Distribu-
tions of II Toney, which (though they are NO LOTTERIES, and
do NOT E &POSE the Shareholders to Blanks) offer possibilities
of obtaininf:i.

'LARGE FORTUNES,
HEINE BROTHERS at HAMBURGH, and
HEINE BROTHERS at LUBECK,
have' ceased to consract for Lotteries, but are NOW SELLING
SHARES for any of the said DISTRIBUTIONS of MONEY,
at -various yrices. The Distributions contain various portions from
V. to 20.0001. and upwards. Orders for less than 10/. cannot be
attended to. Persons desirous to purchase may receive PRE-
VIOUS to giving any orders, the Prospectus and particulars, upon
addressing, WITHOUT DELAY, a line to

HEINE BROTHERS a`, HAMBURGH.

TH'E FREEHOLDERS OF THE COUNTY OF MID-
DLESEX.

GYOITLEMEN,
IBF,G leave most respectfully to solicit the appoint-
ment to the office of CORONER for this County, vacant by
the death of Mr. F.,tirling.
My professioilf-Al avocations have been such as, I trust, have full
qualifierl me fir the important duties of the office. y
She.uld I be so fortunate as to obtain your suffrages, I pledge
Inysqf that no exertions shall be wantin to execute the office
with diligence and fidelity. g

hive the honour to be, Gentlemen,
Your obedient humble servant,
WILLIAM BURCHILL.

Red Lion-square, Jan. 18, 1836.
Some of my friends have determined to meet at the Freemasons'
'Tavern, on Monday next, at Twelve o'Clock precisely, and I ear-
nestly request that any Gentleman who may be disposed to support
me will do me the favour to join them on that occasion.

CANADIAN PRISONERS.
ULL and exclusive PARTICULARS of the
SUFFERINGS of the CANADIAN PRISONERS;
with Personal Narratives of the Cruelties and Frauds practised
lon them by the Colonial Authorities, and Extracts from a Let-
ter by one of the Prisoners to his Relations, will appear in the
WEEKLY TRUE SUN" OF NEXT SUNDAY.
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LONDON
FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 18, 1839

We have been watching day after day, for some
time, to learn what part the Times would take on the
Corn-law question. We have pitied our Conternpo-
wary to see him, while the country was agitated from
Dundee to Plyinoutb, condemned to perverse silence.
At length be could bear it no longer, and to-day he
comes forth with an article worthy of his old reputa-
ti°ll) and of the good cause he espouses. Circum-
stances have imperatively forced on the country the
agitation of the Corn-laws. The total silence of the
Times, as if it were a subject of as much indifference as
the daily flowing of the tide, has not been able
to stifle it ; and our Contemporary, from not watching
the times with his usual sagacity, is now obliged, in-
stead of taking the lead, to come in with the tail.
The Ministers have done the same. They have not
moved on the subject till they could not help it, and
the Times, while it blames them, is compelled to fol-
low their example. We recommend our; Contempo-
rary's article to public attention, both because it puts
some parts of the case very clearly, and because it in-
dicat‘es very clearly which way the wind blows.
Perhaps the meeting at Liverpool, of which an ac-
count appears elsewhere, and a quQtation of Mr.
TIToRNELY, had some effect in bringing our Contem-
porary forth to-day. It will be memorable, if it were
(:0, for more things than making the Times find its
I"ice on the Corn-laws. At the close of the pro-
Tecdings an amendment was proposed and carried,
:a°ing out words which were supposed to con-
vey some regard for the landed interest. The
Peolile of Liverpool, therefore, are not to be cajoled
into any expression of sympathy for the race of their
°PPressors. There is no doubt but the landlords
"ill take care of themselves, and it is the exclusive
business of the Corn-law Abolitionists to demand the
repeal of all laws impeding the supply of food.
-At the same time, we have never concealed
from ourselves 'nor the public that the ques-
tion is full of difficulties. Go on with the laws
tile
th country cannot ; abolished they must be ; but
m consequences which people fear from the
abolition may known by the resolutions
°f the Barton- meeting, which we insert. To land-
i:6B whose property is mortgaged--to farmers who
Fade on borrowed capital—no doubt the abolition will.
.labhe first instance, be injurious, and means will pro-
3be taken to diminish such effects. The Corre-
spondent who sends us these resolutions. implies
that the agriculturists will not be averse from having
ritie question fully discussed at the bar of the House of
t'°lntrions. Let them grant that, and all the difficul-
cies may be got over. No person in his senses
444 wish to injure the men who feed the community,
4:1'1 who always must, whatever foreign supplies we
-41 Y obtain, be the chief source of our subsistence.
All,that the manufacturers pray for is freedom to ex-
no trade to the utmost, which must in the end
enrich the agriculturists. If even an adjustment
of contracts should be forced on the country by
the abolition of the Corn-laws, they are so thoroughly
repugnant
_ to humanity and religion, to honesty and
national prosperity, that they must now be totally
abolished. That is the only mode of settling the
question- The agriculturists should take that view,
and propose at once those regulations which, under
such circumstances, would be just to themselves.
We are glad to see that the Common Council of
"don is to have a meeting. A requisition to that
efl'ect has been presented, but the day is not yet
finally appointed. No doubt, it will be a numerous
eeting, and resolutions favourable to the repeal will
°carried. There has been an excellent meeting also
at Dundee, at which the following 'declaration was
made by a Mr. BAXTER 7.
Whilst we say to the landowner of Great Britain, remove
restrictionthe
on the importation of corn, are we ready to admit
IC Cambric and lace of Belgium and France, and the dowlas
and. duck of Germany and Russia, to come into our markets
duty free ? My resolution says yes. It has been prepared by a
committee of men who have invested large capitals in the linen
; and I rejoice that they show thus decidedly that they
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o advantage at the expense of the community. They re-
endiate the idea of protective duties on their manufactures
Whilst they demand a free trade in turn.
The manufacturers, therefore, are for fair play, and
against that the cunning of the deceiver cannot avail.
The Scotsman also announces that the propriety of
calling a public meeting in Edinburgh is under dis-
cussion ; and we, in conclusion, most heartily congra-
tulate our readers on the fact, that at length all classes
of the community are alive to the vast importance of
this question.

n another part of The Sun will he found the
avrrtiele from the Manchester Guardian, concerning
POULETT THOMSON, to which we yesterday al
tided- We rejoice to perceive that he is sensible his
conduct requires defence, but we should not be honest
!I we were to compliment him on his success. We
nave felt, and we have expressed our feeling, that it
Was
as his duty, as President of the Board of Trade, to
landowners,
made the Parliament, and the public, including the
sensible of the effects of the Corn-laws;
forb not having done this, what excuse does he offer ?
:le expresses regret that the Manchester manufacturers
did not, till the public mind was excited by a bad
tarvest, and a high price of provisions, bring forward
hose facts and arguments, which are equally applica-
ble in times of comparative plenty, and of low prices of
corn in England." But till the public mind was ex-
ited by the prospect of starvation, the Man-
, iester manufacturers had no reason for moving.
would have been wasting their ammunition to
re off their guns when there was no mark to
ii
it• It was not their duty to guard the public
such C:nii-laws with a
tenPle on the verge of starvation. It was and is,
"lever, the duty of the Government so to guard the