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London, England, 1825-06-07 00:00:00

THE LONDON' JOURNALS.

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the i'apers; Junc 7,1825.
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Diorornio. POST.]
l.a the ttouse •Ot LOrds last night, the Earl of
. -14akniibury'-r'enewed his opposition to the gill
fee aliving the importation of Canadian Corn.
The Earl of I.iierPool again pointed out in the
strongest terms the' inipUrtance and necessity of
'3t iting `a liberal system towards our Colonu s,l
aft ft timid wheat.- we were recognizing-the inde.
pin'ilitice of those of- Powers—an- inde.
40111t1 never hare .beem sought
-for, if 'those Pnvvers• 'had attecl as we. are now
(Ming. - of "the lauded interest how-
eier was to strong, that his Lordship thought it,
prodent --to-make some concessions. lie firstof-
feted to- reduce the duration of the Bill? which
ViAti'llnlithited; to three years. As thii. did riot
—'Silefice-opOosition, he came down to two ;. and
arlait'obtairted that the hostile nit:Ric:M should be I
-4;thdrawn; by consenting that the Bill should
'. lifbut one year anti till the end- of the then
next Session."—ln the Commons the grant of
' Let'year tu the Duke of Cumberland, for
tee education of his son, was again opposed. Mr.
Brougham first moved that the House should go
acoriimittee on the Bill that day six months;
bit his motion was rejected by a majority of 30,
tt:e numbers- being 143- to t 13. - He then pro-
.4.ed to rednci the grant to 3,0001. and to limit
its duration to the minority of the young Prince.
This produced a good deal of discussiori, and
evert brought Mr. Canning into the field in sup-
port of the original grant. Tho next division
-4as -therefore stronger than the first, and the
Bill was carried through the Committee by a
majority of 38, the numbers being on this last
-oCcasion 15'2. to 114.

[NEW TIM Es.]
On Friday last the College Lands' Mortgage
Rill-was withdrawn tis. a Public Bill, with the in-
terttion 'of presenting it as a private one. We look
upon this legislative measure, whether it be
called a public or private Bill, as of great im-
portance to the general interests of academical
education. •CoMplaints'have long been made of
the imperfect accommodation afforded at the
University of Oxford, in particular, to students.
Many more young men are constantly applying
for admission than can possibly be received, con-
sistently with the rule, common, we believe, to
all the Colleges (if not also to the Halls) not to
suffer undergraduates to lodge out. Whether this
rule itself might not be modified we shall not
enquire. Perhaps it might be sufficient to
apply it only to Students under two years
standing ; but, at all events, it would he
,lighly desirable that the Colleges in general
should be enlarged. Probably some legal
impediments have hitherto stood in the way
of such enlargement ; but these, we -trust, will
be wholly removed by the legislative measures
in agitation, for enabling the College more easi-
lyto avail themselves of their funds, for the
purpose of building. The evil, as things now
stand, is very considerable. Parents are obliged
to apply, perhaps three years beftire hand, to pro.
core. admission for their sons ; and the natural
consequence is, that the wealthier and inure in-
fluential persons obtain education for their chil-
dren, when thoSe to whom it is really more essen-
Cil are deprived of that advantage. A second
consequence is, to render the University a place
of greater expence, inasmuch as young men of
fortune are usually little disposed to cultivate
habits of economy. And a third consequence will
probably result in future (if, as it has not already
done so) fro:n this state of things, namely,
that the discipline of the-University %rill, be re-
Inked.- We look upon this subject as matter of
deep national interest. We wish the advantages
of our English Universities, great and striking
as those advantages are, to be extended as widely
as possible within the sphere in which they can
be serviceable. If not, our young countrymen
will naturally he driven'to -other sources of itiL
struction, perhaps even to foreign Universities ;
and the evil .consequences of such a tircuthsUroce
it is.:notditEzu I( CO 'anticipate,

one of the Commission, which, with great simpli-
city,. force, and clearness, ftiliovss' out a suit in
•Chaotery from the earliest to'the final stage, de-'
,tects a long list of practical' incumbrances on the
proceedings, and suggests the remedies which
'occur to him. ' The author would sweep away
at once the Six. Clerks, with the 1A- 60 'Clerks in
Court," forming -altogether a band of 66 Officers„
who seem to existlor" no earthly purpose but to
icripede the proceedings at every step, to load each
cause.vith a multitude of extra expences, and'tp
swell. tke
~patronage of the presiding Judges.
Why Should .ndt the equity solicitOrS be suffered
to manage the business of their 'clients, without
the intervention of this brittle Of public, officers,
in the same manner as 'the' attornies at common
law are enabled to keep an 'uninterrupted. conflict
with the Coast" itself ?• Why;iigain, should a de-
fendant be compelled to pay exorbitantly for a
copy of the bill filed- against him, instead of re-
ceiving it,-as a matter of right, from the 'plaintiff:?.
Why should stick cruel delay's be interposed-be-
tween the several stages of the suit in Chaneery ?.
Why should the Masters be permitted to idle all
their time but three or four hours'in each day-?'
We are happy to learn; from good authority,:that
several of the witnesses have spokeh"out.

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The language- of large- Landholders on the
subject of the proposition to admit Corn from
Canada', on payment of a certain duty, betrays
an intense selfishness; for which we were pre-
pared, but at the same time an arrogant defiance
of public opinion for which we were not equally
prepared, All the exertions of all the Re-
formers, and ails the' Radicals of the country, for
years, would be comparatively inoperative on the
country, compared with the almost constant
spectacle of a Ministry eager to promote the
prosperity of all classes of the community ;
but bearded and' beat down by a proud and
overbearing Aristocracy. The merchants, manu-
facturers, and'artizans, made a sacrifice of their
prejudices, and the result has justified the
most sanguine anticipations of Ministers. The
Corn Laws, by far the most important of all
the restrictions, which heavily tax the industry
of the country for the sake of the landholders,
into whose pockets it puts far less than it takes
from those of the people, ought to have been first
repealed. They were reserved for the end ; and
at length Ministers were obliged to give way.—
A colony possessing abundance of land, fertile
in grain, languishes for want of an outlet for its
productions; and Ministers go down on their
knees as it were to be the Landholders, to ob-
tain their consent to a measure which would
have the effect of cementing the union between
the Colony and the parent State. Here even they
have been obliged to yield to their opponents.—
Lord King remarked on this state of things cut-
tingly enough, " There was more good seed sown
he believed, in the Treasury, but there
were rank Irish weeds, and rank Scotch weeds
and some rank English weeds, which he was
afraid would smother the good seed. He did not
see many landed gentlemen among the disciples
to the modern Treasury doctrines.—They sa-
luted the Consul opposite (the Earl of Liver-
pool) with an open front, but they obey only
the Dictator there, the Caesar on the Wool-
sack. Ile did not think it was right for the
whole community to he t►►xed to keep up high
prices arid high rents, and if he were the
First Lord of the Treasury, and perceived the
landed Gentlemen refractory, Lie would turn
in the ' cows among them." -Lord, Liverpool
followed up this taunt by a most submissive
appeal to their selfishness—" If the growers of
corn (he said) were to act upon the most selfish
"view to their own interest, they would find their
advantage in pursuing the most liberal syStem
towards America generally, and towards their
own Colonies in particular. So far from exposing
them to any danger, it would prove their security
against the only danger that could he supposed
to exist. The danger of the Agriculturists, if
any, was to be found in the state of the European
markets, and even in that view of the subject, a
liberal policy towards America and the Colonies,
was the most likely to be advisable to ourselves."
All tf►is, wever, was poured into unwilling
ears.