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LONDON :
SATURDAY EVENING. SEPTEMBER 22, 1838

The flippant friends of the Right Hon. the
.President of the Board of Trade have not found it
convenient to furnish us with a list of the multifarious
services rendered by that Right Hon.. Gentleman to
the country since he became a member of the Govern-
ment ;—and for the questioning of the importance of
Which, we have had the slight misfortune to incur their
hostility. They would fain bully us into the belief
that a Minister who may be said to have slumbered at
his desk for the greater portion of the last six years—
who barely contrived to save his credit with' his cre-
tirdous Constituents by a fair attendance in Parlia-
ment, and-a courteous regard, through the-instrumen-
tality of his official subordinates, to local complaints
connected with his immediate office in the Ministry, is
_a prodigy of industry. But as we stated before, what
had mere induStryto do with the great question at issue
between the Liberal party and Mr. Pote-L ETT THOMP-
SON ? We care not how busy he may have been ; we
want to know what good he has done—what ~pledges
tirade by him to his constituents and the country has
be performed ? No " Jack-in-office" was ever more
industrinus than old GEORGE HOSE ; but, unfortu-
nately, his industry was directed to the perfection of
schemes for -emptying the packets of the nation.
There are Ministers, even now, whose activity, if less
pernicious to the country than the official labours of I
ofd ReesE, is by no means no harmless as their official
stue-..ners. Do the Reformers of Manchester tl rine
othetwise as regards their Right lion, representative? '
We ruler them to Ills activity in 1833—he was then
in office—in voting against Mr. TENNYSON'S motion
for the rr.i,eat of the Septennial Act—in voting in
18:37 against Mr. DuNcom BE'S motion for abolishing
tne rate- paying clauses in the Reform Bill—aed in wast-
ing' the time of Parliament with Trade Bile, whose chief
merit was, and is, that they have been found'inoperate.
It bas been objected to Its that Mr. POULETT THOM-
SON is not more to blame than the bulk of his official
colleaztics, and that the Ministry is equally guilty as
regards the rkappointment of public expCetations.
Tills is nut the fact. At no neriod were the honest
Reformers disposed to flare as much confidence in the
of Lords GREY, 'MELBOURNE,
liberal professions
and RUSSELL, as ::lien they saw them un'te with
themselvesire Office such professed patriots and'pOpuler
it. JOHN CAM HOEHOI:sE and el,.
detnagogucs S-- • • ,r t-
POULETT THOMSON• epponitme- eer. 'rot:LETT
•
THOMSON tO the Boaid of Trad,,, Lords G it EY and
MEL.BoUItNE :;freled the country'. ear.
views and
re-'
cognizable pledge—of the lilP2r3litY ther ' •
inktitions ; and in that light was the appointment
ba;led with joyous acclamations
feolu cne ex_
Mr..
tr.-ini:y of the kineelem tO the o. •
Por,LETT Tii:).mosoN tof)k. his pllee a • t the
Couneil-boar,!, a 4 the representative --of the po
pular principle the active, living proof of the
sincerity of the political profession; adranzed by his
ari*teciatical cc:Henn:es. -It was known to every per•
son that he was indebted for his first appearance. fir
Parliament to the friendship of Mr: HUME, whose
disciple and co-believer in politics he was then proud

s
to profess himself. It wa511114612-pi k.ole3J'.ol testing
his •poPtilsi;rity that 'o.l.liii:Ved'hitri'stiffflo be put in
nomiiiationlor thesrepr.os'e.nia'irCiii'..of;NXsuwtiester, and,
s
an his • benig -returned.; transfeiteil • hia services from
•
Dover to the nriwlysenfranchisild burn-ugsh. Nor did
Mr. P. THOMSON leave his, -new constituents to infer
his principles from 1:15 past public .conduct and the
partial
represents_ons of his friends. In the Man-
chester
T. ones of December, 1832—the 'only Man-
eester Journal that then cordially supported hith, as
it has always done .the interests of the peoplewe find
the report of a speech delivered by him at a public
meeting of his constituents held in the Theatre of that
town, from which we take leave to quote an extract,
for the purpose of refreshing the memory of the Right
Hon. Gentleman's friends :
I am told already, that while you have conferred upon me
the distinguished honour of being your reareientatise, white
selecting me upon public grounds alone, unknown and unsoli
citing, you have done so on principles which are incompatible
with those of the Government with which I have the lit-Mont
to be connected, and which would place me in direct Opposi-
tion of its members. Such. - language I well knew has been
used within he precinct; of this great town. The answer I
would give to those who dare thess to calumniate the adminis-
tration to which 1 belong, is one that not only I would give.
but which has received confirmation from one fir higher than I
could ever ',tope to be in ,the councils of my sovereign, and one
standi:,g also still higher in the esteem of his countrymen.—
(Cheers. ) The answer thus confirmed is this, that no Govern-
ment from which the confidence of the people of such commu
nities as Manchester, according to the principles on which its
representation has been conferred on me, is estranged, can
hope to stand in this country, or, I will add, ought to stand.-
(Tremendous cheers.) Gentlemen, now look to the grin
ciples upon which I have been returned by you. I appear to
speak them before you for the first time, though the 'nave
been represented to you by my friends, ar.'
were capable, as they are not, of :.,,calkirg aught but truth,
where would be the man tno-st; friends
:".'ists has a right to complain, should
hebe' deceived, :..cen they have only referred you to that
which man may read as it stands recorded ? They have
ren,:s•scated nothing to you which it was not in your power to
ascertain. Every act of my public life stands in the history
of latter years ; every vote of mire is before the public, and
every speech of mine may be found, read, and weighed ; and
if, Gentlemen, you have chosen me fbr aught save my past con-
duct, permit me to say, that you were not justified in so doing.
We pause here in our extract, that we may express
our entire concurrence in two points included in what
we have already quoted of it. We refer to the decla-
ration that no Government in this country ought to
stand whose Members lose the confidence of such con-
stituencies as Manchester ; and to the still more em-
phatic declaration that if the Reformers of Manches-
. ter chose Mr. P. THOMSON for alight but his past
conduCt, they were fools for their pains. Subsequent
events have proved that the President of the 13oard
of Trade had even then -determined to draw largely
upon his past services—that he had in some sort made
up his mind to trade upon the • credit which he had -
obtained with the country. as a staunch Radical Re-
former. We resume the extract :
But what, Gentletnen, are those principles—principles that
I have ever advocated—principles upon which alone you could
give me your support, and on which alone I could consent to
receive it—nothing save the advocacy of the only end of good
government, the happiness of the many.—(Cheers.) To
obtain a temperate, but searching Reform of our institutions--
to remove from the face of the Church Establishment of this
country those specks and deformities which disfigure its ap-
pearance and injure its condition—to revive and extend our
national industry—to alleviate the burdens pressing upon the
people—to make•the shackles fall from the limbs of the slave—
( Applause)—to give that principle to representation which it
should have, and which I trust it has, but if not it ought to
have, namely, the liberty for every man to give his vote con- -
„i„tiously.—(Loud cheers, and Shouts of " the Ballot."
These, Gentlemen, are the principles that I have ever &Also-
! cated, humbly, but zealously--these are the principles upon
which I believe the Reform Bill to have been founded, and for
Which I also believe it to be the end and the means.—( Cheers. )
I believe that by the Bill, as it now stands, we may obtain all
these good ends ; but if there are any defects or deformities in
that great measure, let them be examined—let them be looked
into—let them be amended.--( Long continued cheering.)
• Here, in all conscience, are pledges enough
pledges more numerous and explicit than are usually
offered by the most Liberal Ministers of the Crown.
But how- were they fulfilled? In a shot t year after, Mr.
POULETT THOMSON voted against the Repeal of the
Septennial Act ; thus as far as in him•lay stultifying,
the whole end and aim of the Reform Bill. He sub-
: sequently contrived to shirk the Ballot ; voted against
the Repeal of the Rate-paying Clauses; and never
once thought it worth his while to address a
word to his constituents in explanation of his
continuing to belong to a Ministry, whose or-
gan in the House of Commons had -turned round
upon the Liberals, by declaring the Reform Bill itself
a final measure. In these instances we cannot allow
Mr. POULETT THOMSON'S Minigterial conduct—a
Radical by natural position and by choice, a man
socially devoid of aristocratical sympathies----to-escape
public animadversion on the same terms as Lords
HOWICK, MORPETH, and JOHN RUSSELL. He
belonged to the people—he boasted of belonging to
them. He referred to his own acts and professions as
grounds of public confidence, and not to the deeds
and hereditary policy of his family or •ancestorS.- His
business habits, and intelligence as a merchant, were
supposed, in conjunction with his Free Trade prin-
ciples, to render him better qualified for presiding at
the Board of Trade than any other Liberal
Member of the House of Commons. His previous
opinions as to the abuses in the management of that
Board. were Well known ; and consequently a complete
Reform, if not a total abolition of an establishment
at present worse than useless, was confidently ex-
pected by the Liberal party. But scarcely had the
IRight Hon. Gentleman become familiar with the
routine of business at a Cabinet Council, before he
was seized with that distemper so common within the
precincts of Downing-street—an incurable attack of
official lassitude. Ali at once the abuses which he
had for years been railing against assumed the ap-
pearances of mere specks upon the surface of a lumi-
nous hods. Removed into a new political atmosphere,
he forgot the professions by which he had won
the confidence and support of the horny-handed
Radicals of Manchester. But if the Right Hon.
Gentleman's memory has failed him, that of his con-
stituents is not less tenacious now than it was in 1832 ;
and after the experience they have had, it is not like!:
that they will ever arain trouble bins to represent them
in the House of Commons. His rejection will teach
an useful lesson to those Whigs, who, through him,
have pr.)fessed to he convinced that no Ministry
onOtt to stand if deprived of the confidence of such I
constituencies as Manchester. Had Mr. PouLETT
'I
no never given a bad vote, we should not the
less insist upon his reje.ition at the next election. A-
Radical Minister acts dishonestly and treacherously
who does not keep steadily and cautiously in advance
of the national progressive movement.—We have not
yet done with Mr. FOC:LETT THONISON.

The Report of the Railway Commissioners for Le-
land contains facts which well merit the attention of
the Govern-ment, and we have no doubt Mr. SPRING
ICE, in his retreat at Limerick, devotes much of his
titn2 to the important topics in which it abounds,
preparatory to some Government plan for employing
the surplus labour of that country.. With little assist-
ance from the Legislature, and comparatively few
great works fur internal improvement, undertaken by
compan,ics or private individuals, as in England, Ire-
land has made wonderful advances to power and wealth
within the last twenty years. The capabilities of the
country, her vaq population, and her proximity to
u!antl, must ever render her an object of great inte-
, rest to the people of this island, and our Statesmen
and 'Lei,ishture will be I,vthout excuse if they do not,
by encouraging her public works, and redressing her
riet~anccs, that nation, whom Lord LYN!).
ri i,tT describeds make
as 'r aliens,'.' our best friend and
most powerful ally.
The present position of parties
itr:nee,Li.ke
is almost an insurmountable
obstacle to the advance..
ment of her political and municipal
privileges, but it

more becomes the party—the majority of the House of 1
Commons—who have the command of the public I

money, to use that as a counter-bah::
to trost evil,
and lay out a n o'' , , ,t in creating employment by
ene.strOction of railroads and canals. Were the
country intersected, like England, by these means of
transport, the improvement of the waste lands would
follow as a matter of course, the revenue would be in-
creased, we should get cheap corn in spite of the Corn-
laWs, and, taking the profits on canals and roads in
England and France as a test of security, the Govern-
ment, independently of these important considerations.
would receive an ample interest for the capital ex-
pended. Some few of these undertakings have been
losing concerns, but from returns Which we have seen,
the average profits on the %% hole far exceed the usual
interest obtained for money. Were a grant of money
proposed for such a purpose, say a million a-year for
five. years, berc can be little doubt that it would he
acceded to. The representatives of the people would
find- this a much cheaper way of getting rid of a sur-
plus population than by emigration, or transportation,
or poor laws. The Commissioners point out two lines
for railways—one to the South, and the other to the
North, from Dublin, traversing the. best parts of the
country ; and the estimated expense, including the ex-.
pense for constructing several branch roads, does not
amount to more than two-thirds of the outlay for the
London and Birmingham line. That to the South, with
branches to Kilkenny and Limerick, making the whole
length of railroad in that line, 227 miles, they esti-
mate, might be completed for less than two millions
and-a-half, and the expense of the Northern line, as
far as Armagh, where it would communicate with the
.Belfast and Armagh railroad, would at the same calcu-
lation not exceed two millions. At the lowest calcu-
tion there would be a return of from 31 to 4 per cent.
interest on the outlay ; for such a small sum what
incalculable advantages would to a certainty accrue to
-Ireland ! Were there two great lines completed, private
companies would establish branch roads in various di-
rections ; a frugal, active, and athletic race, at present
only half employed, would find what they above all
things desire—work ; and the resources of the country,
and the Government revenue, would be increased to an
incalculable extent. There is perhaps no country in
the world where there is a surplus population so fitted
for such an undertaking. The population of Ireland.
is now eight millions, having increased fourfold during
the last hundred years, and the wages of labour are on
an average not more than 9d. per day. With such a
people and such a country what might not be effected
by an intelligent and active Government ? The Whigs
may rest satisfied that Sir ROBERT PEEL, in the
event of his returning to office, has some plan for go-
verning Ireland without having recourse to fire and
sword as in the old barbarous times ; and as want of
food is the food of agitation, and such an undertaking
would would be grateful to tb'e Irish nation, may not this be
one of his devices for reconciling them to a party who
had so long ruled that country with a rod of iron ? •

We have received Madrid Papers of the 13th inst
iu which the only news consists of rumours of another
change in the Cabinet... The provinces were• in a de-
plorable condition. It does not appear that the Go-
vernment had received any intimation of EspAn7
TERO'S flight across the Ebro.

The Paris Journals of Thursday are more than
usually barren of political news. The return of the
Minister of the Interior to the capital whence he had
been temporarily absent on a!plea, of ill-health, is an
event hardly worthy of notice. From the tenor of
certain articles in the liberal Journals, it, would- appear
that the bulk of the French people are much dissatis-
fied with the narrowness of the elective franchise, and
that they are disposed to take active measures for its
extension.

The little news from Spain—and that of question-
able veracity—there is in these Papers, will be found
among the annexed brief extracts from them :

According to our letters from the frontiers of Spain, which
are of the 15th, General Marota, after having convinced him.
self of the retreat of. Espartero, repaired to Burjura to the
King, and received his Majesty's orders. lle then set out for
Durango, where his staff and eight or ten battalions were to;
arrive about the same time as himself: The heavy artillery
which was at Equilta, has also been sent to Durango. It is-
commanded by General Montenegro. The object of these
movements is not yet decided. „ , .
According to the letters from Madrid*, of the 12th, every
thing there is in the greatest eonfusion. The new Ministers,
though scarcely installed, wish to retire. It seems, too, that
the representations made -by the Muncipal Council taotheaers to
be on, the dangers of the-present state of things, appears
be viewed With'displeasure, and that the recital and the repe-
tition of ihese too well-founded complaints, is dreaded. To
fs complete the embarrassment of the Government, the treasury
empty, and its distress in this respect seems never to have
been so complete as at this moment.—La Gazette de. France..
There is a report of the resignation of Marshal Valle,
itGovernor-Generalisaaid ot
o be in
f the French
consequencepossessionso
f thedisgust
in the north of
Africa.
he feels at certain information which he has lately received.
which
he
Several Journals have spoken of the serious illness of Cardinal
Fesch, butts letter trona 'that Prelate, of the 30th August,
annouueesshat he is almost recovered.
It is said that the three regiments which have been four
years in Africa will shortly return to France.—Le
BERLIN, SEPT. 10.—It is only_at the. Russian Courts that
Prussia has a military 'Anibeisidor, who transmits to oar War
Department an accurate report of all that passes in the Prui-
sian army. 'This post is at present filled by Colonel Von
Bunch, who rendered great services in. the eonclusionof the
treaty of peace between Russia iiidl3ersia, so that the Sehah
of Persia has now conferred on that meritorious officer the
insignia of the Order of the Sun and the Lion in -diamonds.
Except a few Russian offiet•rs, Colonel Von. Bunch is perhaps
the only European officer who enjoys this honour.—Frankfort
Paper, Sept. 17. „ • • •
The banns of marriage between the Marquis Delingle and
Madlle. Ernestine. de Bourmonts• daughter of the Count de
Bourmont (Marshal of France under Charles X.), 'have been
published at the msyory of the 10th arrondissement.
ThC Messager states that M.• Gisquet has-commence:l legal
proe-edings against that paper, the responsible editor of which
appeared yesterday before the examining magistrate. The
Messayer defies him; pledging itself to substantiate all the
charges. M. Parqiiinis to be the advocate of' M. Gisqtiet in
this
,cause, and he Will be opposed'-by Messrs. belanglc,
llenneqWn, eel Capin.
White Gei3eral Santa Cruz is augmenting the Peritvian
gefloeuntn.
rtsaweisibttoa,,Fsolirlua Fteoh purchased in the Ura
an
da remarkablynited Sta tfiens
a, Chili
frg has
frigate
t eos rf
e-
course
be launched from the yard of Messrs. Cou-
.
rean and Armand at Bordeaux, for the Government of.that
State..
The Reigning Prince of Hohenzollern Heehingen, who
was born the 22d July, 1776, died at ilecbingen on the 12th
instant of an attack of apoplexy. 116 is succeeded by his
son Frederick r who was born the 16th- of Feb e
1801, ald who, on account of the infirm state of his father'sarY
'
heelih, has held the cuts of government fur several his
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THE MARKETS.-(TIIIS DAY.

COVENT-6ARIA.N MARKET.

Supplies good of all descriptions, but not yet any great
imp7ovenient in trade. Prices as fellow Celery per
bundle 7d. to Is. ; Onicns per sieve 2s. to 2s. 6d. ; Carrots
4i. to 6i. ; Turnips per bunch 31. to 31. ; NnV Potato, s
per lb. 2d. to 3d. ; Apples ss. to is. per bushel ; Cherries
per lb. Is. 6d. to 2s. ; Cucumbers per brace 6d ; Cabbages
per dozen 9d. ti Is. ; Spinach per sieve Is. 61. to 2s. ; Peas
per sieve ss. ; French Beans per ditto
lIUNGERFORD MARKET.

Supplies of most kinds were to a fair extent and a mode-
rate business was done. Many families are still out of town.
Fish—Turbot, 4s. and ss. to 15s. and 16s. ; Soles, 9d. to
2s. 61 per pair ; Lobsters, 10d. to 34. each ; Salmcn, 101 to
Is. 2d. per ib. Meat—ln fair supply and trade good; Beef,
7d. to 8.1. ; Mutton, 7,0. to ; Veal, Bd. to 91 ; Pork,
71.1. to 8j I. per lb. '1 he Vegetable M.rket was well sup.
pli,ql and prices moderate, much as Covent Garden retail
price'.
NEWGATE AND LEADENEIALL.

Meat in good supply, and the demand in proportion.
Prices as before. Beef, 2s. 6d. to Bd. ; Mutton, 25. Bd.
to 3s. Bd. ; Veal, 3s. to 4s. Bv. ; Lamb, 45..6d. to ss. 6.1. ;
Pork, 3s. 6d. to 4s. Bd. ; Irish, 3s. to 2s. 6(1. Game and
Poultry in good. supply, and demand brisk. Prices are
higher. Not per couple or per pair, but for each, the fol-
lowing are :the prices :-Hares, 3s. 6d. to 4s. ; Leverets, 2s.
to 3s. ; Grouse, 2s. to 4s. ; Black Game, 33. to 4,-;. ; Tur-
keys, 4s. to 7s. ; Rabbit:, a to Is. 3d ; Fowls, 3.5. to
41. 6d. ; Ducks, Is. 91 to 2s. 61. ; Geese, ss. 6d. to 7s. 6d.
Eggs unaltered, 55,t0_65. 9d. per 120.