The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-23 00:00:00

THE MURDER AT DEPTFORD.

Yesterday Richard Eastace and Mary Ann Hazzard, who.
stalil charged with the wilful murder of Wm. Rickwoith alias
I-buzzard, husband of the female prisoner, were brought before
Mr. Grove for further examination. The prisoners were much
alt ed in their appearance. The female prisoner nearly faint-
ed ,everal times during the case, and was obliged to s.t down.
Eu-taco also appeared to feel the awful situation in which he
was I:laced.
E izabeth Middleton, upon being sworn, repeated the evi-
den..e she had given before the Coroner, and in addition, stated
that upon getting to Erith, on Monday, they all went to a
public-house. Eustate would not go in, because he said
ha did not wish to quarrel with deceased. The female pri-
scrux wished to stop at Erith, but the deceased would •not
al:‘, abused her very much. She did not return it, but only
wished him to be quiet. The deceased was very jealous of
Eu.tace. After the female prisoner was struck by deceased
an i fell out of the boat he did not attempt to save her. The
deceased was very tipsy, a id pretended not to know what he
vva• doing. Eu.tace struck him in the face about 10 minutes
alter the female was gnt out of the river. This witness was
uu er examination one hour and a half.

Air. Atkins, surgeon, was re-called, and said that in the
s:ame in which the deceased was from continual drunkenteis, a
Innen lighter blow than appearances indicated he had received
wm m,ld be sufficient to cause death. The blows which had.
pro. ed so serious were not of a recent date. _

Mr. GROVE said that was a most important fact.
Two witnesses, named Watts and 'l'aylor, spoke of the re-
pea.!ed acts of violence and threats used towards the deceased
by the prisoners.
. This being all the evidence,
Mr. GROVE said (after going through it very minutely) he
coit'd see no part of it that could in the least prove the serious
ch. rge of wilful murder with which the prisoners stood charged.
'the evidence of the medical gentleman proved that the deceased
had died from violence, but that the prisoners had committed it
tle re was no proof. It hid been stated by several witnesses%
that the blow in the eye had been given by the prisoner Eus-
tn. e, but it was not proved that that blow had caused death.
There was not the least ground for detaining the prisoners sn-
ot: or instant on the charge of murder; and he was surprised
to which he did by te newspaper before him, that the
G r,iner's Jury hed returned that verdict. He should acquit
tt e prisoners, but they would be taken at once to the Old.
B. ley to be tried for murder, under the Coroner's warrant ;
cent he bhould direct that a detainer should be lodged against
them, that if they should be acquitted on that charge, they
mi:,t be brought before him on the charge of manslaughter.
aylor, the beadle of St. Paul's. Deptford, informed Mr.
G ore that he held the warrant of the Coroner to take the
pris•mers to Newgate.
Ali% GROVE replied that he considered them in the hands of
th,

The Prisoners will not be tried until next Session.

The Gazelle d' Auvergne, a Clermont journal.
of the ldth instant, states that the arrests which commenced
ott Tuesday last continued, and amounted to about forty. On
Ti,t,rsday several prisoners were sent off to Riom, under the
escort of three gendarmes, and accompanied by an examining
tee ! istt ate. Three carriages, filled with persons arrested for
the affair at Chauriat. arrived at Clermont on the 18th. Four
to tiers and two journe)men tailors had died of their wound,
in r?te hospital. This journal adds that some muskets had been
fired during the last few nights by the soldiers at the Ho•el des
upon persons who had not probably replied with sufficient
lr•nnptitude to the cy of Qui rice A deaf and dumb woman
w,. wounded in the aim by one of the balls so tired. The
'I ibunal of Commerce of Clermont, on the
.15th, recorded
ttar in cen,equence of the events of which that town was the
tie. atre, between the 9th and the 15th, it had not been pes-
sibie to prot•st unpaid commercial bills in due time, or to
at: e due no:ice to the indorsers of bibs protested previously
to the 9.h.

FUNNY ADDRESS ON AN EPISTLE TO
" lANNY."—A letter, suspected to be an amatory effusion
pa.“ed through the Bolton post-office lately, and was torwarded
to its destination, bearing a-curious direction, of which the fol
lowing is a verbatim copy :
" To Nanny, at Holm,
Barn. in Rumworth.
oposeate Dean Church.
in the middle house not
To her aunt of the Same
Name, at the Est End.
but to her in the middle.
house. at holm. Barn."
-- Bolton Fre.e Press.

'sne th part
edeownoliwvieth
fo.fAtihaerscenitlmletsry,
troepbreesv,e,enigths the olive-
trees in that part of the country to be weighed d
fruit, and to promise a gathering at least equal to any within
treeilnaltid' o
the memory of man, and thus to compensate for the losses of
the country by the inundations from which it suffered so
severely at an earlier pint of the year.
The Memorial of Pau states that a supposed
at+einpt at elopement in that town, not many nights since, has
caused much sensation there. An English lady had refused
the band of one of her daughters, aged 16, to an English gen-
thietate who had afterwards written to her to say that he was
de,i rmined to become the husband of her daughter, notsvith-
sts tiding her opposition. In the night in question, the lady,
being unable to sleep from the heat, rose, and hearing a noise
sae r her daughter's apartment, looked through the persiennes
and saw a per on, who had sealed the walls of a terrace upon
which the window opened, trying to effect an entrance. This
lady, this journal says, seized a poignard-knife and stabbed
at 1 tie individual, who immediately fled and got into the street.
Tit,' cries of the lady woke her household, and soon after all
th • neighbours were collected; the wheels of a carriage, going
off at full speed, were heard at the same time, and the plot
wa • prevented. The Memorial says that the English gentle-
man alluded to has been questioned by tl e Procureur du Iloi,
a, the presumed author of the attempt, and has been made to
giv: his parole that he will remain at Pau, to answer any com-
plaint brought against him.
Mr. Wakley held an inquest on Tuesday, o.n
Mr. William Green, a bricklayer, who committed suicide by
I,,,,ting a ladder down a well, and sitting in the water tifilthnee
na3 dead. Ott a Juror's observing upon the strangeness sot, ide, Mr. Wakley remarked that there were many
modes of suicide. He had lately held an inquest en
_.lsj,
wt o, standing up, placed her head in a bucket of
water
c"uut her
was drowned; and another on a lady who attemptedet. 0
6s,•at, but not liking the first incision, she resolved t hang,
paireu to
herself ; that, however, not suiting her taste,
liwwet gravelly
Bushy Park, and throwing herself on her face onaan
eves playing
wa•k was suffocated. At another case a gentleman
in perfect
at cards, when he rose front the table, F!
alt slightest symptoms
pied humour, and without having shown
cut ms lomat.
thensarf , . L
stranger
ao .3d
of 1 revious insanity, and, going into the
uicides pervaded all ranks of society,
of them were quite
the increase, but the causes for most
it.e:tplicalsie. • railroad, the
St. Germaln.
cellar, were greatly (it
A passenger by the
under a bridge
the waggons, when, as the train:, passingstretched out his head,
bet weep Asnieres and Nanterre,
day before yestertlay, was seated
recommendations published by the
contrary to the express recom
with the vault, was in-
Cionpany, and, coaling in contacton the rails, and the shock was
knocked off. He fell
st:ohtly
remainedsem, ~,
1 from two till six in the
so severe that he back to Paris, where he was bled,
Ol
atisleirrie nal outside one of
c% ening. II.; was carrieavi.
. g his life. Pessengers cannot be
their heads or aims outside the
too cautious in not .
in motion.
vehicles while
's HONESTY —A circumstance of
A BEGGAR
zed there are hopes r,.fx
too'.: place in Liverpool on Saturday evening
rare occurrence:l:ls,,
we think, deser yes a place on record. A
wrs k, and one t
rather deerepid, in the garb of a sailor was
sidle-aged m"' fthe •.' 1 t ' •when •I '
m in one c principal s tee s, a gir about
so! icit ing alms Posing
tliiitceo years
n•
, of age, the daughter of Mr. Lawless, residing in
athe supposed to be a penny, and passed on, having been
se .t to collect
s
hare-street, nas induced, from his apparent want, to give him
"I ' a debt. When she had proceeded a short dis-
tanee, the beggar again accosted her, with " My dear, didn't
n make a mistake? You gave me a crown piece." The as-
ia."• h 1 gill replied, " Yes, I intended to give you a penny."
IS et
ii,. gate her back the five shillings; and received from the
th :Awl child all the copper she had, which was fourpence, for
elteli he also appeared gratified.
Turschv night, about 11 o'clock, a respectably-
(lr,,,..sed elderly gentleman, about sixty years of age, called
the private-box entrance of Drury-lane 'theatre, and begged
ytoensittedreo(wi-tnht,droaorfeawndmtiankuetensa,
has k and suddenly expired.
hi :et head Icea da is
leo: ce rdl
asesalti,ebfeeflotr'el hry e
ifleill
On the 15th of March a melancholy accident
occurred at New Zealand, in the death by drowning of Francis
A t haton, Esq., anti Davin Malcolm Kemp, Esq., the tatter
A,,istant-Surveyor on the Government establishment at New
Ze land. 'I hey had proceeded with a young friend, Mr. Rn-
bin .•on, in a small yacht, to an island about five miles from the
u a/n land, and had nearly reached the shore on their return,
w}: en a squall caught the vessel, which filled with water and
went down. Mr. Kemp, being unable to swim, sunk imme-
c • .rely; Mr. Atherton endeavoured to save himself by swim-
, ~g but being encumbered with a great coat, soon shared
ths same fate; Mr. hobinson succeeded in reaching a small
rock? and Was saved.--Liverpool Courier.

EVENING SUN

-- - _ - --7- - -
EDINBURGH REVIEW, No. CXLIX. I from these and similar circumstances - that the
I:I ADVERTISEMENTS intended for publication in 1 foundation for improvement proposed to be
No. CXLIX. in the EDINBURGH REVIEW, are re- 1
I laid by Sir ROBERT PEEL, with a view gradually
ivestrd to be forwarded to the Publishers on or before WED-
NESDAY, September 29; and BILLS, on or before SATUkt- I to ameliorate the state of society, mainly con-
DAY, October 2 sist in an increase of priests and churches.
39, Paternoster-row. The Whig scheme of education will give into
.__

A NEW WORK BY WILLIAM HOWITT.
On Wednesday, Oct. 8, will be published, in Bvo. with Seven
Steel Etchings and numerius Wood Engravings, 213. cloth,
rfiTAF, STUDENT-LIFE of GERMANY.
By WILLIAM HOWITT from the Unpubli,hed
MSS. of Dr. Cornell :13. With Forty Student-Songs, adapted
to the Pianoforte by Winkelmeyer.
: Longman, Brown, and Co.

Just ready, in 3 Tols. post°Bvo., with numerous Illustrations
by George Cruikshank, Leech,. and Crowquill,
TANLEY THORN.
;!`_-) By the Author of " Wentine Vox."
Richard Bentley, New I3nriington-street.

the hands of the Tories the ends of a great net,
in which they may catch the whole public mind.
Sir R. PEEL means, we believe, to drill society,
if he be allowed, into Toryism. By the help of
schools and priests he will model the national
mind according to the aristocratic scheme of
what is good for mr.nkind. We shall watch the
Tory proceedings, but our present impression is
that the design and intention of Sir R. PEEL is to
try and fashion society into a form agreeable to
the Tories, and keep it in that form. Hunger
he probably thinks may tame JOHN Bum. as
well as a lion, and, by means of the hunger to
which the Legislature dooms the people, he
hopes to subdue all refractory spirits and csta-.
Nish in the land lir evermore the unquestioned
dominion of the Tories and the clergy.

/r-lIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of
:
AUSTRIA,
His MAJESTY the EMPEROR of RUSSIA,
His 31AJESTY the KING of PRUSSIA,
having AUTHORISED and GU, I'.ANTEED several DIS-
TRII373TIONS of I'kIONEY 1..3..', IDEND.:,, vrittell (though
they are. NO LOTTERIES) ecr 'zany possibilities of: obtain-
in LARGE FORTUNES,
itEINE BROTHERS, at HANIBURGII and at
LIIRF.CK,
Are now SELLING ORIGINAL BONDS for the said CIS-
TIIIBU nois S.
Per,erts desirous to purchase for the Next Distributions
Intl, re7eive, PREVIOUS to giving any orders, the PRO-
SiSECT US and ?A R.T i (11l A as, i!pon addressing a line to
HEINE BROTHERS.
The NEXT A USTRLAN DISTRIBUTION contains DI-
VIDENDS of
..42:i.000 £6OO
5,000 400
1.500 209
1,000 1:',0
Fam 120
And the NEXT PRUSSIAN DISTRIBL7TION contains
DIVIDENDS of
Ll° £l5 ' 1:44. £299 £1,770
Ii 18 72 640 9,660
13 22 145 •740 Sterlng.
HEINE Ilß.O't tf Ens isavin,_7 r,,,,itseei durirg a shurt time
115,0a0/., 18.0001., 0;;PO/, 5,f, '.:.. :'.,. ,/.. ii c. e(c. &c., to
Lonil"il ; 3.6001., FOOL, enct 7i,..' ,e.. .• .11-.7.!,,t, gl ; :;_6(XO/. to
-o,;b ir; ; 3,fi:tut. ,0 Best rOt; 3,t.i, '. ' • -••i'. N ( 6:k:4111'0;
I ,D). i to Poc7leaver. Earbuor ; !i, ' -; ... :'i..l 0061. to it.
verpool ; t:.301. to l'-ewcetie-u,:' - 1 I.!, ; 000!. to Hull ;
PCV. and fioo/. to 7,!a.,10,..0,:ter ; 70..1. to Illat. Retford (Not-
tioghamsbir,) ; 6001. to Bideford ; 600 i. to Cock ; 6001. to
Ilirti.dfor,l; they shell feel i;.l3d to remit many Dividends of
the next. Distribution to Eti,:laiiii, Ireland, and Scotland.
Direct for Prospectus and I',7rtiLn:ars, i:ithout delay, either
to IltiilNE lilliiillb,itS, Et HAAII-Ititiiiii,
or to FLEINC.. BROTHERS, at LUBEC;K.
Cr Lubeck, Sept. 6, I.s4l.—lleire Brothers remit again
this Lily several large Money Dividends to Great Britain.

£llO
100
90

£7O
60
51)

VQ Sterling.

1-IEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN.
U the 31ANAGE.v1ENT MADAME VESTRIS.

THIS EVENING, SEPT. 2.3,
Will be pelforeced the New Comedy, LONDON A SSUR-
ANCE.-4tsir Hareourt Courtly, Mr. W. Farren ; Max Hark-
away, Mr. Bartley; Mr. Charles Courtly, Mr. Walter Lacy ;
Mr. Dazzle, Mr. b. MAthews ; Adolphus Spanker, Mr.
Oxberry ; Mark Meddle, Mr. Earley ; Grace Harkaway,
Ptlaaame Vestris ; Lady Gay Spanker, Mrs. Nisbett ; Mrs.
Vert, Mrs. Ilurnbv.
Tn eonclu,le with Auber's Opera of FRA DIA VOLO.—
The Nl,tr(plis San Carlo (Fra Diavolo), Mr. W. Harrison ;
Lord iti;cash, Mr. G. Horncaste ; Lorenzo, Mr. Clement
White; Lady Allcash, Miss Grant; Zetiiva, Mies Rainforth.
Doers to a evened ct bait-Last six—the performances to
ommence at Seven. Dress Boles, 7s. ; Secend Price, is. 6d.;
FirA and Secom: Circ es, 55. ; Sect.n I Price, :Is. r;d. ; Pit, 33.;
Second Price. `2t.; and pltce3 fur the
130ze3 to be taken of Mr. Gro7.n at the flox-ol.ce, from Ten
14.nr, ~ti ere 523.5 0n Tiaket3 may be had ,tpon application.
or'rivate PoY es to be bad so',,ly Andress, books.eli,er,
1 ,7 New ?4,rld-,lrcet.
To-rrorrow, She Would and She Would Not, with Beauty
and the Flea t.

It is not very easy to say anything new on the
Corn-laws, yet Mr. TnORNELY, in his excellent,
speech on Monday evening, did state two nev,
arguments against the sliding scale. First, lie

showed tilat it virtually abrogated our commer-
cial treaty with America. With that republic

we have a treaty which pledges us to place them
611 the same footing as the most favoured nation.
Of course, therefore, our corn market should be
open to the merchants of New York, on the
same terms as those of Hamburg-h. But tln:
effect of the sliding scale, and the mode of work-
ing the average, is to exclude the -United- Stales
from our corn market, and place it in the hands
of the Russians and the Prussians. While we
may be inundated with wheat from Rostock
or Slett.M. or St. Petersburgh, not a grain
can come in from New York. it is
impracticable to enter cargoes from such
a distance, though ordered in anticipation of a
rise in prices, with the chance of their arrivin;:
here when the duty on wheat may be '23s. the
Hence the sliding or jumping scale is
an injustice to the United States, and abrogates
our commercial treaty with that country.
Secondly, Mr. THORNELY remarked that the
sliding scale, contrary to all the principles of
political science, impose's the heaviest duty on
the lowest priced article. By the last week's
returns the average weekly price of a quarter of
wheat is 71s. 2c1., and the duty is is., while the
average weekly price of a quarter of oats is
235. 6d., and the duty is 245. Thus the lowest
priced commodity is subjected to the highest
duty, and the highest priced the lowest. The
same remark may be extended to wheat itself.
The duty diminishes as the price rises, while on
mast commodities the duty is proportionable to
their value. All ad valorem duties are levied on
this principle. The Corn-laws, therefore, equally
violate the principles of political science and of
political honesty. Mr. TRORNELY put these and
several other points very neatly and forcibly,

iiOYAL SURREY THEATRE. 1
'UNDER TAE MANAGEMENT OF MR. DAVIDGE
AND Mil. WILLIS TONES.
Production of the Novel Military Old English Equestrian Spec-
tacle, the Waterloo of the 1 bth Century, with extraordinary
effects, and rowel id; auxiliary aid. Pony Races in the Circle.
THIS EVENING. SEPT. 'A
Will be acted the long-promised Equestrian Spectacle, called
THE BATTLE OF BLENHEIM ; OR, fHE HORSE.
OF THE DISINHERITED; introducing Mr. Ducrow'smag-
rnficent Stud of Forty Horses, tightly-trained Palfreys, Fairy
Peneys, Equestrian Troop, and Companies of both Theatres;
embracing all the Mi4itary Exploits of the Great Duke of
Marlborough, Grand Reviews, Battles, and Glorious Victories.
After which, NEW SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, in the
Largest Arena in the World, in which Madame Ducrow, Sig-
nor Hillier, the Great American Rider, the British Horseman,
Signor Felix Carlo, and the First Artistos in Europe will appear.
To conclude with, A 'DAY AFTER THE FAIR.

ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE.
177. MER THE DIREC,TION OF 3iR. OSBALDISTON.
Re-appearance of Miss Vincent, after her severe indisposition,
in the character of " Susan Flop!ey," which she has already

quarter

. _
performed sixty successive nights.
THIS EVENING, SEPT. '23
The highly interesting and pathetic Domestic Drama, called
SUSAN HOPI.tIY • OR THE TRIALS AND VICISSI-
TIMES OF A SERVANT GIRL. William Dean, Mr. E.
F. 'Saville ; Susan Hopley, Miss Vincent, the acknowledged
Heroine of Domestic Drama.
ANT. which, RAFFAELLE THE REPROBATE ; OR.
THE SECRET MISSION, AND THE sIGNET RING.
Raftaelle' Mr. E. F. Saville ; Count des Monte, Mr. Dale ;
Gablin, Mr. Howard ; Pauline. Mrs. Lee.
To conclude with, in Three Acts, THE LIFE and DEATH
of JAMES DAWSON ; or, the REBEL of 1745.—James
Dawson, Mr. E. F. Saville ; Lambourne, Mr. Dale ; Charles
Edward, Mr. Seaman ; Sim, Mr. Gardner ; Kate Morton,
Mrs. Lee ; Sarah, Mrs. Howard.
Boxes, 25.—Pit, Is.— tys.llery, 6d. Half-price to the Boxes
only, at Half-past Eight.
llee morrow, Susan Hopley, Raffaelle, and James Dawson.
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AND THE
PARLIAMENTARY SUN,
ARE NOW RE-PUBLISHED,

PRICE SIXPENCE EACH.
Sun Office, Aug. 30, 1841.

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sail en a voyage of discovery. Our Correspondent should
present himself to some ship-owner, but we believe he would
have to be bound apprentice.

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1841.

which makes us regret that a gentleman who
speaks so much to the purpose does not speak

o ftener.

Sir ROBERT PEEL has told us, " that all the
Le,jslature could hope to do is to lay the foun-
dation for improvements which would make a
gradual .melioration in the state of society.''
The Morning Post is the Journal most fa-
voured with Sir ROBERT PEEL'S confidence. It
speaks his sentiments, tells beforehand what he
is going to do, and is the organ of his opinions.
Whatet'er falls from it, therefore, concerning
c: the foundation for improvements which may
riirke a gradual amelioration in society" is
Worthy of public attention.

Iv, some time past the Post has been a dilicrent
a ovate of the Church of England, and it yester-
dv
day tiIVACCIL with approbation in one of its leaders
a work. by a Mr. PALMER, in which he says
coo additional clergy are at this moment requi-
,.ite EntOand and Wales. Mr. PALMER points
flout the means for obtaining this additional num-
.bcr. With tir,lt, however, we have at present no
I,ils;pecc,. -we have more to do with our Con-

J‘dulporary's runlarKs :
1," We really believe," says our Contemporary, " that
t is to say, under the blessing of
-tp-reo
viiimdeen
chea,s come—that 3of the public mind has arisen—
Theo very great advances may
sorta of Church superinten-
v be made towards giving
Ito the people of England .h
Kience which hitherto they have not had, and of which
they stand so greatly- in need. The age is one of pre-
eminent activity—why should. nut be active in the at-
tainment of the greatest of ad possible objects ? The
i
work to be done is, indeed, vast n extent, and formidable
in magnitude ; but there is rut wanting that earnest
spirit which is willing to embark in great designs for the
honour of God and the good of maul:i rldt
the
system to
" The, thing required, he adds, is to set
work with a determined purpose to provide an adequate
number of clergy for the spiritual care and directiono f
of
the people. And it is perfectly clear that if
.the .
!are to be wed. provided with spiritual guard:anis
men whose duty it will be to raie the thoughts an,
guard the rnora:s of those Committed to charge—
to rood raters in the time of sueees3 and their
eore:hrter3 in et,: hou: of misr.rtune—to be trustworthy
and sound phiosopiturs, and honest earnesr
fritil,L;3 Lhe Th• ' - who are
_Fed antra,,

the 1.).'07119 ar;

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said—

'tttiy fl e 3-ry t
C;~t'g~' !: ~u:tl trke

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ti

t forth,

Lod. the tall
PEEL's ollcn-repe:ted dee'lavation, tiLlt the State
is bound to provide rclizious instruction, of
course in ti-22 principle 3 of the Church of Eng-
land, fel- all the people. They accord with all
the fAriving- of the priest party ihr church ex-
tension, and form part of the magnificent
scheme advocated by Dr.
...lALlSERS—esta-
i),!:lng increaF•cd army of priests in every
art of the land as a moral police, which he
has told us would lie of far more use to the peo-
le than the repeal of the Corti-laws. We infer

.2,OELP,

Lord STANLEY " spoke for an hour and
twenty-two minutes," says the Manchester
Guardian, at his nomination on Tuesday last.
His speech was little more, however, than a re-
petition of his speech at the general election.
He professes, in addition, a great admiration of
Sir R. PEEL, whose arguments, as well as whose
manners, he seems to have adopted. He is like
the Baronet, a stout defender of the present
Corn-law, in which he acknowledges no imper-
fection; and, like the Baronet, he ascribes the
distress of the manufacturers to their petit acti-
vity and wonclerous skill, contrary to the philo-
sophy of TURGOT, SMITH, and SAY. His Lord-
ship concludes that the vast capability of produc-
tion in this great commercial country will
for ever cause periodical fluctuations -- a
most hopeless and cheerless doctrine, which
implies that the more we advance in knowledge,
skill, and power, the more we shall be exposed to
such disasters as now overwhelm us. Fortunately
for mankind, Lord STANLEY'S reasoning is no
more conclusive, and no better founded, than that
of Sir ROBERT PEEL ; and, great masters as they
both are of words, they never will convince the
public that production leads to distress, that the
use of machinery curtails wealth, and that com-
merce, of which the principle is to spread all the
productions of mankind equally over all, leads to
fluctuations.

Lord STANLEY met, in Mr. JouN BROOKES, from
Manchester, with a stubborn questioner, who ex-
torted from the Noble Lord an admission that the
Corn-laws increased rent; but the Noble Lord en-
deavoured most painfully to shuffle out of the con-
clusion that the increase of rent was at the expense
of the people. His Lordship had so much of Mr.
BROOKES that he appealed to the Sheriff whe-
ther there should not "be some limit to the
questions." His Lordship managed, by the aid
of his friends, to silence Mr. BROOKES, if he
could not answer him. His Lordship was elected
without further trouble or opposition.

At his late election for Dorchester, Sir JAMES
GRAHAM gave an account of the changes in
opinion which have taken place in some of our
leading statesmen on the su Oject of the Corn-laws,
which is, we think, remarkable as an index to the
general change which is in progress, and which
will, by and by, reach even those who are now
the most urgent sticklers for those enactments
which starve the people. Sir JAMES GRAHAM

" If my opinions have undergone a modification—and
I admit that they have, in consequence of my increased
experience and the altered condition of the country—l
have changed in very excellent company. I changed my
opinion on the Corn-laws with Mr. Huskisson, who
brought forward a measure in 1815 which prohibited
the introduction of foreign corn if the price should be
less than 80s., and when he supported in 1827 a sliding
scale, I advocated thd same views, and I can say that
nothing which has occurred since has induced me to
change my
opinion. There was Sir 11. Parnell, another
free-trader, the very pink of free - trade philosophers.
That gentleman advanced a step further than Mr. Bus-
kisson, and proposed that no foreign corn should be ad-
mitted until it had reached the price of 955. per quarter.
Then, again, have Lord J. Russell and Lord Melbourne
been quite consistent in their opinions on the subject of
the Corn-laws? What did Lord Melbourne say in the
House of Lords when the proposal to alter the Corn-laws
was mooted in that House? He declared that it would
be an evidence of absolute madness in any one to make
such a proposition. On the same subject Lord Melbourne
again said that the agitation of so great and important a
question would shake society to its very foundation,
would array one great interest against another, and that
he looked forward to the consequences with considerable
alarm. These opinions were, however, expressed before
the Budget was brought forward. Lord J. Russell, also, in
an address to the electors of Huntingdonshire, expressed
very strong and unequivocal opinions in favour of the
present Corn-laws, and against any alteration."
Here, then, is a list of five leading statesmen
—Sir 3 AIqE.S GRAHAM, Mr. HUSKISSON, Sir H.
PARNELL, Lord MELBOURNE, and Lord JOHN
RUSSELL—who have, within a few years, be-
come converts from absolute prohibition to pro-
tective duties, or to no duties at all. There are
few or no persons of eminence who have gone
the other way. Lord ASHBURTON being, we be-
lieve, the solitary exception ; and his change was
so clearly dictated by mercenary motives that,
from having been an authority, the man has be-
come pitiably despised.
Lord MELBOURNE and Lord JOHN RUSSELL,
from having been out-and-out Pro-Corn-law
men, have become converts, at least to a low fixed
duty, if they are not ready to embrace the prin-
ciple of a totally free trade in food. Sir HENRY
PARNELL, who is a studious, reflective man, ,c the
very pink of free trade philosophers," as Sir

• -
•••:rrS Sari, 10 now a total repealiT,
whereas, in 1811, he was for a prohibitory duty
up to 9,55. But Mr. HUSKISSON7S change, who
spoken of by the Tories
is yet most improperly
as favourable to the Corn-laws, and was so de-
scribed by Lord SINDON on Friday night last, is
still more remarkable. In 1814, when he wrote
his celebrated letter to his constituents at Chi-
chester, he was for a prohibitory duty to a cer-
tam point, and Lien rut admitting corn on pad'-
ment of a high duty by a graduated scale. - In
1324-28 he was for a graduated scale, much
lower than he contemplated in 1314, without any