The Sun.
London, England, 1841-05-31 00:00:00

There has been a good deal of skirmishing- in the
House of Lords on the Corn-laws. Lord
Lord Radnor, and Lord Clarendon have successfully
combated the misrepresentctions and fallacies of the
monopolists ; and on Tuesday Lord Lansdowne made a
very able speech, in which he clearly showed the mis-
carriage of the sliding scale, and also very happily illus-
trated the consequences of attempting to make Vile coun-
try independent of foreign supplies of corn br the pa-
rallel absurdity of France in endea‘ouring to make
herself independent of foreign supplies of oxen.
As to the sliding scale, Lord Lansdowne remarked :
, " A fixed duty had been called a delusion, but thero
never was a greater delusion than that of supposing, that
the sliding scale gave a steady protection to the agricul-
ture of the country. He was aware—and he only stated
what he knew could be proved—that parties in different
parts of the country had agreed to cram the market with
• a particular kind of corn, on three or four market days
preceding the striking of the averages ; and this was
done for the purpose of controlling vitt: obstructing the
act of the Legislature. The consequ?.nce was, that the
averages suddenly rose to a price at which foreign corn
could come in at a very low duty, and then one or two
millions of quarters of corn were suddenly thrown in.
The existing law was the lever with which these
parties effected this operation, by which, at a sacrifice of
30,0001. or 40,000/., they made 300,0001. or 400,0,0/.
at the expense of the revenue. What was the conse-
quence ? This corn did not come in the regular course
of trade, which would enable merchants, millers, and far-
mers to calculate upon it ; bat it was suddenly thrown in,
and consequently there was a necessity for its being paid
for in money ; and then, in addition to the evil to the
fanner, if there was any evil to the; farmer,• the whole
community was disturbed by a derangement of the cur-
rency, the export of the precious menpis, and the disorder
of the paper currency of the country. The introduction
of foreign corn, which in the regular course of trade
would have been perfectly innoxious, produced all these
evils, because it was sudden and unexpected. This had
occurred in the autumn of 1839, and it was repeated in
the autumn of 1840."

The doctrine of protection, to the degree of producing
independence of fJteign supplies, was thus happily exem-
plified by Lord Lansdowne in an apt parallel, coming with
peculiarly good effect in retort—
" A l'stOblo Lord opposite thought to make out a tri-
umphant case of the superiority of the condition of the
people of this country over that of tho people of France,
among other nations, by quoting from I‘l. Curtin Ori-
'(htittt, nsthttetwat how pan the French o::eu were in (:oni-
parion with the English oxen, the one, as he said, nut
being half so big 11,: tin' other ; but had it never occurred
to the Noble I.,wrd that these rery lean oxen were ihr crra-
tures qt. protection ?—(Hear, hear.) That these rety lean
oxen w:..re precisely the result of the protection which the
French islat ere had thought proper to extend to French
graziers, the French graziers insisting upon it that all
France must incritably s(arre it it dePended von any
other country jior its .supply ql OITA !----(llvar, hear.) It
wes admitted that French oxen were, as the Noble Lord
said, lean, but the French graziers said, Glee ns time,
and we'll let you hare such toe fat oxen some time or other, i f
you won't let anybody else silpply you hat French graziers.
(Hear.) Besides it would.never do to allow fat German
oxen to be admitted into France, lest, peradventure the
principles of some of the German illuminati might get in
with them.—(A laugh.) Front the lettinu..ss of French oxen
might an illustration be drawn as to the effect of similar
_protection upon our agricultural produce.—(llear, hear.)
It was said that it was impossible for a nation to get on
without it extended protection to its various interests ;
yet in Switzerland, where it had not been thought laves-
s try to have a system of pr.otection, every branch of
industry was greatly improving, both in agrieultitre and
mantifiwtures, though there was no country in Europe
which contained a larger proportion of /Hier land than
F there was in Switzerland.—(llear, near.) Ile did
" not mean that, while other interests were protected,
agriculture should be deprived of protection, but he was
fully perstuabd, that not only the general prosperity of
the country, but Mat qf agriculture itself, wonld be promoted
by the change noir proposed.—(llear, hear.) Ile himself
was a co:maks-able landowner he depended, indeed, en-
. tit ely on land, and the land he pf,ssessed was not free from
(Lase incumbranc;..s which it had been urged so materially
(Ty 'wrote(' the disadrantages under whirl, the a;:ricit!tural
interest hthoured ; hut, he woidd riperit,• he was fidly con-
rinced that not only he Itiosself ;meth!' not sufli'r, but rather
benefit by the change, fuel he was con rinced also tlrt t the class
to wLielt he belonged would not .yuffiT, but rather benefit by
the change as a bad y.—(l-lear, hear.)
The farmers in England are not more improved in
condition by protection than the oxen is France. Both are
brought to the leanest possible state by the excel ire care
of their Legislatures. Some time ago we proposed that the
argument that the Cora-laws served the farmer; should
be brought to the test by an annual farmer' show, like
the cattle show, in which might be exhibited those prize
fanners who have fattened on the system of protection.
A farmer who had increased his capital by a large per
centage would be as great a wonder, we susixci, as a
fat ox in France.

If the Oxen of France could speak upon occasion, as
the oxen of ancient itotno used to do now and then in
the Forum, would they bless the protection which makes
them so small and slim, or would they take wiser views of
the interests of their flesh than our nuckinghams and
Knatchbulls would assign to our fanners ?—Exuatiner.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE,
FURTHER ENDOWMENT O,I.ITHEUNIVERSITY

OF DURITAMj

At a Convocation holden on Saiinitiy, May 22. 1841,
the scheme of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for Eng-
land, for the further endowment of the University, was
laid before Convocation and received the approbation of
the House.
The scheme is drawn up in pursuance of the intentions
and engaguients of the late 'Bishop -Van Isliblert, and in
a2cordance with the previous resolution of the Ecclesi-
astical Commissioners to make Certain arrangements
with respect to the Deanery and
.Canonries of the Ca-
thedral Church of Durham, with view to maintaining
the University of Durham in a state of respectability and
efficiency.
The following are the principal provisions of the
scheme :
The office of Warden, upon the first vacancy, is to be
attached to the Deanery of Durham ; the present 'War-
den receiving 50oL annually during his incumbency.
A Canonry in the Cathedral Church is to be attached
to each of the Professorships of Divinity and Greek.
The present Professor of Mathematics is to be ap-
pointed Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy; with
an annual salary of 700/.
When the office of 'Warden shall be• annexed to the
Deanery, the salary of 500/., paid to the 'present 'War-
den during his incumbency, is to be applied to found a
ProFessorship of. Hebrew and the other Oriental Lan-

gun es.
In addition:to the six Fellowships alrJady founded by
the Dean and Chapter, there are to be founded eighteen
Fellowships, making twenty-four such Fellowships in
the whole. Two of such eight en Fellowships are to be
founded on the 29th day of September, 1341, and the.
same number in each year until the year 1849 inclusive.
Eight tmly of the twenty-four Fellows who have exceed-
ed the age of 23, are allowed to continue Laymen. The
Lay Fellowships are tenable for eight, the Clerical for
ten years. They are to be of the annual value of 1201.,
the ten senior Clerical Fellows receiving 1501.
Candidates for Fellowships must have been admitted
to the•degree of B.A. in the University of Durham, and
are to be elected according to the reindations now iu
force, or such other regulations as shall ba duly male
for securing the election of the most meritorious eandi-
(lite, regard being always had to moral character as well
as to learning.
The Fellowships are to be vacated by marriage or ec-
c'e.,iastieal preferment.
Towards providing the funds for making these pay-
ments, ail the estate and interest now vested in the Ec-
clesiastical Commissioners, in the lands, &c., formerly
assigned to the Deanery and to the eleventh Canonry of
the Cathedral Church of Durham (all tithes being ex-
cepted) are to be vested in the Warden, Masters, and
Scholars- of the University of Durham ; and when it
shall become necessary, further provision is to be made
for granting such additional endowment, as may appePr
to theEcelesiastical Commissioners necessary fur making
up the deficiency.

CAMBRIDGE, MAY 28—Yesterday the following gentlemen
were elected Tyrwhitt's Hebrew Scholars :-11enry Bailey,
B. A. , St. John's College, first Hebrew Scholar
; William
Henry Guillemard, 8.A., Pembroke Coilegz, second Hebrew
Scholar.
We understand that the author of the second best English
poem on the death of the Marquess Camden, bearing the motto
"Non Non lugendam P!,SO mm tern quam immortalitas consequatur,ur-
'
is Mr. John Purchas, of Christ's College, son of Captain P
chas, R.N.
At a Congregation on Wednesday last, the following degrees
were conferred :
Docroa PHYSIC.—W. H. Miller, St. John's College.
LICENTIATES IN 111F.ntetsF..—Thotnas Willis, Caius Col-
lege, Hugh Francis Burman, Caius College.
MASTERS OF ARTS.—James A. Foot, Pembroke College ;
Bentham D. Koe, Caius College ; Edward D. Bland, Caius
College ; William Charles Sharpe, St. Johns College ; John
Thotnh;ll, St. John's College ; Joseph Beete Jukes. St. John's
College ; Ed w and flicks, Trinity College ; John Wing, Clare
Hall.
Bactirtons OF ARTS.—Thomas Burbidge, Trinity Col-
lege ; Robert Aris IVillmott, Trinity College ; James Losh,
Jesus College.
The Rev. J. Thornton, 111, A., of Catharine Hall, in this
of
University, has been appointed to the United
the Chaplaincies lnfirmaryThef
tev Gaenodr Lunaticgep ug a
rts Asylum,
,Noofrtshta.mjpothon%
College, it
this University, has bear-licensed by the Lord Bishop of"ngtm.
Chester to the perpetual curacy of Birch-within-W
Patron, John Dickenson, Esq., -Devonshire-place, London—
Value, 160/.
Hans Bush, Esq., of Trinity College, in this University, has
been called to the Bar by the Hon. Society of Lincoln's I;t.

AIRS. MABERLEY'S NEW NOVEL, " THE
Love:-MATcw.".=--Judging from the unanimous tone of
the various opinions on this new novel of Mrs. Maber-
ley, its success promises to be even more decided than
that of " Emily." The tillowing is from the Weekly
Chronicle :—" We have not read for a long time so pleas-
ing a novel as 4 The Love-Match.' The power with
with which the characters are drawn—the admirable
manner in which they are balanced with one another-7- the
strain of melancholy running through the story, deepen-
ing as it proceeds, and ending so pathetically—all corn-
thine,to render it a most interesting. and moving novel.
The'etintrast Which De Grey, the old fascinating man of
the world, presents to the gentle, unsuspecting Florence.
—the clever picture of the old dowager Lady Maiwood,
, and the intriguing Julia—all bespeak the power of the
authoress, and her intimate knowledge of that society
which she so bares and exposes in these admirable vo-
lumes."
STATE OF TRADE.—We are sorry to learn that
above one-half of the calico Einters in the Tile of Leven are
at present idle....Glaspw Chronicle.