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London, England, 1841-01-30 00:00:00

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per cat. Race firm at 465.. : for pale, and 45i for brood.,
For Olive prigs ere still ott the advance ; Spanish are:
to 63/ and Gal ipoli 6,7% to o 3 ';:Palm, 311103 is the Oa
of good (polity. Ent India'
4 Cocoa Nut at 393 to 40/ pet
cwt.
TALLOW. —Holders of Rusn:an have displayed ntoro
firmness this week, and buyers have bees more on
the
alert. For P. Y. C. on the spat p rites have advancei to
46s 6d to 46s 9d. For di ;livery in tit:. next two and WO
months, 46s 3d a 46s tad per cwt. South ,Americansathe
hig;ler. Town Tallow bas been in good rt quest. oti
tau
the demand was good fi .n. P. Y. C. at 46s 9,1 on the sp!
at whicb rate holders w' !re firm. At public! sale, 299 pir!
80 hhds- 32 barrels 1-(7 serons South ,American were
chiefly di:Posed of at 39s to 46i for °Winery dark to
good bright quality.
SPIRIT et. the -PUBLIC JOURNALS•

FROM THE ms,„3 NING PAFERS OF TIIIS DAY.
(Freu, ila Morning Chronicle.)
•a Walsall, it, another coluMe;,
readers to a document frOt.
It gives us unfeigned pleasure to be able to refer out
being a remonstrance signet. 1 by a number of the most rc_.:
spectable members of the W esleyan Society and re
gaticns in the borough to thee ott' their friends who bli
signified an intention to vote on hie side of the supPor''',,f
of the Corn-laws. After qu(aties' several forcible text! if
Scripture, they call upon their
4 on the side of the or,
pause before they ranyc thentselve.
pressors y the poor ;" and they add that threc-four.ths:
the congregation are hostile to the Lana lords tax sandal
:nisguided brethren I.
Yes, lie Corn-law monopolists arc oppressors of 11!.
poor / " lie that wathholdeth corn, the
express their 5:0
him." These Wesleyan Methodists expr,
prise that the erring minority should fern Stlchuss
intention as voting for Mr. Gladstone, “ in,ati-.0
we know you to be a believer in the IVord ci"°,o
If that Word is to be a guide of conduct, how san,-,ta
man who believes in it give his support to a. can
lively :
who, in order to enable bankrupt landowners to h ,as, i
luxury, would uphold a law which condemns the Poor, 'v
1...c0p1e shall curs:
chanic to starve, when he might, in exchange for his
c'n- as
efo
dustry, obtain food in abundance. The Corn law n'
re a
B°.
poly is utterly at variance with Christianity.
man can make up his mind to support the Corn-law to,
nopoly, his heart must be closed against all those henen.g. a
lent feelings whim, a perusal of the sacred voluoleins,ool
simplicity of heart must inspire. Well did lire ..ithei
Johnson answer Sir Thomas Robinson, an advocate 01 Q.
Corn-laws :—" Sir Thomas, you speak the languagfor
a savage ; what, Sir ,! would you prevent any people ';10.
feeding themselves if b v any honest means they can dtloi-hi
The Corn-laws are a discreditable shift on the part "" ti
landowners to throw their share of the public burdesi;
which ought to press equally on all, exclusively °II-h..;
restiof' the community. But they do mere Otto- this;
ley tax the industry of the country to an enerll:e;
amount, to swell the rent of la.ed, which, from various irilti
cumstances, would otherwise he excessively high' . tent of
_ arc not generally aware of the goeet increase of ruellda;
late years. It was but the other da •we saw in ar.,'Delro;
burgh paper a statement that tlio "stay of A ton, ''',ora 0
wickshire, had been sold for 170,0001. HeYrwiebsn"l-oos
a purely agricultural district, possessing neither aerie
lime, nor any other means whence estates Wray oi
to. ,
value than corn and pasture. Yet we will venture
that if this estate had been sold- at the time
were highest before the close of the war, it weillid; 0
have brought 100,000/. The estate was, in 18,;,-0-olli
highly improved as it can be in 1841 ; and yet it sells -00
in our present improved currency, at twice as n'lle-011,
would have sold for in a depreciated currency tbirtf n' eif
ago I We call on the electors of Walsall to set gi-noll'
ample to the rest of the country on this oci_c7 the
The election is fast approaching. We bear tn,ll; oi.
last accounts received from the borough are '111;,°,•0
able. We trust the spirit which Wes
led the ;anti
to pen the remonstrance to the misguided 0146
of their brethren in the interest of Mr. Gls°. so
will be found to pervade the community. The Viler
usual, have been threateniug the electors. But the col!
tors ought to bear in mind that the power to oPP,re°llo
when it is encountered by a general display of spirit' 04
strength. of the people is in union. If it be Seen lee
tbe elect
animated by the hatred of a grinding monopolY•
tors boldly face the adherents of the Corn-laW mops
vrhenfrinstwo
at, those who hate used threats will pause before
•0/
venture to put them in execution. Should, however' fir
Tory be so ill-advised as to seek, after the election, l rot
nish a conscientious voter, we trust that Manchestd his
the country at large, would stand between him anb.l-s
ok
pressor, and indemnify any honest elector for bib 'l'o
1 he mess, of Mr. Smith is the cause of the peoPle' moss'
sail is the first place where the battle against the
-010
P ts,
poly of food has been fought ; and, should the mono
einen of \Valsall will be in cver tfl
Y oss°till4.
be defeated, tr'
from the Land's End to John o' Groat's. It iof mi)- frer'
to over-estimate 1:50 importance of the return th°
trade candidate.
(From the Morning Advertiser.) poshi
In the last number cef Tait's Magazine there is
°f IP'
script. respecting the Wr:lsall election, a portion of! or
we shall copy into our co..lomns:—" Limited al I,9tosej
space, we cannot allow the oes
elision to elapse wit4l,eitlr,'
word expressive of hearty satisfaction at the ~"-, stle
movement of the Anti- Cornalaw League. From tuooo6'
twits the League has assumed, whatever may be the soh/
diato result of the election—and we anticipate triOnlcrhof
the most beneficial consequences must arise. Thce s tilie
ices and working classes will now be convinced taitier,
members of the League are in earnest in the Pr; :fief
that great object, which has been misrepresented as
'n fetr,
of the middle classes to divert the people from
damental reforms more necessary to their well-beine'o•o
e
I
those of the Ministry, who arc capable of serions!rlle
tion, must now believe that something more is requal OPt ;Y
satisfy the Abolitionists than the hocus-pocus ti. coal
Questions. A proof like this was wanted per arbl
conviction both to that insensible Governs-010h t
despatched. the unlucky young gentleman, at suet
crises, to such a constituency, and to those -irei.
persons—on this point grossly misled—who 00
gine thet the have as interest opposed to that °,003.
Corn-law abolitionists. In the present critically 10,1sterin
state of factions and votes in Parliament, the Mitn6 eir
prints are, of course, furious at any step which is of i r
kelanger the places of their patrons ; security AI co,
' keeping in the Whigs,' being the Alpha and 0111;00/
their desire for the general weal. The real Refc't.i,
those- or
also, would, in this particular instance, be douhlY §, 11
arid disappointed it' the Tory candidate was return'
even that calamity were tolerable, under the conlvlse%
the advantages that meet result from the step telo„ et;
taken at Walsall, and which will be repeated as otti`o-ats".
similar crisis arises." Now, we trust that we nee" 'aleetoif
as thence .
form our readers that we are qajte as hostile
hers of the Anti-Corn-law League to the contintlintslre
the tax upon bread, and that, if we couitl obtain a, t Of
peal of it, no dna upon our part should be want' 05
complish so desirable an object. The tax uPon,t",-els'l'ds"
duction of foreign corn is the most roisel.,e7,eig °J.-I
ever was devised, for the purpose of aggranuil•tr /
party at the expense of the rest of the tolotribtl,fdirell
adding to the monopolies of the rich, and ts"-0iber,,,,1
from the well-being of the poor. It is the r°,-.10 Foe
pauperism, and of crime, and of want—it is the wid
is gnawing the very vitals of our country--drYingoerlfrtg
sources of our prosperity—driving our best h''oesssA a
abroad in search of employment—compdling te OS
annually to leave our shores who would other's:l,ll'f
rich fisld for the exercise of their capital and s'''', 9;
rendering the demand for our manufactures in ecerfdato
ket in the world daily less and less. The manoiscl,l-rer:
obliged to accept small profits—the artisan andlsh°;sieffi
work for starvation wages—and yet, after all theeliarte
frees, the proprietors of land ere themselves injorldcaire
of being, ben"fited by the unjust, impolitic, an,; 0 not
tax. Entertaining, as we most sincerely do, t",:ce"ii
niony upon 14 subject of the Corn-laws. every s'ort
endeavour that is made, every probable stet/ o[l So
taken for th cir removal, has our heartiest scr,,,roig h
aPProbst'on ; but there are two points resPewolare'l')f
paliey of which we are inclined to differ :5S- tbst °f
fie m the Anti- Corn•law League. The firSlifi... 1i00r0,6
insisting upon a total repeal instead of a Inc'ureehe Pis'
the duty upon foreign corn ; and the secoY: - Prop'
priety of opposing every candidate for a seat oi'lic etc,
ment who will not pledge himself to the 0.8".-000.)10
With regard to the first, there is no rational l''',. of 'lO
uaiitted with the state' of parties and the P°Vie-nted)
agricultural interests in both Houses of ParliaTed • toto
dreams for an instant of the possibility of carrYtnnisit r,
repeal for a series of years to come. Nothing 000,‘,
unanimous league among the working classes, °Oil,
mg property, and accompanied by overpowering:oo so
could accomplish, even if that could accomplisoool,
I jest in view; but the case is otherwise with st 'jetoil; et
modification, there are many who voli`the ‘lO
favour of such a measure, but who would opPose,:ehre or
with all their might and main. Besides, the ohtt-gy.ol9f
modified duty upon foreign corn would pave the„"iiiree,dl
off ctually than any other course for the accomeod r-ni
a total repeal ; for who can doubt, thickheadenja OP
obstinate as many of the landowners arc, that t",7oe 4
relax in their opposition to the wishes of the conlidbeso,-:
they once saw that they were not only not inktfe,-e'lbsolie
tually benefited by the change ? With regal.° "er-ste 'er
cond point, if by ousting every Liberal candci-, Cs' •
would not pledge himself to vote for a repeal 0f Ireniely
laws, a repeal of them could be obtained by teease:-ste
representative of Tory politics, we should cf, it :if,
adoption of• the scheme, and assist in carrY'ynaest'll
eff..ct with the most hearty goodwill ; but, tinfortursose,
there is no such flattering unction to be laid t°l•Fod'shs
—the Tories imposed the bread-tax in their rinY„°r, ate''
and to a man they are almost all still in its far% be c 0
Anti, Corn-law League ought, in consequence, "s-0 cats
ful how they act, lest, in their endeavour to put,onto
one evil, they do not it a greater upon their -

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DIED. fgr' .
On the 25th inst .at A3lesbury, Rebecca, Wif° ° fik
flatten, aged 42. - %,I°.
On le 625th inst.; at Hampton Wick, Mitidlese -,
,; Os
ridge, widow, aged 71
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