The Sun.
London, England, 1841-06-14 00:00:00

TER SUN, LONDON, MONT)A Y. JILTN'E fqCt.

THE CORN.LAWS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sia,—As you have ever been a steady advocate for
the repeal bf the COrn-laws, I hope you will favour with
insertion a reason for repeal which is not usually brought
for Ward—and that is, the advantage of this repeal to
landed proprietors themselves, I own laud in thirteen
parishes in the South, and I occupy a considerable farm
myself, which leads me to believe the doing away of
the Corn-laws would raise my rents, by stimulating our
tenants to raise, in 1842, as much grain as in 1836,.
when wheat averaged 395. sd. a quarter, at which price
the Scotch farmers, examined befbre the House of Com-
mons, stated they were making handsome profits ; and
Earl Radnor's argument for repeal was a strong one,
when he said the Corn-laws are proved not to have
answered, because more grain has been imported in
the eleven years • 'previous- to • 1839, than dur-
ing any former eleven years ; and the great
crops obtained by my little allotment tenants,
have shown me how much my great tenants
might produce by equal capital and skill. Your readers
will say, where do your little allotment tenants obtain
their capital ? It is a patrimony which has descended
to them from a long line of ancestors, and without which
the largest estate would be useless to its possessor, till
man can live on the briars and- thorng which spring of
themselves. The capital I allude to consists of limbs
inured to the toil requisite for producing such food as
man can digest ; and what is capital generally but. accu-
mulated labour, represented by gold, which may glitter
bat can neither feed, clothe, or lodge us, till again ex-
changed for labour ? Capital for farming well is all
relative to the extent of acres occupied ; and the man
who has not more land than his own hands can cultivate,
really has a larger capital than he who has thousands of
pounds sterling, if he cannot purchase with those thou-
sands as much labour on the land lie uses as the man be-
stows who has only the labour of himself and his wife
and children ; nor will he be deficient in manure if as
careful of that which is usually thrown away, as the
Chinese are, whose dense population has hitherto resisted
all foreign encroachments.
Landlords whose rents have risen with the rise of the
price of bread have substantial reasons for supporting the
Corn-laws, but I know none whose rents have risen, and
I have found my own rents fall as prices rose. I there-
fore wish the Corn-laws repealed, which I have no doubt
would occasion such increased diligence as would occasion
my rents to rise in proportion as the price of corn falls.
Tenants who are indolent wish the Corn-laws to continue
because fewer loads of wheat paid their rents at 695. per
quarter in 1839 than at 395. per quarter in 1836 ; but Sir
Robert Peel would not have enjoyed his present fortune
if cotton goods had remained at the prices of fifty
years since, and I doubt not his income from land will
equally rise as the price of the produce declines.
I consider that the tenantry have been lured to that
ruin by what was called the legislative protection of
agriculture ; for abundant produce and high prices are
incompatible, and whilst abundant produce gives certain
grain, high prices do not benefit those who have little or
nothing to sell ; but no outlay of capital or trouble is re-
quired for growing of weeds, and whilst landlords were
willing to lower their rents as weeds increased, their
tenants would not take the trouble of removing them,
but if left fairly to compete with foreigners, they will
soon show that England is capable of supporting double
its present population, and cheap bread would increase
the demand for it by inviting home absentees to
spend their incomes on their native soil, to the great
gain of all trades and professions.

June 3, 1841.

Yours,

M. G.

UNIVERSITY OF LONDON.

B.A. EXAMINATION, 1841.
EXAMINERS.

Classics, and Intellectual and Moral Philosophy—Rev.
Dr. Jerrard ; T. B. Burcham, Esq., M.A.
Mathematics and Natural Philosophy—George B. Jer-
rard, Esq., B.A. ; Rev. Robert Murphy, M.A.
Chemistry—Professor Daniell, F.U.S.
Animal Physiology—Francis Kiernan, Esq., F.R.S. ;
Professor Sharpey, M.D., F.R.S.
Vegetable Physiology and Structural Botany—Rev.
Professor Henslow, M.A.
The French Language—C. J. Delille, Esq.
The German Language—Rev Dr. Bialloblotzky.
The number of Candidates who presented themselves
at this Examination was forty ; and of these the follow-
ing have passed, and are alphabetically arranged in two
divisions : FIRST DIVISION.

William Allen, St. Cuthbert's College, Ushaw ; Philip
Pearsall Carpenter, Bristol and Manchester (York) ;
Thomas Charlton, St. Cuthbert's, Ushaw ; Thomas Clark,
Highbury ; John Coupe, St. Mary's, Oscott ; Samuel
Coulter Davison, University ; Christopher New-
man Hall, Highbury ; William Henry Herford, Man-
chester (York) ; Thomas Hunton, University ; John
Kendall, Manchester (York) ; Thomas Tucker Longman,
St. Mary's, Oscott ; Arthur Lupton, Manchester (York) ;
Samuel Newth, University ; George Vance Smith, Man-
chester (York) ; Henry Watts, University; Bernard Bo-
lingbroke Woodward, Highbury ; Hale Wortham, King's ;
Wm. Wrennall, St. Cuthbert's, Ushaw ; Thos. Wright,
St. Cuthbeit's, Ushaw.