The Sun.
London, England, 1841-06-21 00:00:00

LIST.

"It being on record that one hundred million sterling
and upwards has been lent by British subjects to various
foreign governments, and on which the interest has been
fraudulently withheld for a period fluctuating between
five and fifteen or more years—whereby an amount of
5,000,0001. is annually withdrawn from this country, or
in, other words, a tax of 5,000,000/., is levied on the
nation at large,. and individuals in particular, without
the solitary satisfaction of this tax re-circulating in the
country, leading to hundreds and thousands,: of families,
once in the enjoyment of every luxury and comfort in
life, being plunged into the most abject state of wretch-
edness and destitution, we the undersigned are of opi-
nion this is a case which demands that protection from
the British Government which will lead to justice being
obtained."
On the signatures of the metropolitan Members being
granted, the same. should be printed and forwarded to all
the principal towns throughout the United Kingdom,
where agents, if not honorary, at a trifling expense,
might be appointed through our individual influence
with the London bankers and newspaper agents, to pro-
cure the signatures of the provincial Members of Par-
liament, and prepare petitions to Parliament for signa-
tures by the electors at the time of polling at the elections.
I do not think the expenses would be great, whilst I
calculate on the result As very effectual.
Should this plan be approved of our very excellent Se-
cretaries of State for the Foreign and Home Departments,
could soon draw up a very powerful and effective

address.
With best wishes that the exertions of the Committee
may be rewarded by a realization of their expectations.
Believe me, very truly, yours,
CHARLES COCHRANE.
26, Devonshire-place, Thursday, June 15, 1841.

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We understand that Ste John Campbell is ap-
pointed to succeed Lord Plunkett as Lord Chancellor of Ireland.
We rejoice in this appointment, from his long and able services,
and from the liberal and iorbearirg manner in which he has
executed the duties of his otlice as Attorney-General; from
the important and valuable amendments of which he has been
the author in the law ; but, above all, from his steady and un-
flinching attachment to the cause of reform. And we are sure
our readers will appreciate both the consistency of his conduct
and that of the Government in the appointment, when we
state, which we do on unquestionable authority, that it has been
conferred and accepted on the condition that the usual pension
is not to attach to it on his resignation or removal from his
new situation.

PROTEST --OF -LIBERAL PEERS

AGAINST THE CORN BILL OF. 1815,

The Dublin Evening Post has 'republished the protest
of the Lords who dissented from the Corn Bill of 1815.
To this document will be found attached the names of
Grenville and Wellesley, accompanied by that of Chan-
dos Buckingham, the father of the present Duke :
. " 1. Because we arc adverse in principle to all new re-
straints on commerce. We think it certain that public
prosperity is best promoted by leaving uncontrolled the
free current of national industry ; and we wit l, rather
by well-considered steps, to bring back our coinmercial
legislation to the straight and simple line of wisdo.m, than
to increase the deviation, by subjecting additiona,l and
extensive branches of the public interest to fresh syst,mis
of artificial and injurious restriction. .
"2. Because we think that the great practical rule of
leaving all commerce unfettered, applies more peculiarly,
and on still stronger grounds of justice, as well as of
policy, to the corn trade, than to any other. Irresistible,
indeed, must be the necessity which could, in our judg-
ment, authorise the Legislature to tamper with the sus-
tenance of the people and to impede the free purchase
and sale of that article on which depends the existence of
so large a portion of the community.
" 3. Because we think that the expectations of ultimate
benefit from this measure are founded on a delusive
theory. We cannot persuade ourselves that this law
will ever contribute to produce plenty, cheapness, or
steadiness of price. So long as it operates at all, its ef-
fects must be the opposite of those. Monopoly is
the parent of scarcity, of dearness, and of uncertainty
To cut off any of the sources of supply can only tend
to lessen its abundance—to close against ourselves the
cheapest market for any commodity, must enhance the
price at which we purchase it ; and to confine the con-
sumer of corn to the produce of his own country is to
refuse to ourselves the benefit of that provision which
Providence itself has made for equalizing :to man the
variations of season and climate.

" 4. But, whatever may the future consequences of
this law, at some distant and uncertain period we see,
with pain, that those hopes must be purchased at the
expense of a great and present evil. To compel
the:consumer to purchase corn dearer at home than
it might be imported from abroad, is the immediate
practical effect of this law. In this way alone can it
operate. Its present protection. its promised extension of
agriculture, must result (if at all) from the profits which
it creates by keeping up the price of corn to an artificial
leveL These future benefits are the consequences ex-
pected, but, as we confidently believe, erroneously ex-
pected, from giving a bounty to the grower of corn, by
a tax levied on its consumer." . . . . .

It assigns other reasons for dissent, and is thus sub-
scribed :

" Augustus Frederick Torrington
(Duke of Sussex) Dutton (Marquis of
William Frederick Douglas)
(Duke of Gloucester) Chandos Buckingham
Grenville Montfort
Wellesley King
Essex Carlisle."