The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-28 00:00:00

had ai?it,..Tirtrerrirt of avoiding the rain which
free-trade was certain to bring- with . it, was to
fly to some unknown land, the paradise of farmers,
where corn was to be had for reaping and labour for
nothing. But enotigli. Under any circumstances, the '
struggle is Almost over.—(Hear, hear.) " The shadows which
coming events cast before them" cannot be mistaken. They
all combine to assure us that the mission of the League is
nearly accomplished- The mission of the League I Upon
that phrase, as this, I trust, is our last meeting on the eve of
victory, I would dwell for a few moments as I finish. Never
to my mind was a more sacred or holy mission undertaken
by mortal man.—(Cheers.) Its dreams are not of wild
ambition or eftentied ptrwer, like those of the statesman or
the hero. It arrays itself, indeed, as a conqueror for the
struggle ; but the conquests which it would achieve are of &
peaceful and moral kind. Its object is to wrestle with, to
vear down, to overcome, the blighting influence of class
interest, to subvert. the dominion of selfishness, to uproot
monopoly, to win the convictions of the country to the
necessity and benefit of these things, and to set free the
industry of the people from the chains in which a mis-
taken and one-sided legislation has so long bound it.—
(Cheers.) This is the mission of the League! For such
ends, for such a conquest, it started into being, and so
far its career has been a march of triumph through the land.
The miserable sophistry and more miserable ignorance of its
enemies exposed, prejudice trampled under foot, obstinacy
softened down, hostility soothed into friendship, conviction
reaching, first, hundreds, then thousands, and tens of thou-
sands, and, last of all, spreading to the millions—and taken
up by the whole people, as it were, by acclamation, these are
the trophies which it has already set up in its onward march
to Victory. And who shall tell me, as I contemplate these
little less than miraculous achievements, that the day can
now be far off when the impulse given to the trade of England
by the seven men who met seven years ago in the small
room at Manchester, shall make itself felt on the banks of
the Ganges, in the valleys of the Mississippi, and the farthest
islands of the ocean ? But while I praise the League for
its almost superhuman energies and exertions, we must not
forget that others, high and influential, great and noble in
the land, are zealously and earnestly with the people in this
mighty struggle. And if from the ranks
of these I may select
one to whom the gratitude of the country is peculiarly due
I would for an instant pause upon the name of the grfn
t
head of the Liberal party, Lord John Russell. His adhesion
to the popular wishes was the signal for immediate victory.
His famous letter from Edinburgh ro sooner made its ap-
pearance, than the tide of conflict, fiercely' maintained before,
was at once turned in our favour. It produced a sudden and
a healthy change throughout the land. His name was upon
every lip, and the eyes of all true lovers of their country were
bent upon him and marked him as their leader in the crisis
of the struggle. The timid were encouraged; the doubtful
active
f andcn the confidence
zealous communicatedwerestimtoolathteedir
toh
of
revering were decided. The desponding felt the influence
former exertions. In short,spirit • d
a
. new . invigorated every
breast, and the people,stronghearts. Even
tEhavnenthteiher
in their numbers, but strong in
the righteousness of their cause, rallied
unfurled by their old and tried leader—his
n d the standard
very name an
augery of victory, their English determination a surety that
that augery should not be in vain.—(Applause.) But still,
and Lord John Russell, I am certain, would be foremost to say
so, the first and chief praise of all that is accomplished can
only be ascribed to one quarter. Compare the state of our
cause at the present moment with what it was when first
the agitation in its behalf commenced. Free trade was then
a theory, an abstraction, which might here and there occupy
the attention of some deep thinker in his closet. Now it is a
question fully and clearly understood by applauding millions.
(Applause.) Then it was a speck, a spot, no bigger than a
man's hand, just peeping above the horizon of the country.
—( Hear, hear.) Now, it is a rich and fertilizing cloud filling
the whole political sky around and above us. Then it was
a tiny, trickling rill, stealing silently and ,imperceptibly
through the land. Now it is a wide' and majestic stream,
resistless as the flood which feeds Niagara with its
waters, and sweeping all before it in its rising and
swelling tide.-(Cheers.) And who have made it ail-this?
Who watched over it, and cherished and nursed it in its
earliest and tenderest infancy? Who worked far it, and toiled
for it, and laboured for it from the very beginning, not waiting
until the iron was hot before they struck, but striking it with
lusty vigour until they made it hot? Who were the patient
and persevering instructors of the popular mind, steady to
the work, through evil report and good report, for years upon
years, refuting every error, exposing every fallacy, explain-
ing every difficulty, until at last they have created a public
opinion in its hehalf which is the representative of almost a
nation's thoughts, its fiat law, its will command, and
snatching from the ranks of its opponents the very states-
men whom they raised to power as the stoutest champions
of their cause, and harnessing them to the triumphal
chariot in which it is careering to victory? Who have
done all this? The League—the men of the League—
and honour to them for it.—(Loud cheers.) Honour
to them now; and honour to them from all future
generations of their countrymen. We find it emblazoned
in the history of France that, for centuries and centuries after
the death of the celebrated Maid of Orleans, the inhabitants
of her native village had cause to remember her not only
with national pride, but with personal gratitude, inasmuch
as when told to, name a reward for her services to her coun-
try, she asked nothing for herself, but prayed that the seat
of her birth and childhood might be free from every kind of
impost and duty. Her request was granted, and annually,
as the taxes were gathered in, it was passed by, the books of
the collectors having this significant intimation written op-
posite to its name, "Nothing, for the Maid's sake." Now,
draw the lesson ; point the moral for yourselves. Shall Eng-
lishmen be less grateful? Will they not, through ages yet
unborn, feel pleasure, and pride, and thankfulness, when they
look back at the glorious struggle now drawing to a close,
and as the food of the people now comes to them, untaxed,
with no duty, no sloth-encouraging protection to be paid
upon it, from every region of the earth, will they not also
joyfully exclaim " Nothing for the League's sake?" It is
the fulfilment of its mission—" Nothing for the League's
saxe." The Rev. Gentleman was repeatedly cheered during
the delivery of his speech, and resumed his-seat amidst the
; most enthusiastic plaudits of the meeting.

THE RACES.—There was a gay and brilliant assem-
blage on the Downs, and more than the usual number of
joyous and happy countenances, notwithstanding the heat of
the weather, the clouds of dust upon the road, and the long
continued stoppages thereon, yet were all these disagreeables.
borne with more than usual fortitude by the almost countless
multitude. One thing could not escape the general observa-
tion, which was the appearance of all the well caressed ; till the
present season, black or dark colours, according to foreign
journals, being :the mournful characteristic costume of all
our public meetings. Somewhat may be ascribed to the too
general dolorous aspect of our climate, but this singularly
sunny day shone forth hundreds dressed in the registered
paletot, made of llama cloth. These being so varied in colours,
much enlivened the appearance of the course. The patentees
of this popular garment are Messrs. Nicol], of 114, Regent-
street, and 22, Cornhill. The universal object seems to -have
been not only a protection against the heat, but the rain, had
such been the decree of the clerk of the weather.
To THE SPORTING WORLD.—SaIe of Bell's Life i
London during the past four weeks in May :
May 3 .. • • ......... ..... 25,096
May 10 ...... ••• • • • ..... 25,061
May 17 .. • ...... ......... 27,997
May 24 • • ........ • • 28,528
Making an average sale each publication of twenty-six thousand six
hundred and seventy. Bell's Life is regularly published in time for
all the Saturday afternoon railways. For the most correct reported
particulars of the four days' Epsom Races, see Bell's Life, Sunday next,
May 31. A sixpence enclosed to Mr. Clements, jun., 170, Strand, will
insure, at all times, a copy to any part of the kingdom by return of
post

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be
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regatta at Havre will
d termined to begin practising in
French of the sport, that they are c
On Sunday last, opposite to Frascat s, the essays of the boat-
amtinbueabad at
39.
mar
a-
take place in the m nth of July next, and so enamoured are the
mtinene.were witnessed by many hundreds of persons. For the informa-
tion of regatta men, who look forward to the coming fetes for a dis-
play of skill in rowing, &c., we annex a list of the boats that prac-
tised on this occasion, in the order in which they came in :-1. Le
Greville ; 2. La Maria ; 3. L'lleloise ; 4. La Fleche ; 5. La Riposte;
6. La Vesta.
THE HARVEST.—Next in importance to the fate of
the proposed scheme for lowering the duties on grain to a nominal
point is:the prospect for the ensuing harvest. On this head some
apprehension was beginning to be felt in consequence of the very wet
weather experienced for several consecutive days; but those fears
have in a great measure been set at rest by the splendid weather we
have enjoyed since Thursday. At this early period it would be

folly to enter into anything like a prediction as to what may be the
yield of the next crop, butwe are certainly inclined to think that there
exists at present very little real cause for despendeney. Rather too
much wet may have fallen to be altogether benbficial for the wheat
plant ; a warm, dry June would, however, put all right ; and for the
spring-sown corn, the hay-crop, and all kinds of culinary vegetables,
the showers must have been highly serviceable. The very important
decline which has taken place in the value of w heat since the close
of April has had the effect of checking the supplies from the growers,
and the quantity brought forward at the different markets hell
during the week has been only moderate ; nor is there a prospect of
the deliveries again increasing for some time to come. In the course of
another fortnight the hay harvest will have commenced in manyiof the
southern counties, and the necessity of employingallhands n theth
fields will prevent large deliveries ; other labours incidental
e
season must follow, and it is not likely, therefore, that the markets
will at present be overdone with British-grown grain. Whether the
dkeinpgedeodmearn e or are not to be im-
the success or failure
Ontf"etdhkieastlieollfiynfoirsreeteleigielndsocmwheuimsntel",othnf de°eldunrsethveelopment of which all parties seem
determined to await before entering into extensive operations. The
business done at most of the leading provincial markets held since our
last has been on a strictly retail scale ; whilst the weather remained
unsettled, a slight increase of confidence was displayed by sellers, but
this has since given way.—Mark-lane Express.
WHAT THE FRENCH SAY OF SMITHFIELD.—When
the Prefet de la Seine decided upon erecting a new market-ball in
Paris, previous to the plans being completed a commission was sent
out to visit various countries and study the establishments of that
kind. It consisted of Messrs. Anger, Inspector-General of Market-
halls of Paris ; Y. Ballard, architect ; and A. Hasson, chief clerk of
the Prefet de la Seine. Details arc given by the
the markets of London, Manchester, and other cities. While the
colfminwikniithstshioteillieersusuoaln
urbanity
ygesef oFfreoeuerhesmetaeb,llyshetm
theyn citerueldplaseeetd
qienirteelibe
incon-
venience of some of our mediaeval concerns, amongst which Smith-
field plays a conspicuous part. " Who should believe," they say.
" that this immense metropolis has no exterior marketplace for
fie eo.
beasts
e:afr;hkeanetrtshddes,cattle ? It is in the midst of the city, a few paces from the Cathe-
dral of St. Paul, where all tills host of animals are dlrlyalvt
ws,
of sheep
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shifting
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screams,re
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their
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frightenedte s at
passers-
by—add to this, that the streets through which this world of beasts
ll
tion opposes its removal, leaning upon a statute excrements,enactedtilbeecEtodrTarraad:
lll.—five hundred years ago."—The Builder.
The talk here is that Mr. Bromley Moore, and other

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gentlemen from Liverpool, have been In London as a deputation, the
object of wioae going had reference to the admission of Brazilian
'near ; that they had an interview of prolonged duration with Mri,e,
Secretary o,l_,..astone ; that he was, as usual, polite, and, for a Minis-
ter, singularly
explitit; that the talk was interesting, and not units.
stractive, and that the inference drawn from what passed is impor-
tant—viz., that the Cabinet are net agreed. on the sugar clues-Bon ,
that they are not likely to agree, and that a " split" is inevitable,—