The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-20 00:00:00

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SIR CHARLES WOLSELE,I

REPLY ' SO
TO THE EDITOR OF THE
SlR,—The Sun of the 30th December has beTitel
sent to me. It contains an article on a certaival',,,,
dressed to the ssorking classes in the manufact
oats
through the Stockport Advertiser. Had there u t.n".o
thing pithy in my letter you would not have notic,is
fore I had meddled with it, had I been the editor 01
I would have been sure of my facts. isestS/
You assume, Sir and you get into an argil fa°
assumption, the Earl Talbot " has no labourersolooss
sume that the Earl's " personal exertions" are
into action, because forsooth " he lets his ;were-,
not cultivate himself." You assert " that th
hta
avis among landlords, as he must pay his ten ~`",
in the cultivation of his estates, because he csiirs.
his own;" and, to finish with assumptions 311'spleki
you say the Earl has, except servants, grooms, 6
&c., no one to pay the 12s. a week wages t°' at
Now, Sir, just give me leave to tell you; 131110 s
assumptions or assertions has even a se°
therein! arT,,
I could not have pitched on two men ni°l:ee-rer
Lord Talbot and Mr. Cobden, " as the respeen,vhe parr
trues of the landed and trading interest. for
u'nfort.°s
instituting a comparison between them;" fer'aisly
for all your assumptions, Lord Talbot is certtors of
farmer, and one of the most extensive caltiofispeer,
all England, employs an immense number ordAiir
farms in the first-rate style ; and as to his I', 00001'
sonal exertions," on that score he is certainlYcobdo•
the back ground even when compared to Mr' re
the printer of daffidowndillies is a man of 111°
world than the one who produces food; °ell'
Lordship would be obliged to knock under. mgr./
I thank you for having given me, a any rt.,of4r4
titles; but why not have added " the matted
net?" and I think by the time the public bas, of `ltOr
they will have found out that a little more
fact" from The Sun would have given gel"-
article. • 010
to the j
Now, Sir, allow me to repeat my advice Goisles
ing workmen. I did not " guess" that Ml' eat".
is 5,000/. ; I guessed it was so. May I astY' sal;
blood and sweat do the other " ten times that s
assert it to be, come from? Why, his workmen, t°beekij},,,
fore, when the abominable corn-laws are 07011%
with the more abominable Currency Bill of 18,9;1014
to have their eyes on the masters' gains' :13eses°,,,rr''s
think they have got profit enough for anihasp
jer)"
already ! And as the League promises
workmen, e'en let them have it without tP
out " Halves !" of Vet a.#
I am not "a protectionist" in your sensesir,
principle I detest the corn-laws. But, "00 e't
Leaguers seem to have forgot the origin °,;bfirssi 01,;.
just put you in mind of a "matter of fact, fog
fug up my character. At the end of the war t ivftll4e'
return to a metallic currency, but,unfortiniltereA
doubled, and both Whigs and Tories saiensiA
do away with the paper currency, eve u- 'AI'
there, then, was the bargain. No'w, ifiss!sy!
leave to say it is somewhat sly in the'Leage,',' 17, rmt
dishonest too, to wish to do away with n,°''tse es or' id"
bargain. Let us only have fair play, an' "cic.re;
come in from Europe, Asia, Africa, and Aulert/i.ls^,y;
_opinion, the bane of England is not the ei° yoo,fLi
Peel's Bill must be added to them.—l anie,.lol;-
servant, ,a
- Jan. 16,1816.
tbbee 0 ,01
[lf the "matter-of-fact" Baronet had read
30th of December, on which he comn:ietsl
found the following passage :—"Now, if 0
to emploY himself in productive labour. self hit
does (if he were to cultivate his estate • in,"'fliorel,"o('ii;
letting it), he too would have an income ei,';-1401e,"0,5'
per cent. on his capital—that is to satl.;-ths,PW
three per cent. on his capital invested P,.'",1 i;
labour." It is out of his profits as a ia--,etb'',oY,
of his interest upon capital as a landorne" ,s'or
bot pays his labourers. He pays no labearer:
his three per. cent., so that our lvsit`°63")
touched. •As to the " matter-ef-factl,
sumptions and assertions with . regard
capital and profits, we think we may vent-, giseLF,a;
own words, and say to him, "Now, Sir, intros,.'",,
tell yott,Snot one of your assumptions or'assefts 049
imublance of *truth therein." With regei%slif
law, we have ever denounced it as energell ser+ilOt
the corn-law, and an Anti-Gold Standard Let 1,
it shall be formed, shall have our best suPP°ork: t7,ti
bargain as that• alluded to, by " the-mattn,so7,
was entered into between Peel and it i5O V
cracy, such a bargain is as illegal asf.fset
and this statement of the "matter.° t
if it be "matter of fact," more than ins":olis.Vi
terms which have of late been trfori,yi
conduct. The "matter-of-fact" Baronet 11' sat,"ttl.'
agitating for a repeal of the currency- li‘4
said a word about a repeal of the corn-le is
Leaguer'retort upon 'him with some effects-, sill" ;I'
you must give me leave say it is soraeW"iis 0""
what dishonest too, to wish to do away
the bargain ?"—En. Sun.]

LONDON SESSIOI1g.
F. D. --LEWIS v. RAT1180.,:5/#,/
-TO THE- EDI7'OR OF Tlib
rePortiof the above trial l 0 ore.tar
of the 12th inst. containing errors wbiowill,
materially to mislead the public mind, Wed Of
of the following corrections:—The nalt'ne;
-`1
is "Francis David Lewis "—not "J. : stst;;;,,,)
of the aceount against the CompanY, "a'- i so
4061. Os. 6db, out of which, in ref)** to
question from the-defendant's counaeL 1110 i
he was out of pOcket,". Mr. Lewis stay, 0.0?
hundred and fifty- pounds,"--not 2 ,513,;:iti00
making- an-obvious-difference of. an 6' 01')
his lea teyhto i
Itehrei:o apai
oe .e
d.
these sti.--1--"•00-
unnoticed, but on fir,iiieg the last mentled
operated to our prejudice, we are comPeb
this counter-sts:
(*trent equal publicity. oi
We are, Sir, your obedient servant 'd
LEIVIS
Gp

SPORTING INTELLI r.
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TATTERSALL'S--YEsTvr;4OOl!J
Although far below the average Of 10th
business transacted yesterday afterneell.decilf t
dency towards improvement—more def3erbt,l
ever, on the Chester Cup than the
.....perp
event there were three distinct "pots
el
Warp, and Mickey Free—their prices 0 10
50 and 33 to 1, end closing, as near as be 0
to guess them, at 35 to 1. Several other 0,104,0
at the previous quotations. Beyond ala bale
ment in Spithead, whose supporters a'clitioasYo
at the prices quoted, the Derby transaf,osSy
of interest; and the only bets on the vy,0901
10 agst Cuckoo, and 700 to 20 eigsthal PIP
Newmarket Handicap promises to be s P oar
Two or three parties were disposed to take
only bet laid was 1,000 to 95 agst rug
prices:—
we)
CHESTER CUP (ACCEPT OR -„
35 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Best D° /
35 to I agst Mr. Irwin's Warp _taken ,akeo
35 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Mickey FreeXo
40 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Whinstone—vnelf
59 to 1 agst Mr. Cuthbert's Queen of ZoK
50 to 1 agst Mr. Plummer's Alice Heigt:ste,Pfro
1,000 to 20 agst Lord Howth's Mermaid---„ts'
50 to 1 agst Mr. Woffenden's Miss IW°'
50 to 1 agst Sir C. Monck's Flattery nie
50 to 1 agst Mr. Pattison names Little id
DERBY
ke 61°
11 to 2 agst Lord E. Russell's Sting—t 4
14 to 1 agst General Shubrick's Brocardi °'ote
27 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's lago—take
30 to 1 agst Mr. E. Peel's Spithead---tair'-
et
30 to 1 agst Mr. Ramsay's Malcolm r,f
'33 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's The Traverse2:Ar
35 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklant's Fancy Beg t.
40 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's Huradruia,',Kt',i)
1,000 to 25 agst Duke of Richmond's TuV,' sod „
50 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Galata colte:,;.,v
1,000 to 20 agst Mr. Worthington's Sharsw
j3ll/ f
or four timas
1,000 to 40 agst Lord Albemarle's Smuggler
dulphus—taken.
OAKS. 0611
20 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Cuckoo''reAl
35 to 1 agst Mr. Littledale's Fantasticitilia FiY
The Liverpool Steeple, Flat, and Hurdle 00
off on the 4th of March. The horses I°,l' 00.41
which 1001. will be added, must be nacce:4l.9l:VJ
inst. ; and for the Hurdle Race on the IA
will be added to the latter. The entry for offr
Plate of 504 on the Flat, will be on the 1214.
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DISEASED POTATOES AGAIN.—The
het' trioh
potatoes in Ireland by the destitute poor is - d
expected, a fruitful source of fever and disease'ep y
crease in the number of fever patients has tat
hospital of Fermoy.—Banner of Ulster.

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