The Sun.
London, England, 1851-04-29 00:00:00

PROTECTIONIST DE3IONSTRA-
TION.—(THIS DAY.)
The second anniv •meeting of the National As-
ere.are
loeiation for Protection of Indu•te and Capital hrough-
Res:ltahleDßritish Empire, was held Ythis day in the Theatre
rury-la.ne. The doors were thrown opm seen
!oer eleven o'clock, and immediately there was a rush
CI parts of the house. The boxes and pit were
r
Y much crowded; a large proportion of the
audiene,
eh , • aPpearing to be farmers of the superior class,
ere iooked far removed from that state of ruin and de-
ftessio rehich the country has been led to imagine
Barbel in. No one could be detected in the
of uPPer an operative or a labourer; but the
boxes
it j and stalls were occupied by
e4tit'llY set of fellows, who, amidst all their sufferings,
chase,
and then find time and spirit to follow the
might ka,ll,d who, even on the present occasion, when they
iteot be expected to assume distress though they have
rpbe,'te6Y seemed quite happy and contented, if healthy
r°dcountenarices and robust exteriors be any
s,, the to the condition of their minds. Before the busi-
cif the
oapnednaedeythey kept up a running fire of
one entering the theatre, igeo-
e4Plidtletifililu's:all'udliraepys'oe of the gathering, would have ima-
tue audience was bent upon witnessing a panto-
e iestead of listening to a long detail of the woes
eider, ,nhich it is said agriculture is now suffering
r lerd er three preliminary cheers were got up t.
Stale and Earl Stanhope, but it suggested a sus-
beoPi^io- of packing to hear a voice every now and then
tatti
joUt tee reminder of " Shout boys, shout." Still the
kheng was orderly and good tempered, and when the
lea of Richmond took the chair, at twelve o'clock, a
cheer eas raisedwhich shook the very walls of
eieeatt.,
The again,
rae_,-; ataxeet, in opening the proceedings, thanked
opihio_ettng for the reception it had given him._ I-I
et„,anus.of free trade were too well known to need any
4ta stion from him, but this he would tell the meet-
tpp ncit tote from
that he for one would never give
.t,ftreirr*eetie°•—(Losers,) He cared not for the abuse
spools ePPonents, still less for the ridicule which they
oflittlipcole9tieeeetttiolihnellz:)tnhtietillopteeera ; but if they did not think that
rte bodies of the peoplmight coming over to the cause
depend upon it that they
Cheers,) The land was suffer-
)lere amd how, when they called for relief, they
tt 13net With intimidation, but the operatives
Of the "fierturanturing districts had found cut the fallacy
that theire"aP bread cry, and they were now convinced
41)05 permanent prosperity and happiness dependeld oe, rod wages and eonetant employment, which con htd Produced by the Principles which this meeting
tk Meet to acivo t
leeee ovate,_
e.—(Clieers .) He would, not detain
ae'r, but at once call upon the Earl of Win-
The i.,)-114eyo the first resolution.—(Hear, hear.)
:10ftilitesiitead:te:Ln:treldrojettfstiWierliesEe then proposed—,, That the.
tseet-nell,ttutted and still increasing distress of the agri-
ithe unmitigated difficulties of the colo-
kre et*est; the deep depression of the shipping in
shedandcontinually declining
sprofits
'`trade
luid of every branch of industrial pursuit; mot,
eotai _ crime: wages
toployorinleoriff,
;the
mticnthoe
of labour, and the dimudrai
I,l4tyease nf tuan3' parts of the United Kingdom;
val d the desertion of home and ocouintry
tenses augmenting bodies of the most industrious
itdis gable portions of the British to
;—presen
ktiertable evidence that derangements exist in the
6Ystena oe the country, which are sapf-
ot the foundations of its prosperity, and,. pteaes?eedily remedied, must end in wide•
firm: disaster discontent, and ruin." All that the
41E4 rs wanted' was fair and legitimate protection for
bc't Q°llat!ve industry, without which the country could
ietittottr‘sh nor trade prosper.—(Hear, hear.) The re-
ve he had to move spoke for itself in clear and del-
ttLd kle th iltlage, which could not be misunderstood. t
as tt'ele direct to the declarations of Free-traders,
these
rn Protectionists were quite prepared to make
4,er o°nCeßbiOnS to every other interest they would
the jetT,in, up their principles, which was protection tdo
Prot,,,:' '4 Plough, protection to the British loom, and
by
the
to the British trade.—(Cheers.) The dis-
hy th the agricultural interest had been acknowledged
the *G"ellituolit, but they had neither the honesty nor
lheire°Urage to apply any remedy for fear of offending
repo
tsd made . nary friends,—(Loud cheers.) Protection
ttisieta.uo this nation what it is, and if they wished to
std theiti, its grandeur to protection they must return,
the first
toted too, without delay.—(Cheers.) No country
tudependent which did not supply itself with
LO, necessary of life; and yet, without protection, fehtleetlid that be done? Already the land was rapidly
Polie lit of cultivation, and if the existing commercial
trtidjr.
said he did not care for, would, shortly fall, and
(1-leeavveaY would go the market of the manufacturer.—
aea iri:m'ear.) He therefore warned the manufacturer
Peed - Capitalist to pause before it was too late. De-
laioa; uPon it, if the farmer fell both these would go with
Of hie
co he called upon every man who had the interest
country at heart to come to the rescue, and bauts)
qoetee.traders from their own strongholds.—(2ll)leterstr
iietttid that he should speak ill of the dead; but Se-
e kbßahe- "el • wanting in moral courage.. .He su
led first to the Roman
.Catholic Association, by
14 :4 our common Protestantism was perilled, and next
hiettlite way to the free-trade intimidation, by which he
pr, eadangered the safety of the country itself,
.for his
epeeeding had given rise to a party whose principles
IhraS various-s the colours of the rainbow, and whose
re,,,,`ats, as held out by Sir James Graham, were still
...(kdious than those of the Manchester school itself.
spied lie therefore urged the meeting not to
thing its prciples, but to go for protection, and no-
wt
hlalproteein tion.— (Cheere.)
18aae BUTT, Q.C., seconded the motion, declaring
ele],cerlviction that the Protectionists would ultimately
test?, their Point. He came there to represent the Pro-
tiro:lists of Ireland, and to tell them that Ireland en-
sile. sYmpathised with this movement. The Hon.
ttsZtrued Gentleman then went into a lengthened
iser.:eal statement to show that crime and outrage had
ltai,tl in Ireland since the abandonment of protection.b
retie' ead gone out of cultivation in Ireland, and the
best that was riot the case in England was; simply
Ter,"" the farmers had capital to work upon here.
tedle resources, however, were rapidly disappearing,
ssetliett a very short time the fate of the land in Ireland,b
jeet eruvertake that of England.—(Cheers.) The o -
fleet the Free-traders was the extermination of tenant
-
•eere
%Nether and it was for this meeting to say
that object should be accomplished.—
*), , no.) The tenant • farmers stood _in
the
I°°llld co(f evelation, and if the meeting succeeded, so they
Tt this ntinue to stand.—(Cheers.)
stage of the proceedings
ftemeierteeeereer announced that as the theatre had been
tob44l'equate to accommodate all who were anxious
tPtetent, a meeting had been convened in. St. Mar-
Earl and he would therefore request his friends.o
e, Mr. G. F. Young, and Mr. E. Ball,
,~aQbri to go over and conduct that meeting. _ a
tsee'ibl'aLte. before he quitted the stage, expressed
tope at this meeting would pass a resolution, reque st
th`e. exhibit
Albert to lend them the Crystul Palace. when.ta
*o4],:taibition should be over, and then the Protectionists
lsee shove the world that truth was inalienable from the
etre.feth_is country.—(Laughter.)
Ittee iLIIITT then resumed his addres!, and commented,
Isteeil?; tipon the recent conduct of Sir James Grahtiatmu..,
e Rignaatized as revolutionary and uncons b
' etshd he protested, so help him God, rather tiled
t4.° language which Sir James Graham a
4te '3 have his right hand cut off.—(Cheers.)r
the-tPed that protection was the
.seregua d
Rhieh Plied
was, he said, a false philanthropy
orhthe urged the adoption of free trade all over thee
e, because it had a tendency to reduce w"ges thet lowest possible ebb, and he insisted that
in-
s/ere taught us that it was the duty of
:0:1:u:tile:Mu to protect its own industry.—(Cheers.)
hot treats Of revolution, or threats of resignation,
ishota
them from marching onwards in the go d
I'he Resignation, forsooth; why, he remembered
thr 4 tiliB country had a monarch that would meet such
Ce:r4it With the simple retort that he would go to
tseteg'cross and select the laugh twelve honest men he
ti,4 fur his Nlinisters.--(A .) Now that was a
04:13 which would well have been followed on a recente
to el, er!, for assuredly the Sovereign might.
.have gone
that and discovered a better Minister than
",whih now enjoyed power, but, at all events, she
have hay.e gone. with this consolation, that it would
eel ,uten impossible to find a worse.—(A. laugh,).
He
rt 4 eledee a long and eloquent speech by conjuring the
tet.!tg to keep up the agitation, and return home de-
eit;'aLited upon ultimately getting protection restored to
etive industry.—(Cheers.)
801,-",,r• bse'llV.9ol7, of Selby, in Yorkshire, spoke to the re-
because he knew
h-t,t,o, and ho did so from experience,
ten tar the agricultural shoe pinched,. but he forgot to
le the" meeting where it was, unless it was to be found
Of Che slpech of Sir James Graham and other Members
)retie House of Commons, who had declared their con-
le-e 0 than an attempt to restore protection would end
irettleyeking a revolution. Free trade only benefited men
axed salaries or income, but every other class it
tit':erees'q, including the artizen and manufacturinge Ape_
to and sooner or later the country would(e ebr s . tde
ehe4ettirn to a protective )
th„er itself was preferable to free-trade, and rather
ilieeentinne under the one he wouldtbr
cfbOarirthaebodtheear;.
r6(4l,4ll,,oraelasoiraluotiuo.niy7as then put. from
Meet;
..ng was proceeding when we went to press.)
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ofited that the Proatnecotpiopnosiisiotenant-farmers
emof.
tivesP kace'llr•Hatcourt and Lord Norreys
to re 1441 they returned as Protectionists, purposing
itotitosetufrona the tenant-farmers themselves.
n.
P.,ow
43t1000 r,, Ant'
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sAaLayS, othcelE Ts
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possession of
• will take
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urer-da'l6Sbo'ceieatffiym, eadndtothethseocalegtryee7
it, f„,, ole-park immediately after the 14th7
At
hger ifill et,
'l the beglnning
with the Royal
Of for the
~
shall Itlst. It has been decided that the PaN Ilion dinner
h of May, holdingw
or loye'lke place in the Horat-park, and a snore appropriate,
'.z.pre,eer Bpot, could not have been selected.
-- Windsor
Trit, 1,
LAWS
by order of
th, IL" •CATENT L —On Saturday, .
:zug4st of Lotds, was printed a
toothretrn contammg_stoamee
illtlln uzio!i and memorials addressed e Board of Ta
the,co`,°Q:Ject of the patent laws and the amendment
..
tepdint• rhe doCuments show the expense and delay at-
ore bgjetiers patent for inventions. There are now twot
law„T?re the House of Lords for amendment of the pater!
4)4 hAl"leb I3ills will be considered on the meeting of their
WereAB`LPS'on Thursday.
X GItiNT —The inhabitants of Liverpool
oilii:- much surprised to. see on Friday, walking up and down
streets prised a man of extraordinary dimensions, Arthur
t/vent fr°rll Sulbn Lezayre, Isle of Man. He is only
bio 31;"three•.years of age, stands seven feet six inches
sad i11x,124 w.eigbs twenty-one stones. He is a Manx farmer,
.
NI b a little property of his own. He arrived in Liver-
otriejttiletliing Orry, Captain Quayle, from Douglas. He
il)put `t) 0101 farewell to a number of his friends who are
t° 541iglAta.