The Sun.
London, England, 1832-10-03 00:00:00

melancholy, but true picture, cannot be too
.pointedly urged upon the advocates of the system
of pretended protection to agriculture.

" It cannot," says his Lordship, " be alleged that these
disasters, in which landlords and tenants participated,
were occasioned by the want of adequate protection ; for,
during the whole of this period, their interests were pro-
tected by that very law, which, at the time of its enact-
ment, was considered sufficient for its purpose by those
who went great lengths in favour of the protecting system."
There are one or two sentences in his Lord-
ship's address, which would seem to say, that
his Lordship is aware that ultimately land-
lords can derive not even partial benefit from
restrictive laws on the impoLtation of corn. His
Lordship says,

" The clothing districts of the West Riding of York-
shire export their manufactures by the rivers Aire and
Calder, and while that navigation transmits the produce of
their industry to other parts of Great Britain, and to
foreign countries, it furnishes their inhabitants with corn
imported from the East Riding and the northern parts of
Lincolnshire. The annual average quantity of corn which
thus ascends the Aire and Calder, for the supply of the
clothing districts, amounts to 84.2,000 quarters, whilst
100,000 quarters are sent up the river Dun for the con-
sumption of Sheffield and its populous neighbourhood.—
These 942,000 quarters, about half of which is estimated
to consist of wheat, cannot be produced by the cultivation
of much less than the same number of acres, a surface
equal in extent to the county of Sussex.
" Now, to put an extreme case, suppose some convul-
sion of nature were to annihilate Leeds and Sheffield, with
their appendant towns and villages. It is obvious that
the 942,000 acres, appropriated to their maintenance,
must be thrown out of cultivation. Consequent upon
the abandonment of these lands would be the diminution
of the rent of the contiguous lands, then of lands some-
what remote, and, ultimately, of land generally. But if
such would he the result of the destruction of this market
for agricultural produce, it follows, that measures which
tend to re,trict it, either by diminishing the number, or
by abridging the comforts of the people, have a cor-
responding tendency to diminish the demand for agricul-
tural produce, and, ultimately, to injure the proprietors
of land "

Lord MILTON thus concludes, and we en-
treat our countrymen of all classes, but more espe-
cially landowners, to attend to his exhortation :
.4 Look hack calmly upon the last seventeen years ; take
a deliberate survey of the varying fortunes of the agricul-
tural classes during that period. Apply yourselves to the
subject dispassionately. Assume, that the Corn Laws had
effected their purpose with the most complete success ;
that is to say, that they had prevented wheat from ever
falling below 80s. a quarter ; and then calculate what
must have been the effect of such a state of things upon
every class of society, upon every interest, upo❑ every sec-
tion of the community. It you can but persuade your-
selves to sift carefully the arguments on either side; if you
can hut divest yourselves of the desire to discover the
truth in one direction rather than i❑ another; if, in short,
you will but review the question with impartiality, I feel
the most perfect confidence that you will very soon begin
to entertain doubts upon it; and when doubts have been
once awakened, I am satisfied that the same process,
which changed my opinions, will change yours. Months,
or perhaps years may elapse, before these operations can
he effected ; but the force of truth is too great to be re-
sisted long ; and as I am sure that the great majority of
you have no wish to resist her, I feel equally satisfied that
wherever truth is to be found, you will, in the long run, be
found also."

There is only one point in this passage upon
which we would warn the landowners that Lord
MIL TON is mistaken. They will not be allowed
years to make up their minds. We wish as
earnestly as his Lordship that the Corn Laws
may be repealed with their general concurrence,
and not as a triumph over them ; but carried as
a triumph that repeal assuredly will be, unless
they speedily make up their minds to join in it.
Let them remember that the robbed are as two
to one to the robbers, and will, we trust, with
the help of those who see that " honesty is the
best policy," soon recover the rights which nature
has given them.

We refer to an article from the Times, under
the usual head, respecting the mission of Lord
DURHAM.

COURT of BURGESSES, WESTMINSTER.

(THIS DAY.)

A Court of Burgesses was held at Guildhall, Westmin-
ster, this day, for the purpose of appointing the Annoy-
ance Juries for the City of Westminster, for the ensuing
six months, and of receiving the report of the Juries
whose period of service has expired.
A great many tradesmen in the city of Westminster
were fined in various sums from 2s. 6d. to 405., for using
deficient weights and measures in their shops.
Several persons not appearing to answer to their names
on being called on as Jurymen, were fined 40s. for non-
attendance.

The new jury and new special constables having been
swor❑ in, the Court broke up.

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, T WEL VE 0' CLOCK
Lisbon Papers have been received (but no mail) to the
22d ult. They are entirely void of news; but we under-
stand that a vessel has arrived from Oporto at Plymouth,
and the general report is, that a regiment of cavalry has
gone over to Don Pedro, and that two more of infantry
are waiting an opportunity to do the same.
Montreal Papers to the Ist of September, and Quebec
to the 31st of August, have been received at the North
and South American Coffee-house.

The Montreal Papers state that the cholera has consi-
derably abated, and business begins to revive.
The Quebec Papers also state that, with the exception
of two or three cases, all in the early part of the malady,
no cases had occurred on Monday on either shores of the
St. Lawrence, thirty miles below Quebec.