The Sun.
London, England, 1844-02-01 00:00:00

it was the duty of the Right Hon. Baronet to speak out
and let the Duke of Richmond and Sir H. Vet ney know what
he intended to do. Commercial restrictions were the cause of
the distress of the country, and every person was bound to re-
lieve that distress by contributing toremove them. Nothing was
done last session, it was a mere blank. Pauperism in-
creased throughout the county, which was left without
relief. A recoil took place, because it was impossible things
could go on as they had been going. Things were now getting
better. The Hon. seconder of the address alluded to
some instances of this improvement. One was a case in
which a reduction had been made in the number of
persons receiving relief in one union, from 12,000 to
14,000. But was it not the duty of a Government
to take care and provide the means of working for 4,000.
Being of opinion that the corn-laws, and all other prohibitory
laws. ought to be considered and amended, he regretted that
the speech contained no notice on the subject ; but
he trusted they would have a declaration from the
Right Honourable Baronet, which would do away with
all doubt. He was confident that the corn-laws were
injurious to all classes in the community, even to the landed
proprietors themselves ; and that they would become more and
more injurious, i.nd it was upon that account he said that it
was the common object of all to remove them. There were
institutions for relieving the distress of the metropolis,
h aded by Bishops and Ministers of the Crown ; then were
even two rival institutions for this purpose; there were besides
unions in every parish ; notwithstanding which the distress
continued. There was an increase of treble had taken place
the cotton, woollen, and hardware trade, but notwithstanding
this, and all their charitable institutions, their distress conti-
nued, and they had daily reports of persons dying of hunger,
they ought, therefore, to call on her Majesty's Ministers to
co-operate with them in removing all restrictions on the im-
portations of food and every article of industry. Nothing but
employment wou:d afford substantial relief to the country. They
had been told that the repeal of the corn-laws would lower wages.
He considered that impossible, because wages were lower in
England than in any country in the world.—(Cries of
h 1 oh !") Yes, he repeated it—where could they get
a shirt made for lid. and a knife and fork for the same price?
So great had been the distress, that many had been anxious to
get a paltry sum of three halfpence for twelve hours' labour.
Was it possible, he would ask to conceive such a state of things?
The truth was, in the country pauperism was increasing
the poor-rates, which had been, reduced were now rising
rapidly, and paupers were increasing ; added to this, prices
were failing, and how was this? why, because men had no
work by which they could get money. In his
ipinion the House of Commons was doing great injury to
country, and be called upon them to reconsider their
course. if the Right Hon. Baronet would only
postpone the address till Monday, in order to afford
an opportunity to the people of knowing what
it was that the address contained. He was sure if the Right
Hon. Baronet had adopted that course as quick as the post
could bring them, the grievances of the people would be
poured into that House. Now it was his intention to move
two amendments, lie considered the distress that existed in the
country was owing to two causes, one the existence of the
corn-laws and other prohibitory enactments. which if put
an end to would remove that distress and suffering, and the
other was the great increase of taxation. Her Majesty, in her
speech—or rather her Ministers, in their speech—had been
cautious upon that subject ; but these taxes caused misery to the
people.—( Hear.) He regretted to see taxation increased to the
extent it had been when it ought to be redueed. Then, again,
with respect to the income-tax, that impost instead
of falling on the wealthy had fallen very heavily on the
poorer classes. He believed the larger portion of the
poor people had been obliged to pay that tax.
and the trouble i.f getting it back was such that the money
was not considered worth it. The Right Hon Baronet did not
tell them, as he did in 1828, that a Finance Committee should
be appointed to see where the excesses of the expenditure had
taken place. He thought her Majesty ought to have called
upon her Ministers to look to the distresses of the reonle.

What was the use of having peace, when they we'. obliged to
keep up a war establishment ? He was anxious that
the House should not be led away by 'a species of tricker).
If they wished for an example of the evil effects which must
follow from any breach of faith with the public creditor, let
them look across the Atlantic.—(Cheers.) He had always
opposed everything like a breach of faith with the public
creditor, although he saw those on the benches opposite
who had, in their speeches and their writings, recommended a
breach of the public faith.—( Cheers and laughter.) For every
pound that was withheld from the public creditor, the country
lost millions.— (Hear, hear.) They had recently had
an example of the effect of upholding public credit.
What occurred in Virginia? There had been considerable
difficulty in raising funds to meet the interest of the debt.
The c over nor had recommended the House to raise a tax to
pay the interest due to the public creditor. A small sum,
amounting to about 809,000 dollars, had been raised for that
purpose, and the effect had been that the stocks which
had been at 45 or 50, rose immediately to 70 and
to B'2. Three-fourt s of those funds were held
by inhabitants of the States who thus found that their capital
was doubled, and that they were able to exchange it, and to
use it for any purposes which they might require. Every
State in America which had broken faith with the public cre-
ditor had:suffered, would suffer, and ought not to recover
until they had regained the public credit,by paying their creditors
He agreed with the Right Hon. Baronet as to the necessity of
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classes would suffer more severely in consequence, than any
other. The most effectual way, however, to maintain the pub-
lic credit, was by a reduction in taxation, to lessen the burden
of the people. If less were taken from them by the income
but they would be more effectually enabled to contribute to the
other taxes of the country. The public credit would have been
more efiectually preserved if, instead of raising five millions by
an income-tax, a reduction had been made in our establish-
ments. All that was wanted was that they
should set free labour, the industry and the commerce
of the country.---t Loud cheers.) They had ships rotting
in their harbours for want of employment, with which they
would have been furnished if we had had free trade. He
scarcely pitied the ship owners, for they had been the
greatest monopolists, and they were now paying tne penalty of
their folly. Much hadbeen said about commercial improvement.
let the Right Hon. Baronet lock to every trade except those
connected with the woollen and cotton manufacture, and he
would see nothing but distress. Our condition could not be a
wealthy one as long as there were millions el
money unemployed and capital lying dead. Nothing
but extending the outlets for our exports, could furnish the
means of employment. They were told that if they did this it
would not give increase of employment ; but be denied
that position. Even those States in which the most
stringent regulations existed against our commerce, had been
compelled to take more articles from us whenever we relaxed
our commercial code. Our commerce with France had been tre-
bled. There was not a bushel of wheat imported which had not
give additional employmenatdLethocioermodetmph:e e people. It did not lower the
price of British produced wheat, but it afforded a full meal to
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With regard to the subject of the revenue, if it were properly
looked into and fairly stated, it would present a very different
appearance to ithat which it was assumed to have by the
Ministerial party. If they would deduct the amount
received for the incorne-tax, the revenue derived from
corn, and the amount received from China,
instead of speaking in the glowing terms which they did of our
financial situation and our returning prosperity, they would
find their asserted increase sink down into a revenue less
by a million and a half than that of last year. Re-
verting to the condition of the working classes,
let them look at the reduced rate of wages
and they would be compelled to say that they were in any
thing but a state of comfort. When the time srrived at
which the Right Eon. Baronet at the head of the
Government would propose a continuation of the income-
tax, he would beg them to bear in mind that there would
be no occrsion for it, no necessity Whatever for
its further infliction, if they would only do away with the
trammels of industry, and give to capital its fair and legiti-
mate expansion. The Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Cardwell) in
seconding the address to the Crown, had said much in
praise of the home market, holding it up as the best,
if not the only one for this country. Why, for his
(Mr. Hume's) part he could see no difference between the
home and the foreign. When a man could sell his articles
better at home he would sell them at home, and if he could
find a readier market or a better price abroad he would sell
abroad.—( Hear.) Here people were constantly pretesting
against foreign markets, and holding up home mar -
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kets as the only good for the country, and what
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our actual conciliation. Take the agricultural parish=.
they not burthened by person thrown upon them
thrown back from manufactures which were
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The address, which was an echo of the speech, and the
amendment having been put by the Speaker, and no Member
rising to address the House, strangers were ordered to with-
draw, when
Mr. WARBURTON rose, and was
(LEFT SPEAKING.)

MAGAZINE DAY.

ROOD'S MAGAZINE.

This Magazine opens with 2 poem from the pen,
we presume, of the Editoi, in which occur some beau-
tiful touches of feeling. It is, however, too much
an echo of the " Song of the Shirt," but we can
readily overlook this fault in consideration of the
valuable moral it inculcates. The subject of the
poem is the " Lady's Dream," and it describes a
young female of rank and fashion who falls asleep,
and in her dreams is visited by the ghosts of those
wretched, hard-worked females who have worn away
their lives in toiling night and day to furnish her,
and others in her situation, with splendid apparel.
We quote the closing passages of this vision. The
lady herself is supposed to be relating it, and thus
gives vent to her tardy remorse :
" Of the hearts that daily break,
Of the tears that hourly fall,
Of the many, many troubles of life,
That grieve this earthly ball--
Disease and Hunger, and Pain and Want,
But now I dreamt of them all !
" For the blind and the cripple were there,
And the babe that pined for bread,
And the houseless man, and the widow poor
Who begged—to bury the dead ;
The naked, alas, that I-might have clad,
The famished I might have fed !
"The sorrow I might have soothed,
And the unregarded tears ;
For many a thronging shape was there,
From long forgotten years,
Aye, even the poor rejected koor,
Who rais'd nny childish fears !
" Each pleading look, that long ago
I scann'd with a heedless eye,
Each face was gazing as plainly there,
As when I passed it by ;
Woe, woe for me if the past should be
Thus present when I die
"No need of sulphureous lake,
No need of fiery coal,
Tu only that crowd of human kind
Who wanted pity and dole—
In everlasting retrospect—
Will wring my sinful soul !
"Alas! I have walked through life
Too heedless where I trod ;
Nay, helping to trample my fellow worm,
And fill the burial sod—
Forgating that even the sparrow falls
Not uarnark'd of God!
"I drank the richest draughts
And Ate ivilateyer is pod--